pr?VO8 kor Release W1/03/26: CIA-RDP96-00787R SG1 I OATE 26 Septumber 1977 flom: 111. E'. Puthoff L,(.)CA'i ION: 44 I - - Sill Psycho@ilcj@fwtlc-c; Wo"k CC: 5UDJCCT: IFEE Acclaim foi L Sill researchers 1,1111,11of"f and Targ, attending, the Seventh IE'l-A-1, 111tc-1.1lational Coll ference oil Cybernetics. and Society, Were prosellted W11,11 the F1*111110111 V, Taylor hic'morl-il Award for the BcsL Pi-esentatlon of the Sixth International Conful-c'nce Oil cyburne-tics and Society. Furt.her acclaim for We SM. psychmncrj@,ctics work was contained in tile introduction to tlijs year's Conference Proccf,,dlngs, wril,tcti ljy Conference Chairman William It. von Alven of Llic Fcc (sce aLt;lclirld). Finally, interest at the confercuce in psycliociier1rutics rescarch and rul"Ited br'@011 rusearCh WaS SO 1111111 that tile E'.%CCL1tiVC C0111110tLOC Of the 111.@T SNIC (Systenis Man and Cybernotics Society) [-,roup formed a subgroup "Bicicybel-lictics devoted spec-ifically to investigation of man and his Cal)abj lit [0.9, viewc(j as a mocy1wractic System. Therefore, almoufr1i tlic cono-ovursial nawre or 1).syclioellergetics -Nvork it ISIZI has (Ali ndc@r(@(j -1*Q.0rti0T)S. All, somo qual-ters, we Should llot. lose sif"ilf; of, the fact Hint, by and lnrgu@ the ii).formc(l ma,jority of [lie scientific and lay commuititics contlime to respond in a very favorable ve i n. Ellie. Approved For Release 2001/03/26 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200080002-2