Upcoming
Cybernetics and Diverse Methodologies
Systems, Tools, and World Models
Cybernetics and Diverse Methodologies is a symposium at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on February 5, 2027. It asks how minds, machines, and living systems make sense of their worlds, drawing on the cybernetics tradition and Ivan Illich's idea of convivial tools. Researchers, students, artists, and practitioners from computer science, cognitive science, philosophy, the life sciences, the arts, and the humanities take part. Admission is free, and all participants apply through the event site.
Speakers
- Jesse Parent Director, JOPRO
- Avery Lim Program Lead and Researcher, JOPRO
- Bradly Alicea Head Scientist, Orthogonal Research and Education Lab
Additional speakers will be announced.
Related
- Event site: Cybernetics and Diverse Methodologies at wmu.jopro.org
- A 'good' regulator may provide a world model for intelligent systems (Alicea, Hough, Nelson, and Parent), Philosophical Transactions A
- JOPRO blog discussion of the Philosophical Transactions A paper
- Royal Society Philosophical Transactions A: Every Good Regulator Theorem and World Models
- Cybernetics and World Modeling