Abstract In 2011, the International Standards Organization (ISO) launched a standardization initiative for biomimetics. This interdisciplinary session brings together three perspectives on standards in general and this effort in particular: operational, informational, and architectural. We aim for a lively discussion on the impetus and value for standards in emerging fields with a focus on Natural Systems.
Presenter biographies
Principal, Sustainable Innovation Network
After an extensive career in Information Technology, most recently as a Consulting Architect and technical program manager in charge of major infrastructure implementations at IBM, Norbert Hoeller founded the design research and consulting practice Sustainable Innovation Network. His primary areas of interest are tools and methods supporting systems-oriented, bio-inspired sustainable design.
Norbert has taught biomimicry and sustainability workshops at OCAD University, Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board, the Design Exchange, Ryerson University, the Nexus Student Sustainability Group (Auckland, New Zealand), ADMI and the University of Toronto. He is a director of BioDreamMachine, the founder and practice leader of the Bio-Inspired Design Community, a co-editor of the Zygote Quarterly Journal and chair of the Canadian mirror committee for ISO’s Technical Committee #266 on “Biomimetics”.
Randall Anway
Principal, New Tapestry, LLC
Randall Anway, AIA is a Registered Architect in New York and Connecticut. His non-traditional practice focuses on integrating Architecture and Biomimicry to bring the science of natural systems together with the art of design. He holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut. Accreditations: Certified Biomimicry Specialist, LEED AP, and Certified Sustainable Building Advisor. Based in Connecticut, he offers consulting services through his firm, New Tapestry, LLC.
Randall’s experience includes early stage development of a document production system for the Army Corps of Engineers, and work as Systems Architect for facility management at Xerox Corporation. His design experience spans from new work to historical retrofit for residential, commercial and institutional projects. He is an involved member of the INCOSE Natural Systems Working Group, founding member of Biomimicry NYC (biomimicrynyc.com), and a member of the emerging US Biomimicry Mirror Committee. Other recent and ongoing activities include contributing to the online Zygote Quarterly Journal and leading an initiative on 3D Printing for the non-profit Connecticut Consortium of Education Foundations (www.ctcef.org).
Caryl Erin Johnson, PhD
Chief Innovation Officer, Introspective Systems LLC
Dr. Johnson, an accomplished applied scientist, has pursued a 30-year career in science and science management, in government, academia, and the private sector. She has earned advanced degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology.
An expert in modeling and simulation, system-of-systems engineering, and computational intelligence, her early work with the computer automation of regional and global seismic networks established the standard for such systems worldwide. She has served as a business leader for teams in government (scientist in charge, Southern California Seismic Network) and helped build business and technology teams (Science and Technology International).
Following 10 years as a tenured professor of Geology at the University of Hawaii, she came to BAE Systems, Inc. (formerly Science and Technology International) to pursue her interests in exploring cutting-edge research in the fields of medical diagnostic imagery, sensor fusion, cognition, and computational intelligence. She helped build the business and technology team from 6 to 120 persons combining knowledge of markets, business, and technology into strategic plans.
As a BAE Systems Engineering Fellow, she provided leadership and scientific direction to management and business area directors related to evolving DOD applications of computational intelligence and virtual systems engineering as applied to robotics, machine vision, sensor fusion, cognitive interface technology, and mission performance optimization.
She is a Founder of Introspective Systems LLC - an applied-science engineering firm building unique solutions to harness big data, based in Portland, Maine.