TY - JOUR T1 - The Past, Present and Future of Cybernetics and Systems Research JF - systema: connecting matter, life, culture and technology Y1 - 2014 A1 - Carlos Gershenson A1 - Peter Csermely A1 - Peter Erdi A1 - Helena Knyazeva A1 - Alexander Laszlo AB - Cybernetics and Systems Research (CSR) were developed in the mid-twentieth century, offering the possibility of describing and comparing different phenomena using the same language. The concepts which originated in CSR have spread to practically all disciplines, many now used within the scientific study of complex systems. CSR has the potential to contribute to the solution of relevant problems, but the path towards this goal is not straightforward. This paper summarizes the ideas presented by the authors during a round table in 2012 on the past, present and future of CSR. VL - 1 UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.6317 ER -