Charles François (systems scientist) Cybernetics Sciences)Honorary President of the Latin American Association of Systemics (ALAS), Honorary Professor of ITBA, Buenos Aires, and was visiting Professor at various universities and educational institutions in Argentina, Perú and Brasil. He became a member of systemic boards and integrated the editorial boards of various journals on Systems and Cybernetics. In 2007 he received from the American Society for Cybernetics, the Norbert Wiener golden medal as a tribute for his work on cybernetics. In 1952 François came in contact with cybernetics through Norbert Wiener's "Cybernetics". In 1958 he joined the Society for General Systems Research now the International Society
Norbert Wiener Kahn, Jews from Poland and Germany, respectively. Through his father, he was related to Maimonides, the famous rabbi, philosopher and physician from Al Andalus, as well as to Akiva Eger, chief rabbi of Posen from 1815 to 1837. Leo had educated Norbert at home until 1903, employing teaching methods of his own invention, except for a brief interlude when Norbert was seven years of age. Earning his living teaching German and Slavic languages, Leo read widely and accumulated a personal library from which the young Norbert benefited greatly. Leo also had ample ability in mathematics and tutored his son in