# System Simulation

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__NOTOC__{{Infobox company
| name                = System Simulation
| industry            = [software engineering](/source/software_engineering)
| founded             = 1970
| hq_location         = [Covent Garden](/source/Covent_Garden), [Central London](/source/Central_London), [England](/source/England)
| image               = 12-13 Clerkenwell Green.jpg
| image_caption       = System Simulation office in London
}}
'''System Simulation Ltd''' ('''SSL''') is a [software engineering](/source/software_engineering) company now specialising in text and multimedia [information systems](/source/information_systems), based in [Clerkenwell](/source/Clerkenwell), central [London](/source/London), [England](/source/England), and founded in 1970 by [George Mallen](/source/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](/source/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](/source/John_Lansdown), following collaborative research work at the [Royal College of Art](/source/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](/source/Ridley_Scott)'s [Alien](/source/Alien_(film)),<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](/source/Martin_Lambie-Nairn)'s original [Channel 4](/source/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](/source/museum) [information system](/source/information_system)s, commercial and archival [image](/source/image) library systems, [information management](/source/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](/source/British_Museum), [London Transport Museum](/source/London_Transport_Museum), the [Victoria and Albert Museum](/source/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum), [Getty Images](/source/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](/source/SCRAN) (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network) and [Culture24](/source/Culture24). They develop [content management system](/source/content_management_system)s, and [CD-ROM](/source/CD-ROM)/[Web](/source/World_Wide_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](/source/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](/source/British_Computer_Society) IT Award Winner 1994: '''PLATO-UK''' with Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust and [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew)
* British Computer Society IT Award Medallist 1995: '''ROCKnROM''' with [Michael Wadleigh](/source/Michael_Wadleigh) and [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books)
* British Computer Society IT Award Medallist 1996: '''Index+ software system'''.
* [BT](/source/BT_Group)/[New Statesman](/source/New_Statesman) - Best education website 2001: '''The 24 Hour Museum''' http://www.culture24.org.uk/
* [American Association of Museums](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/BECTA)/[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) UK Education Website Awards 2002 - shortlisted :'''SCRAN''' http://www.scran.ac.uk
* [Museums and the Web](/source/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](/source/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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