Kjell Samuelson
Swedish systems scientist
Kjell Samuelson (1932–4 February 2018) was a Swedish systems scientist , Sci-Tech consultant , Professor Emeritus at the Stockholm University and Royal Institute of Technology , and a pioneer of Systems Science & Cybernetics , Communications & Informatics Technology and Global Networks. [1]
Biography
Samuelson held dual Doctors degrees. During four decades he was a distinguished professor at the Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology , where he launched the first graduate education and doctoral program in Informatics & Systems Science including Cybernetics and Networks. He was further a professor of Information Science, Computers, Systems Engineering, Safety & Security, and General Resource Management at a dozen North American Universities. [2]
For several years he was an international Sci-Tech advisor to industries and corporations on large-scale management, organizational redesign, and investments for functional development of new infrastructures. He worked as high-level consultant to UNESCO, OECD, UNITAR, ASEAN, UNIDO etc. on regional development. He was past-president in 1975 of the Society for General Systems Research , now International Systems Science Society, and has fulfilled chair functions of professional consortia and associations such as SGSR, IFIP, ASIS, IEEE, FISCIT, ITCA, ASC, INSIST. [2]
Work
Samuelson conducted R & D globally on Total Systems, TeleCom, Satellites, Systems Architecture, Enterprise Planning and Management Structures. [2]
Publications
- 1968. Mechanized information storage, retrieval and dissemination . Proceedings of the F.I.D./I.F.I.P. joint conference, Rome, June 14–17, 1967. Edited by Kjell Samuelson.
- 1969. Automated international information networks . Systems design concepts, goal-setting and priorities. FID/TM Panel at the ASIS meeting in San Francisco, 2 October 1969.
- 1972. Systems, cybernetics and information networks . by K. Samuelson ... [et al.]. Compiled by FID/TM, Stockholm, Sweden.
- 1976. Information and data in systems . With Börje Langefors . New York : Petrocelli/Charter.
- 1976. Information systems and networks : design and planning guidelines of informatics for managers, decision makers and systems analysts. With Harold Borko and G. X. Amey. Amsterdam : North-Holland Pub. Co.
- 1978. Informatics by general systems and cybernetics : a structured methodology for design, anasynthesis, and usage . Stockholm : The Royal Institute of Technology.
References
- ↑ Reckmeyer, William J. (24 February 2018). "Dr. Kjell Samuelson (1932-2018)" (PDF) . San José State University . Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2021 . Retrieved 24 January 2021 .
- 1 2 3 Prof. Kjell Samuelson Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine . Keynote Speakers at the Confenis 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
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