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__NOTOC__{{Infobox company
| name = System Simulation
| industry = [[software engineering]]
| founded = 1970
| hq_location = [[Covent Garden]], [[Central London]], [[England]]
| image = 12-13 Clerkenwell Green.jpg
| image_caption = System Simulation office in London
}}
'''System Simulation Ltd''' ('''SSL''') is a [[software engineering]] company now specialising in text and multimedia [[information systems]], based in [[Clerkenwell]], central [[London]], [[England]], and founded in 1970 by [[George Mallen]].<ref>{{cite book| url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-50620-8 | title=Creative Simulations: George Mallen and the Early Computer Arts Society | editor-first=Catherine | editor-last=Mason | editor-link=Catherine Mason | publisher=[[Springer Nature]] | series=Springer Series on Cultural Computing | doi=10.1007/978-3-031-50620-8 | isbn=978-3-031-50619-2 | date=2024 | pages=vii,2 }}</ref>

Under the chairmanship of [[John Lansdown]], following collaborative research work at the [[Royal College of Art]], System Simulation carried out pioneering computer animation work, applying computer graphics techniques in TV and film creating many advertising sequences, the flight deck instrumentation readouts on the Nostromo spaceship for [[Ridley Scott]]'s [[Alien (film)|Alien]],<ref>{{cite book| last=Mason | first=Catherine| author-link=Catherine Mason | title=A Computer in the Art Room: The origins of British computer arts 1950–80 | year=2008 | publisher=JJG Publishing | location=Hindringham NR21 0DP | isbn=978-1-899163-89-2 | pages=223–235}}</ref> and the animation of [[Martin Lambie-Nairn]]'s original [[Channel 4]] logo.<ref>{{cite book| last=Mason | first=Catherine| author-link=Catherine Mason | title=A Computer in the Art Room: The origins of British computer arts 1950–80 | year=2008 | publisher=JJG Publishing | location=Hindringham NR21 0DP | isbn=978-1-899163-89-2 | pages=235–237}}</ref>

More recently System Simulation has specialised in [[museum]] [[information system]]s, commercial and archival [[image]] library systems, [[information management]] and delivery for publishers, news services and professional and commercial organisations. MuseumIndex+, the museum information management system, supports collections management, digital archives and interactive public access.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} Clients include the [[British Museum]], [[London Transport Museum]], the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], [[Getty Images]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cordis.europa.eu/infowin/acts/analysys/products/thematic/multimed/document/h_getty.htm | title=Hulton Getty On-line}}</ref> [[SCRAN]] (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network) and [[Culture24]]. They develop [[content management system]]s, and [[CD-ROM]]/[[World Wide Web|Web]] products and services for the publishing sector and for information service providers.
The company provides technical support for the online services of Culture24, the UK's leading virtual museum resource.<ref>[http://www.culture24.org.uk/credits Culture24 Site Credits], ''Culture24'', retrieved 7 December 2009.</ref>

The company has often hosted meetings of the [[Computer Arts Society]].<ref>[http://www.computer-arts-society.org/Programme/ CAS Programme], ''Computer Arts Society'', UK.</ref>

==Awards won by company and their clients==
* [[British Computer Society]] IT Award Winner 1994: '''PLATO-UK''' with Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust and [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]]
* British Computer Society IT Award Medallist 1995: '''ROCKnROM''' with [[Michael Wadleigh]] and [[Penguin Books]]
* British Computer Society IT Award Medallist 1996: '''Index+ software system'''.
* [[BT Group|BT]]/[[New Statesman]] - Best education website 2001: '''The 24 Hour Museum''' http://www.culture24.org.uk/
* [[American Association of Museums]] Silver Muse Award 2001 - Excellence in the use of media and technology for collections database and research resource: '''SCRAN''' http://www.scran.ac.uk
* [[Institute of Information Scientists]] Jason Farradine Award 2001 - an outstanding piece of work in the information field: '''SCRAN''' http://www.scran.ac.uk
* [[National Library for the Blind]] Visionary Design Award 2002: The British Museum '''COMPASS website''' for accessibility to the visually impaired. www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass
* IVCA Biz Net Award Winner - Best public information website 2002: '''The 24 Hour Museum''' (since rebranded as "Culture24") http://www.culture24.org.uk/home
* [[BECTA]]/[[The Guardian]] UK Education Website Awards 2002 - shortlisted :'''SCRAN''' http://www.scran.ac.uk
* [[Museums and the Web]], '''Culture 24''' Best of the Web Winner in the category "long-lived" April 2010 <ref>[http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/forum/congratulations_mw2010_best_web_winners Best of the Web] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120708174632/http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/forum/congratulations_mw2010_best_web_winners |date=2012-07-08 }}, ''Long Lived'', retrieved 30 Aug 2012</ref>
* [[Europeana Foundation]], Hack4Europe, '''Casual Curator''' winner in the category "Social Inclusion" June 2011 <ref>[http://pro.europeana.eu/web/guest/hack4europe-uk-11 Casual Curator] {{Webarchive|url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20141126211018/http%3A//pro.europeana.eu/web/guest/hack4europe%2Duk%2D11 |date=2014-11-26 }}, ''Hack4Europe!'', retrieved 30 Aug 2012</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.ssl.co.uk}}

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[[Category:Companies based in the London Borough of Islington]]
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[[Category:Software companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Visual effects companies]]

System Simulation - Revision history

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