Systems science

Study of the nature of systems

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2025
Cascading failure
Cascading failures caused blackouts in Chile and across Spain, Portugal, and France, highlighting ongoing challenges in power grid stability.
2025 Yiannis Laouris is elected as President of ISSS, set to serve from 2025 to 2026.
2024 Gary R. Smith begins his presidential term at ISSS, serving from 2024 to 2025.
2024
Complexity Science Hub
IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria joined the Complexity Science Hub. The organization relocated from Palais Strozzi to Palais Springer-Rothschild in Vienna's Landstraße district.
2024
Complexity Science Hub
CSH established the Digital Innovation School (DIS), an umbrella structure for research training at doctoral and postdoctoral levels, supported by Austrian federal ministries. The program includes nine university partners and one federal research institution, featuring an annual master class series and two research experiences outside academia.
2023
Cascading failure
Another countrywide Blackout occurred in Kenya, indicating recurring challenges in power grid resilience.
2023
Complexity Science Hub
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) joined the Complexity Science Hub.
2023
Computer Pioneer Award
Daniel S. Bricklin awarded the Computer Pioneer Award for creating VisiCalc, the progenitor of the modern spreadsheet.
2023
Computer Pioneer Award
Scott Shenker received the Computer Pioneer Award for pioneering contributions to scheduling and management of packet-switched networks.
January 2023 Shayne Gary from the University of New South Wales in Australia becomes president of the System Dynamics Society.
2022
Cascading failure
Kenya experienced a countrywide Blackout due to a cascading failure in its power grid.
2022 IIASA expanded its membership through the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Member Organization (SSARMO), including 17 African countries participating in the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI).
2022
Computer Pioneer Award
Christos Papadimitriou awarded for fundamental contributions to Computer Science, developing theory of algorithms and complexity.
2022
Computer Pioneer Award
Daphne Koller honored with the Computer Pioneer Award for contributions to probabilistic models in computational biology and human health.
2021 The European Bioinformatics Institute first released the AlphaFold Protein Structure Database (AlphaFold DB), a collaborative project with Google DeepMind to make predicted protein structures freely available to the scientific community.
2021 Paul Pangaro becomes president of the American Society for Cybernetics.
2021 IIASA embarked on a new strategy to develop and apply systems science to support transformations to sustainability, launching its Strategy 2021-2030 to position itself as the primary destination for integrated systems solutions and policy insights for global sustainability challenges.
2021
Computer Pioneer Award
Moti Yung honored for transformative innovations in 'Trust in Computation', including coinventing 'Malicious Cryptography'.
2021
Computer Pioneer Award
Peter J. Denning received the Computer Pioneer Award for seminal contributions to virtual memory, Internet infrastructure, and computing education.
2020
Complex adaptive system
Publication of the Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling (CASM) journal ceased.
2020
Complexity Science Hub
Central European University joined the Complexity Science Hub.
2020
Computer Pioneer Award
Jack Dongarra received the Computer Pioneer Award for leadership in high-performance mathematical software.
2020
Computer Pioneer Award
Demetri Terzopoulos awarded for developing computer vision, computer graphics, and medical imaging.
March 21 2020 NECSI's EndCoronaVirus.org initiative assembled a network of over 4,000 volunteers aimed at minimizing the impact of COVID-19 by providing data and action guidelines.
January 2020 Joseph Norman, Yaneer Bar Yam, and Nassim Taleb submitted a paper to the White House administration, urging drastic steps to curtail the COVID-19 coronavirus.
2019
Cascading failure
A cascading failure resulted in a Blackout in southeast South America, further highlighting the global occurrence of such systemic failures.
2019
Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society
PECS transitioned hosting from Stockholm Resilience Centre to Stellenbosch University.
2019 Mark Enslin and Fred Steier are awarded the Wiener Medal in Cybernetics.
2019 The Chinese Government officially adopted the GAINS model to strengthen air quality management in the country.
2019
Complexity Science Hub
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber joined the Complexity Science Hub.
2019
Computer Pioneer Award
Jitendra Malik awarded for developing Computer Vision through research, leadership, and mentorship.
2019
Computer Pioneer Award
Laura Haas honored for pioneering innovations in federated databases and data integration.
2018 Paul Weston receives the Wiener Medal in Cybernetics.
2018 Published three reports as part of the Challenges and Opportunities for Economic Integration project, analyzing product standards, foreign direct investment, and trans-Eurasian land transport corridors.
2018
Complexity Science Hub
University for Continuing Education Krems joined the Complexity Science Hub.
2018
Computer Pioneer Award
Larry Page and Sergey Brin awarded for creating the Google search engine and leading ambitious products and research initiatives.
2018
Computer Pioneer Award
Barbara Liskov received the Computer Pioneer Award for pioneering data abstraction, polymorphism, and support for fault tolerance in programming languages.
2018
Computer Pioneer Award
Bjarne Stroustrup honored for pioneering C++ programming language.
2017
Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society
PECS held its second open science conference in Mexico.
2016
Cascading failure
South Australia experienced a Blackout caused by a cascading failure, illustrating the ongoing challenges in power grid stability.
2016 Julia Frazer and John H. Frazer, along with William J. Reckmeyer, are awarded the Wiener Medal in Cybernetics.
2016
Complexity Science Hub
Official operations of the Complexity Science Hub began. Vienna University of Economics and Business joined the organization. Stefan Thurner became the first president and scientific director.
2015
Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society
PECS organized and hosted its first open science conference in South Africa.
2015 Ranulph Glanville is honored with the Wiener Medal in Cybernetics.

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