The International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry (SIS-Symmetry, for short) was founded in 1989 following a successful international gathering in Budapest. It has been operating continuously ever since, publishing world-class print and web journals and hosting an International Congress every three years. These congresses were held in the following years and places:
Triannual Congresses
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- 1989, in Budapest, Hungary
- 1992, in Hiroshima, Japan
- 1995, in Washington DC, United States of America
- 1998, in Haifa, Israel
- 2001, in Sydney, Australia
- 2004, in Tihany, Hungary
- 2007, in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2010, in Gmünd, Austria
- 2013, in Crete, Greece
- 2016, in Adelaide, Australia (website)
- 2019, in Kanazawa, Japan
- 2022, in Porto, Portugal (website).
Interim, full conferences
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- in 2002, in Brussels;
- in 2008, in Lviv;
- in 2009, in Cracow/Wroclaw.
Intermediate meetings (in cooperation with the Logica Universalis Association)
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- Logics of Image: Visualization, Iconicity, Imagination and Human Creativity, Santorini, Greece 25-30 July 2016.
- Logics of Image: Visual Learning, Logic and Philosophy of Form in East and West, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece, 11-18 August 2018.
Each triannual Congress hosts a General Assembly of the Society. Officers serve a three-year term.
President of the International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry:
DÉNES NAGY
denes.nagy@symmetry-hu.com
Budapest, Tisza u. 7, H-1029, Hungary (and Melbourne, Australia)
President of International Symmetry Society – Australia:
Chairperson of the Oversight Committee:
TED GORANSON (United States of America & Australia)
Honorary President:
Vacant
Executive Board:
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- DÉNES NAGY, President
- MARCIN SCHROEDER, Academic President
- IOANNIS VANDOULAKIS, Strategic President
Oversight Committee:
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- TED GORANSON, Chairperson (United States of America & Australia)
- CLAUDIO GUERRI (Argentina)
- EUGENE KATZ (Israel)
International Advisory Board:
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- SAYED ALIREZA BEHNEJAD (UK)
- BETH CARDIER (United States of America & Australia)
- LIU DUN (China)
- PATRICIA MUÑOZ (Argentina), SEMA representative
- JANUSZ RĘBIELAK (Poland)
- DMITRY WEISE (Russia)
Honorary Members of the Society:
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- CAROL BIER (United States of America)
- JÜRGEN BOKOWSKI (Germany)
- MICHAEL BURT (Israel)
- ISTVAN HARGITTAI (Hungary)
- PETER KLEIN (Germany)
- KORYO MIURA (Japan)
- TOHRU OGAWA (Japan)
- WERNER SCHULZE (Austria)
- CASPAR SCHWABE (Switzerland)
- DAN SHECHTMAN (Israel)
- RYUJI TAKAKI (Japan)
Honorary Members (Passed Away):
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- JOHANN JAKOB BURCKHARDT (Switzerland),
- HAROLD S. M. COXETER (Canada),
- DONALD CROWE (United States of America),
- VICTOR A. FRANK-KAMENETSKY (Russia),
- HEINRICH HEESCH (Germany),
- WILLIAM S. HUFF (United States of America),
- KODI HUSIMI (Japan),
- MICHAEL LONGUET-HIGGINS (United Kingdom and United States of America),
- YUVAL NE’EMAN (Israel),
- ILARION I. SHAFRANOVSKII (Russia),
- CYRIL SMITH (United States of America),
- EUGENE P. WIGNER (United States of America).
Sister organization in Australia:
The International Symmetry Society (Australia)
LYNN ARNOLD, Chairperson
(43 Charlick Circuit, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 5000).
Affiliate organization in Japan:
Katachi no Kagaku Kai (Society for Science on Form), Japan [until 2022]
Affiliate organization in Argentina:
SEMA – Sociedad de Estudios Morfológicos de la Argentina
(Society for the Study of Morphology), Argentina
International Cooperation:
SIS is a member of the following Associations:
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- Logica Universalis Association (LUA), based in Geneva, Switzerland.
SIS is registered in
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- The Union of International Organisations.
- The European Commission’s main authentication service (ECAS).
(this page was created by Ted Goranson and updated by Vera Viana in January 2020 and February 2021 and Ioannis Vandoulakis in June 2021, January 202 and March 2024)