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October 2018
SERC TALKS: “How Can We Advance Structural Quality Analysis with Standards and Machine Learning?”
Speaker: Dr. Bill Curtis Senior VP & Chief Scientist, CAST Software; Head of CAST Research Labs
Abstract: The C-suite is fed up with software disasters putting the quarterly statement at risk as they digitize the business...
November 2018
6th Annual SERC Doctoral Students Forum
The SERC Doctoral Students Forum (SDSF) provides an opportunity for doctoral students conducting highly relevant, systems engineering-related research at any of the SERC collaborating universities to present their research in an open forum.
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10th Annual SERC Sponsor Research Review
The Annual SERC Research Review showcases the research capabilities of the SERC collaborating universities.
Find out more »SERC Collaborator WebEx
The SERC management team would like to announce that the November SERC WebEx meeting for 2018 is scheduled for Thursday, November 15, 2018, at 1:00 pm EST. Open to SERC Collaborators only, the objective of this meeting is to spread awareness among our network on all things transpiring within the Systems Engineering Research Center as well as the Systems Engineering Community as a whole. As a SERC Collaborator, please feel free to utilize this platform for your announcements and questions. This meeting…
Find out more »SERC Workshop: Continuous Development and Deployment of Military Capabilities
The SERC is hosting a Workshop on “Continuous Development and Deployment of Military Capabilities” from November 27-28, 2018 in McLean, VA. Workshop attendance is by invitation only, with attendance limited to 75 delegates. Research Workshop Leaders: Tom McDermott Jr., Deputy Director, Systems Engineering Research Center Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. Barry W. Boehm, Chief Scientist, Systems Engineering Research Center, University of Southern California A recent Defense Science Board Task Force on the Design and Acquisition of Software for Defense Systems…
Find out more »December 2018
SERC TALKS: “Why Are Ontologies and Languages for Software Quality Increasingly Important?”
Speaker: Prof. Xavier Franch Full Professor, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona Tech).
Abstract: Analysis of trade-offs among software quality factors needs to be based upon a clear statement of the meaning of such factors and their interrelationships...
January 2019
SERC Collaborator WebEx – January 2019
The SERC management team is holding the January SERC WebEx meeting on Thursday, January 17, 2018, at 1:00 pm ET. Open to academics within the SERC Collaborator network only, the objective of this meeting is to spread awareness among our network on all things transpiring within the Systems Engineering Research Center as well as the Systems Engineering Community as a whole. This meeting will include a demonstration of a tool by Dov Dori.
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SERC TALKS: “How Does the Transition From Agile to DevOps Impact Software Cost Estimation?”
The B4 organization at National Security Agency (NSA) prepares all of the Independent Cost Estimates for major NSA Acquisitions. NSA has been developing most of its software utilizing Agile development practices since approximately 2005. Around 2014 the development processes began to transition to a DevOps process. This change has required changes to the estimation workflows and processes that B4 had been utilizing for the estimation of Agile projects.
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SERC TALKS: “What did I do wrong? An episode on Agile Anti-Patterns”
With the adoption of Agile have started to be a viable option as evidenced in several large scale and mission critical programs, the challenges of Agile adoption have started to show up as well.
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SERC TALKS: “Can DevOps Practices Be Applied to Cyber-Physical Systems Development?”
DevOps practices such as continuous integration and continuous deployment were born in the world of software development. That works with bits and bytes, but how can DevOps work with programs that produce physical systems such as satellites, fighter jets, and high-tech medical equipment?
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