The IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (IEEE SMC) is a professional society of the IEEE.
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History
The earliest incarnation of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society was the IRE Professional Group on Human Factors in Electronics, formed in 1958. The Group would later change its name to IEEE Professional Technical Group on Human Factors in Electronics (1963), IEEE Human Factors in Electronics Group (1964), Man-Machine Systems Group (1968), Systems, Man and Cybernetics Group (1970), and finally Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society (1972).
Field of interest
As stated on its website, the society's main focuss is related to:
Publications
The IEEE SMC Society publishes three peer-reviewed journals called "IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics", Part A, Part B, and Part C. Part A is devoted to systems and humans, and Part B to cybernetics.
Conferences
The society sponsors a range of annual conferences around the world that focuses on its Field of Interest.