ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="D. J. 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Umpleby.<BR>"Strategies for Winning Acceptance of Second Order Cybernetics." &nbsp; George Washington University.</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://artsci-ccwin.concordia.ca/edtech/ETEC606/paskboyd.html"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Gordon Pask.<BR> "Conversation Theory Review." Prof Gary Boyd at Concordia University.</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.phrontis.com/vsm.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Raúl Espejo and Antonia Gill<BR> "The Viable System Model as a Framework for Understanding Organizations." Phrontis Limited & SYNCHO Limited 1997.</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.qubit.org/Intros_Tuts.html"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Andrew Steane Quantum Computing intro -- Oxford University.</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://artsci-ccwin.concordia.ca/edtech/ETEC606/index.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Gary Boyd<BR> Educational Cybernetics course outline.</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.innerx.net/personal/tsmith/"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Tony Smith</a> </b>D4-D5-E6-E7 Physics Model.</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www-physics.lbl.gov/~rncahn/book.html"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Robert N. Cahn<BR> "Semi­Simple Lie Algebras and Their Representations."</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/CDMTCS/chaitin/lm.html" target="_top"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>G.J.Chaitin.<BR>"The Limits of Mathematics."</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.well.com/user/abs/curriculum.html"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Alan B. Scrivener<BR>"A Curriculum for Cybernetics and Systems Theory."</P> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <!--List of Web sites--> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="600"> <TR><TD COLSPAN="2"><HR SIZE="1" COLOR="#000099" NOSHADE></TD></TR> <TR ALIGN="CENTER"><TD COLSPAN="2"> <A NAME="Websites"> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H4>Cybernetics Web Sites<BR>Web sites relevant to cybernetics</H4> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.sea.uni-linz.ac.at/"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Linz University Systems Sciences.</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Principia Cybernetica Web.</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://artsci-ccwin.concordia.ca/edtech/ETEC606/homepage.html"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Educational Cybernetics.</P> </TD></TR> <!-- <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.venus.co.uk/vlib/cybernetics.html"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>W3 Virtual Library of Cybernetics.</P> </TD></TR> --> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://bio.nagaokaut.ac.jp/~matsuno/"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>K.Matsuno -- Natural Philosophy.</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.channon.net/alastair/"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Alastair Channon: Artificial Life</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.soton.ac.uk/~adc96r/misc/bookmarks.html"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Alastair Channon: Links Page.</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.cyber.rdg.ac.uk"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Cybernetics at Reading University.</P> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <!--List of robotics sites--> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="600"> <TR><TD COLSPAN="2"><HR SIZE="1" COLOR="#000099" NOSHADE></TD></TR> <TR ALIGN="CENTER"><TD COLSPAN="2"> <A NAME="Robots"> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H4>Robotics Sites<BR>Web Sites relevant to robotics</H4> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.eurorobotics.com//"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Robotics Club</P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.bara.org.uk/"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>British Automation and Robotics Association </P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.iee.org/oncomms/pn/mechatronics/index.cfm"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>IEE Robotics & Mechatronics Professional Network </P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.ukroboticgames.org/"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>The UK Robotic Games </P> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="http://www.robot.org.uk/"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>Information for beginner robot builders </P> </TD></TR> <!-- <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="XXXXX.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/point.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25"></A></P> </TD><TD> <P>XXXXXX</P> </TD></TR> --> </TABLE> <!--FOOTER TABLE--> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="600"> <TR><TD><HR SIZE="1" COLOR="#000099" NOSHADE></TD></TR> <TR><TD> <P><A HREF="#Top"><IMG SRC="../images/top.gif" ALT="top" HEIGHT="70" WIDTH="70" BORDER="0"></A></P> </TD></TR> <TR ALIGN="CENTER"><TD> <A HREF="../services.htm">Back to "Services for Members"</A> </TD></TR> <TR><TD><HR SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" NOSHADE></TD></TR> <TR ALIGN="LEFT"><TD> <P CLASS="footer">&copy; Copyright The Cybernetics Society 2000, 2001. 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