Francis Heylighen is best known for his work on the Principia Cybernetica Project, his model of the Internet as a global brain, and his contributions to the theories of memetics and self-organization.
13 Facts About Francis Heylighen
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Francis Heylighen is known, albeit to a lesser extent, for his work on gifted people and their problems.
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Francis Heylighen was born on September 27,1960 in Vilvoorde, Belgium.
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Francis Heylighen received his high school education from the "Koninklijk Atheneum Pitzemburg" in Mechelen, in the section Latin-Mathematics.
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In 1989 Valentin Turchin and Cliff Joslyn founded the Principia Cybernetica Project, and Heylighen joined a year later.
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In 1996, Francis Heylighen founded the "Global Brain Group", an international discussion forum that provides a working platform for most of the scientists who have worked on the concept of emergent Internet intelligence.
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Francis Heylighen was one of the founders and former editor of the Journal of Memetics which ceased publication in 2008.
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Francis Heylighen is a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, and a member of the Global Agenda Council on Complex Systems of the World Economic Forum.
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Francis Heylighen's biography has been listed since 2002 in Marquis Who's Who in the world.
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Francis Heylighen's research focuses on the emergence and evolution of complex, intelligent organization.
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Together with Cliff Joslyn and the late Valentin Turchin, Francis Heylighen is a founding editor of the Principia Cybernetica Project, which is devoted to the collaborative development of an evolutionary-systemic philosophy.
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Francis Heylighen created its website, the Principia Cybernetica Web, in 1993, as one of the first complex webs in the world.
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In 1996, Francis Heylighen founded the "Global Brain Group", an international discussion forum that groups most of the scientists who have worked on the concept of emergent Internet intelligence.