Visiting Scholars Program of the IIGSS

Since 1995, the International Institute for General Systems Institute, Inc., has been a host for visiting scientists pursuing studies in systems research and applications. Research visitors are an important part of our program, and we welcome your interest. Since the IIGSS is a small non-profit research and educational institution with limited funding and resources, we ask that you make your application at least six months prior to your proposed visit dates.

Proposing a Research Visit: At present, the IIGSS has no permanent residential faculty. It is composed of scholars at a variety of locations and of visiting scholars, who are connected by their common scientific interests, including some scholars who participate regularly in the research programs of the Institute. These researchers from institutions throughout the world work on a varied program of mutually supportive research.

Visitor applications are reviewed constantly. Applications are considered throughout the year, but we would prefer to have them as far in advance of the proposed visit date as possible. Our financial and space resources are quite limited. The IIGSS encourages participants to obtain support through their home institutions for their salary and the travel and subsistence expenses related to their IIGSS visit. (The IIGSS does not pay salary for short term visitors.)If this is not possible, the IIGSS will--on a case-by-case basis and subject to availability of funds--support travel and subsistence expenses related to a visit.

When reviewing visitor proposals, we consider several questions beyond the intrinsic merit of the proposed work and the scientific credentials of the applicant. Other pertinent issues include the relevance of the proposed work to the IIGSS's research, the applicant's breadth of interest in systems research, the overlap between the proposed visitor's research interests and those of other researchers who will be in residence at the same time, and the degree to which the proposed residency would contribute to the scientific depth at the IIGSS. A proposal to visit should address these issues.

Your proposal should also include your curriculum vitae and publications, a statement of your research interests and plans, the dates of your requested residency (indicate the degree of flexibility you have), requested financial support (if any), and any additional comments that may be relevant to our decision-making process.

Currently, the IIGSS has some limited, privately donated funds to be applied for by visiting scholars who wish to pursue joint research at the headquarters of the IIGSS. If you are interested in a possible visiting scholar's position, please contact the IIGSS.

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The following is a partial list of past and present visiting scholars of the IIGSS:

August, 1995	P. R. Masani, Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh. His visit was funded by the IIGSS.
August, 1995	Ganti Prasada Rao, Control Theorist and Civil Engineer, Indian Institute of Technology, India. He was representing the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, U.A.E. His visit was jointly funded by the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems and Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
August, 1995	Achim Sydow, Mathematician and an administrator, GMD-First, Berlin. His visit was funded by the IIGSS.
August, 1995	Yasuhiko Takahara, Systems Expert, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. His visit was funded by the IIGSS.
August, 1995	Xuemou Wu, mathematician and founder of pansystems theory. Wuhan Digital Engineering Institute, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China. His visit was funded by the IIGSS.
August, 1995	Gerard de Zeeuw, mathematician and statistician, Center for Innovation and Coorperative Technology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His visit was funded by the IIGSS.
August, 1996	Don McNeil, Systems Consultant, representing the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, U.A.E. His visit was funded by the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems.
June, 1996	Tai-He Fan, Professor of Mathematics, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. His visit was funded by the IIGSS.
January, 1997	George Klir, Systems Theorist. University of New York at Binghamton, New York, USA. His visit was partially funded by the IIGSS.
January, 1997	Mihajlo Mesarovic, Cady Staley professor of Systems Engineering and Mathematics and CWRU UNESCO Scientific Advisor on Global Change, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. His visit was partially funded by the IIGSS.
January, 1997	Tuncer Oren, Expert in Software Engineering. University of Ottawa, Canada. Marmara Research Center of Turkish Science and Technical Research Council, Turkey. His visit was partially funded by the IIGSS.
January, 1997	Boris Stilman, Control Theorist. University of Colorado at Denver. His visit was partially funded by the IIGSS.
January, 1997	Lotfi A. Zadeh, Father of Fuzzy Mathematics. University of California at Berkeley.
January, 1997	Bernard P. Zeigler, Systems and Computer Engineering. University of Arizona. His visit was partially funded by the IIGSS.
January-April, 1997	Sifeng Liu, Professor of Mathematics, Economics, Management Science, and Systems Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China. His visit was funded by the Provincial Foundation of Outstanding Young Scholars of Henan.
July, 1998	Zdzislaw Bubnicki, Control Theorist. A Branch President of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Wroclaw University of Technology. His visit was partially funded by the IIGSS.
July, 1998	Michel Cotsaftis, Mathematician. Laboratoire Des Techniques, Mecatroniques et Electroniques, Paris. His visit was partially funded by the IIGSS.
July, 1998	Jifa Gu, mathematician, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. His visit was partially funded by the IIGSS.
July, 1998	Deyi Li, communication. People's University of China, Beijing. His visit was partially funded by the IIGSS.
July, 1998	Y. Takahara, systems theorist. Graduate School of Management and Systems Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan. His visit was partially funded by the IIGSS.
July, 1998	Xuemou Wu, mathematician and founder of pansystems theory. Wuhan Digital Engineering Institute, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China. His visit was partially funded by the IIGSS.
July, 1999	Vladimir Tsurkov and Victor Ven, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Their visit was funded by Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and private funds.
July-September, 2000	Shoucheng OuYang, father of blown-up theory, Professor of mathematics and meteorology, Chengdu Institute of Meterology, Chengdu, China. His visit was funded by Sichuan Provincial Scientific Funds for Major Disastrous Natural Events.
August, 2000	Zhengqiu Ren, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing. His visit was funded by the United Nations for imminent earthquake predictions.
September 10 - 12, 2000	Hector Sabelli, Chicago Center for Creative Development, Chicago, USA. His visit was funded by the IIGSS.
April 13-15 & July 10-15, 2001	R. Ian Flett, Sociologist from Sydney, Australia. His research includes semiotics and the topology of meaning. His visits were funded partially by the IIGSS.
July 12-13, 2001	Dr. Randolph F. Lumpp, professor of religion and philosophy, chair of the department of religious studies at Regis University, Denver, Colorado. His visit was funded by the IIGSS.
March 23 - 26, 2002	Dr. Robert Vallee, Secretary General of the World Organisation of General Systems and Cybernetics, France. His visit was partially funded by the IIGSS.
March 26 - April 2, 2002	Professor Shu Guangfu, professor of mathematics and systems research of Chinese Academy of Mathematical and Systems Sciences, Beijing. His visit was jointly funded by National Science Foundation of China, People's University, and Department of Communication of Chinese Postal Service.
April 2 - 6, 2002	Professor Mian Yun Chen, professor and head of systems engineering and control theory and engineering projects at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. His visit was funded by National Science Foundation of China.
December 12 - 20, 2002	Professor Taoyong Wang, professor of computer science and editor of the Journal of Tianjin University of Science and Technology, of Tianjin University of Science and Technology. His visit was funded by Tianjin Association of Science and Technology.