SERC UPDATES – June 2023

Dear Colleagues,

The SERC is having an exciting June. Through the Acquisition Innovation Research Center, we launched the pilot for the Defense Civilian Training Corps at four notable universities across the United States. I encourage you to read how this initiative will revitalize the civilian workforce of the Department of Defense.

This issue of the SERC Updates also features the Capstone Marketplace, in which undergraduate teams collaborate on real-life challenge projects from DoD units. Capstone and DCTC are two examples of our commitment to developing the next generation of systems engineers and acquisition professionals. Please enjoy reading, and I wish you a relaxing summer.

Sincerely,
Dinesh Verma
Executive Director

News & Research Highlights

Capstone Marketplace Concludes Dynamic Year of Research

Student Teams Develop Innovative Prototypes for Defense Priorities

Information Models and Ontologies to Enable Digital Engineering

A Report from the Digital Engineering Workshop Hosted by SERC and MITRE

SERC and AIRC Experts Present at NPS Symposium

Applying Systems Engineering to Acquisition

Research Report Roundup June 2023

Read the Latest in SERC Research

AIRC to Lead Pilot for Defense Civilian Training Corps

DCTC is Preparing the Future Workforce of the DoD

An Interview with Dr. Nicole Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology

Profiles in Systems Engineering

Good Reads About Systems

Recommendations from SERC Leadership, Researchers, and Community

Events

The fourth annual AI4SE & SE4AI workshop will take place on September 27-28 at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. The theme this year is “Balancing Opportunity and Risk: The Systems Engineer’s Role in the Rapid Advancement of AI-Based Systems.” Abstract submissions are due August 8, with registration opening in mid-July. See details on the event webpage.

INCOSE International Symposium | Jul. 15-20, 2023 | Hybrid | Honolulu, HI
MIT Chief Data Officer and Information Quality Symposium | Jul. 18-20, 2023 | Hybrid | Cambridge, MA
Model-Based TEMP Strategy & Integrated Decision Support Key Workshop | Aug. 2-3, 2023 | Marina Del Rey, CA
AIRC-GMU Optimizing Incentives for Acquisition Innovation and Agility Webinar | Aug. 17, 2023 | Virtual
NDIA Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference and Exhibition | Aug. 28-30, 2023 | Washington, DC
AI4SE & SE4AI Research and Application Workshop | Sep. 27-28, 2023 | Washington, DC
- Abstracts Deadline: Aug. 8, 2023
NDIA SME (Systems & Mission Engineering) Conference | Oct. 16-19, 2023 | Norfolk, VA

Collaborators’ Corner

We invite collaborators to submit research news to be included in future releases of the SERC Updates.

In its summer newsletter, the Center for Trustworthy Edge Computing Systems and Applications (TECoSA) in Sweden wrote about a meeting of the Archimedes Initiative, a global collaboration for systems engineering. SERC Executive Director Dinesh Verma (second from left) and CTO Tom McDermott (second from right) attended with partners from TECoSA, TNO-ESI, and the DLR Institute Systems Engineering for Future Mobility.

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Opportunities

If an opportunity exists at your institution that you would like us to share, please submit it here.

SERC & AIRC:

Stevens Institute of Technology: Office of Sponsored Programs