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June 2021
SERC TALKS: “How are Digitalization and AI Driving Improvements in Healthcare Delivery?”
This Talk examines the progression of health systems from individual diagnostic and treatment devices to connected systems and solutions. The transformation of health care delivery has changed the needs and key performance indicators that clinicians and hospital leaders use to measure success. To succeed with healthcare innovation today, new technologies must come with new business models and outcome-based incentives, aligned across all stakeholders; with collaboration based on shared objectives and risks.
Find out more »August 2021
SERC TALKS: “What Does Test & Evaluation Mean in a Digital Engineering Enabled World?”
In this talk we will discuss the demand for testing events, the Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques process (since STAT is mandated in DoD policy anyway), and what test planning may look like in a digital engineering environment. Examples of efficient and effective test planning will also be discussed, both those that were conducted during development and those developed post deployment.
Find out more »October 2021
SERC TALKS: “Progress in Test and Evaluation of AI-enabled Systems in the DoD”
This Talk with Dr. Yevgeniya “Jane” Pinelis, Chief, Test, Evaluation, and Assessment, DoD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) is the second of the 3-part "Test and Evaluation" series, curated and moderated by Dr. Laura Freeman, SERC Research Council Member, Director of the Hume Center’s Intelligent Systems Lab and Assistant Dean for Research in the College of Science, and Research Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at Virginia Tech.
Find out more »December 2021
SERC TALKS: “How is T&E Transforming to Adequately Assess DOD Systems in Complex Operating Environments?”
This Talk with Dr. Sandra Hobson, Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives, Policy and Emerging Technologies, DOT&E, Office of the Secretary of Defense is the final Talk of the 3-part "Test and Evaluation" series, curated and moderated by Dr. Laura Freeman, SERC Research Council Member, Director of the Hume Center’s Intelligent Systems Lab and Assistant Dean for Research in the College of Science, and Research Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at Virginia Tech.
Find out more »February 2022
SERC TALKS: “How Can We Model Cyber Attacks and Systems to Characterize Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Systems?”
This Talk with Dr. Eric Vugrin, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in the Cyber Resilience Research and Development department of Sandia National Laboratories is the first Talk of the 3-part "Cyber Resilience" series, curated and moderated by Dr. Peter Beling, Professor and Associate Director, Intelligent Systems Lab, Hume Center for National Security and Technology, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech.
Find out more »April 2022
SERC TALKS: “Cyber Resilience: Technical Concept or Vague Desiderata?”
This Talk with Dr. Alexander Kott, Chief Scientist of the Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory, is the second Talk of the 3-part "Cyber Resilience" series, curated and moderated by SERC Research Council member, Dr. Peter Beling, Virginia Tech.
Find out more »June 2022
SERC TALKS: “Secure Cyber Resilient Engineering for the Era of Competition”
This Talk with Ms. Melinda K. Reed, Director, Systems Security, Science and Technology Program Protection Office in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, is the final Talk of the 3-part "Cyber Resilience" series, curated and moderated by SERC Research Council member, Dr. Peter Beling, Virginia Tech.
Find out more »October 2022
SERC TALKS: “Not All Skills Are Created Equal: Agility and Innovation in STEM Education”
This Talk with Dr. Richard DeMillo, Charlotte B. and Roger C. Warren Professor of Computing, Professor of Management, and Chair of the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, is the first Talk of the 3-part "Innovating STEM Readiness" series, curated and moderated by Dr. William Rouse, SERC Research Council Member, Senior Fellow in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
Find out more »November 2022
SERC TALKS: “How Can States Develop a Trained Technical Workforce?”
This Talk with John V. Lombardi, Ph.D, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Michael Gargano, Jr., Ed.D, The Education Think Tank, is the second Talk of the 3-part "Innovating STEM Readiness" series, curated and moderated by Dr. William Rouse, SERC Research Council Member, Senior Fellow in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
Find out more »December 2022
SERC TALKS: “Oceans and Human Health: What We Have Learned About COVID From Cholera”
This Talk with Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland at College Park and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and President of CosmosID, Inc, is the last Talk of the year and the 3-part "Innovating STEM Readiness" series, curated and moderated by Dr. William Rouse, SERC Research Council Member, Senior Fellow in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
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