505 PRESENTATION

ACHIEVING INTERDISCIPLINARITY

A LIFELONG PROBLEM

MY 7TH GRADE ENCOUNTER

OTA—MY INTELLECTUAL HOME

THE FIRST WASHINGTON NON-BUREAUCRACY?

Flattened heirarchies.

Interdisciplinarity

Outreach

Feedback

Iterations

REWARDS FOR ASKING QUESTIONS?

UNFORTUNATELY CONGRESS DIDN’T LIKE TO BE QUESTIONED

INTERDISCIPLINARITY IS TYPICALLY AGAINST THE ACADEMIC GRAIN

SMALL WORLD LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN PROBLEM SOLVING

HOW TO GO ABOUT IT

VENTURING ACROSS BOUNDARIES

CHANGING YOUR LENS

CLIMBING THE LADDER OF ABSTRACTION

MY MOST RECENT INQUIRY INTO STANDARDS

THE RESEARCH QUESTION (BASED ON NIST’S EXPERIENCE)

Why are there so few standards courses being offered at American universities?

What can be done to increase young peoples interests and engagement in standards and standard setting?

STANDARDS FOR EVERYONE

REDEFINING THE PROBLEM

STANDARDS DEFINED AS INTERFACES THAT GOVERN ALL INTERACTIONS

MY METHODOLOGY: EXPERIMENTATION & PLAY

MEASURING THE OUTCOME

THE FLOWER & THE BEE

THE MACHINERY OF LIFE

HOW THE WEST WAS WON

WHO ARE YOU?

TCP/IP

TECHNOLOGICAL SOMNAMBULISM

IGNORE THEM AT YOUR PERIL