| Ted Goranson graduated from MIT in
1971 with three degrees simultaneously, reflecting an
interdisciplinary research agenda: computer science,
collaborative design, and complex
visualization/abstraction. Upon graduation from MIT he
founded Sirius-Beta, a research firm focused on
infrastructure, and has functioned since then as it's
chairman and chief scientist. He
has been a trusted advisor to the CIA, ARPA, Air Force
Manufacturing Technology Directorate, National Research
Council, and IBM. Noted activities, either through
Sirius-Beta or independently (when required), include:
- Visions Architect for the Space
Station Information System (until project
termination).
- Supported an effort called
Automation of Technical Information (ATI), which
became the Computer Aided Logistics Support
(CALS) program.
- Technical monitor for DARPA
Initiative in Concurrent Engineering (DICE).
- Lead technical input for the
Defense Manufacturing Board on Concurrent
Engineering (CE).
- DARPA's onsite technical lead for
information infrastructure issues at SEMATECH
(Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
Consortium).
- Led the SEMATECH/MCC Suppliers'
Working Group, formed of IBM/DEC/ATT/HP, to
develop pre-competitive technologies for the
commercial/defense manufacturing base.
- Lead as the US action officer for
NSF/ESPRIT (European Strategic Programme for
Research in Information Technology).
- Advised IBM on the reinvention of
the IBM/Dassault CATIA framework.
- Internal advisor to Air Force
Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) program.
- Principle Investigator for new
modeling and metrics technologies for the Agile
Virtual Enterprise - work sponsored by DARPA and
NSF.
Goranson is/was a founding board member
of:
- the International Society for the
Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry. (Other
founding members include Nobel laureates and the
former ministers of science of Japan, Israel and
the Soviet Union.);
- the Business Applications of
Situation Theory series of workshops; and
- the original International
Conference on Enterprise Integration Modeling
Technology (ICEIMT) workshops.
He is a key contributor to:
- the Foundations of Information
Science (FIS) series of workshops;
- the NIST-sponsored revival of
ICEIMT; and,
- the NRC study on Visionary
Manufacturing Challenges: 2020, and
- the Integrated Manufacturing
Technology Roadmap projects co-sponsored by the
Departments of Defense, Energy, Commerce and the
National Science Foundation.
Extensive paper publication list upon
request. Recent book activity:
- Author of "The Agile Virtual
Enterprise," Quorum, in press (publication
scheduled fall 1999).
- Initiator of "Enterprise
Integration Technology," 1992, MIT Press and
author of 11 chapters therein.
- Facilitator for "Enterprise
Engineering and Integration," Springer,
1997, and author/co-author of 6 chapters, the
revisiting of ICEIMT, sponsored this time by the
European research community.
- Authored the chapter on Agile
Manufacturing in "Handbook on Life Cycle
Engineering," Kluwer Academic, 1999.
- Authored the chapter on
Architectural Requirements of Commercial Products
in "International Handbook on Architectures
for Information Systems," Springer, 1998.
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