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Charles François (born September 5, 1922), is a Belgian administrator, editor and scientist in the fields of cybernetics, systems theory and systems science, internationally known for his main work the ''International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics''. == Biography == Charles François was born in Belgium in 1922, and studied consular and commercial sciences at Brussels Free University. After the Second World War he emigrated to the Belgian Congo, where he stayed from 1945 to 1960, at first as an administrative officer in government and later on creating and developing his own commercial business. Later, he moved to South America to Argentina in 1963, and managed the commercial Office of the Belgian Embassy in Buenos Aires from 1966 to his retirement in 1987.〔(Charles François; Biographical note ) on isss.org, retrieved 24 April 2008 〕 François founded the Group for the Study of Integrated Systems (GESI), Argentine National Division of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), in 1976, being presently its Honorary President. He is an Honorary Member of the International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR) and founding editor of the International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, Honorary President of the Latin American Association of Systemics (ALAS), Honorary Professor of ITBA, Buenos Aires, and visiting Professor at various universities in Argentina. He became a member of systemic boards and integrates the editorial boards of various journals on Systems and Cybernetics. In 2007 he received from the American Society for Cybernetics, the Norbert Wiener golden medal as a tribute for his work on cybernetics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles François (systems scientist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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