AI4SE & SE4AI Workshop 2026

***The deadline to submit an abstract has passed. Notifications to accepted presenters will go out in July. Registration to attend will also open in July.***

The Systems Engineering Research Center and U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center are pleased to offer the seventh annual AI4SE & SE4AI Research and Application Workshop planned for September 22-23 and hosted by The George Washington University Trustworthy AI Initiative in Washington, DC.

Workshop Theme

This year’s conference theme – “Speed and Innovation through AI4SE & SE4AI” – aims to emphasize the importance of sound systems engineering to both deliver mission capabilities quickly and effectively and transform enterprises to leverage the power of AI. As in the past, the workshop will be organized around SE4AI and AI4SE.

The SE4AI track focuses on leveraging systems engineering principles and methodologies to develop safe, robust, and efficient AI systems that augment operational capabilities, while extending and advancing these principles and methodologies in response to the nature of AI enabled systems.

Specific research areas in this track include but are not limited to:

• AI embedded in complex systems of systems (SoS) and/or teams
• Measures of trust that include a recognition of human and technology interaction, including studies on explainability, interpretability, and related AI-ilities
• Test and Evaluation (T&E) of AI enabled, and hybrid human-AI systems across the lifecycle
• System design processes that support AI across the lifecycle, including AI maintenance and sustainment principles and practice
• Bidirectionality in human-AI collaborative systems
• Critical aspects of safety, reliability, and ethical considerations in developing and deploying AI systems
• Architectures for AI in systems workflows

The AI4SE track delves into the application of AI in support of the acquisition process, by enabling enhanced decision-making, optimization, validation, and verification, and alleviating mundane tasks.

Specific research areas in this track include but are not limited to:

• Evolving role of digital transformation and its impact on the workforce, fostering skill development and adaptation in an AI-driven landscape
• Agentic AI and workflow integration
• AI and cognitive assistants to support tasks from inference, decision-support and requirements trades to project management
• AI-enabled modeling and simulation
• AI-integrated digital twins

Keynote Speakers

Ms. Rocio (Rosie) Bauer

Assistant Deputy, Acquisition and Systems Management (Data, Engineering & Software), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)

Dr. Tara Sinclair

Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics, The George Washington University

Contact for Questions

If you have any questions about the submission process, contact SERC Communications Manager Alan Skontra at askontra@stevens.edu.