%0 Journal Article %J systema: connecting matter, life, culture and technology %D 2014 %T The Past, Present and Future of Cybernetics and Systems Research %A Carlos Gershenson %A Peter Csermely %A Peter Erdi %A Helena Knyazeva %A Alexander Laszlo %X 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. %B systema: connecting matter, life, culture and technology %V 1 %P 4–13 %G eng %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.6317