Longtime members of the SERC community are sad for the passing of Dr. Barry Horowitz, who was a prolific systems engineer, a leader of the university research network, a mentor, and a friend.| Systems Engineering Research Center
The sixth annual AI4SE & SE4AI Research and Application Workshop will be held on September 17-18, 2025. Organized by SERC and the U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center and hosted by The George Washington University Trustworthy AI Initiative in Washington, DC, this year’s hybrid event will be organized around the theme of “Systems Engineering AI that Works: Assuring Transformative Capabilities and Enabling a Digital Transformation.”| Systems Engineering Research Center
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This spring edition of the SERC and AIRC Updates offers recently published technical reports exploring data management, data modeling, digital transformation, cognitive assistants, reliability, risk aversion, and several other topics related to systems engineering and defense acquisition.| Systems Engineering Research Center
Longtime SERC researcher Dr. Valerie Sitterle will expand her role as the network’s first Deputy CTO, through which she will “cultivate teams of researchers that can bring an innovative brain trust to bear on increasingly transdisciplinary challenges.”| Systems Engineering Research Center
SERC Updates provides a bi-monthly highlight of research projects from across the SERC network of collaborators, recent news from the SERC community, links to popular events such as the SERC Talks, reading lists, job opportunities and much more.| Systems Engineering Research Center
Representing SERC and Virginia Tech, Dr. Laura Freeman moderated an expert panel to discuss generative AI for the Department of Defense in a webinar presented by the Acquisition Innovation Research Center.| Systems Engineering Research Center
SERC Updates provides a bi-monthly highlight of research projects from across the SERC network of collaborators, recent news from the SERC community, links to popular events such as the SERC Talks, reading lists, job opportunities and much more.| Systems Engineering Research Center
A SERC team led by Dr. Peter Beling and Mr. Scott Lucero challenged student teams to develop engineering methods with system reliability and trustworthiness in the design and architecture of AI-enabled systems.| Systems Engineering Research Center
Ms. Casey Eaton's presentation on systems design frameworks earned her the Boehm Award at the 2024 SERC Doctoral Student Forum.| Systems Engineering Research Center
For the 16th time, the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) convened the annual SERC Research Review to hear technical presentations, strategic insights, and executive perspectives from senior sponsors in the Department of Defense (DoD).| SERC
The third annual Archimedes Initiative summer workshop, hosted by the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), gathered leaders from four prominent systems engineering organizations to discuss trustworthy AI, systems thinking, and other dynamic topics.| SERC
Work by experts from across the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) and the Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC) was presented at the 21st Annual Acquisition Research Symposium on May 8-9. This premier annual event, hosted in Monterey, California, by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS, a SERC collaborating university) gathers acquisition professionals from across disciplines including researchers from academia, government policy makers, and industry practitioners for presen...| SERC
Szajnfarber will be the SERC’s third chief scientist, following DeLaurentis and the late Dr. Barry Boehm. “I am honored to be selected for this important role,” she said. ‘For many years, I have admired the SERC’s ability to drive deep systems research with real-world impact. As chief scientist, I hope to continue supporting that trend as the research network takes on new challenges.”| SERC
