Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) 2019: Program Released

Feb 14, 2019

Stevens Institute of Technology and Virginia Tech present the 17th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) on April 3-4, 2019 at National Press Club, Washington, DC . CSER has become the primary conference for disseminating systems engineering research and germinating new research ideas. Its primary objective is to provide a common platform for academia, industry, and government to present, discuss, and influence systems engineering research, practice, and education. Current and perspective doctoral students are invited to attend the Systems Engineering & Architecting Network for Research (SEANET) workshop on April 2, 2019.

Conference Program

The conference program is available now. Click here to view the program.

Keynote Speakers

CSER 2019 is honored to feature the following invited speakers:

James A. Faist
Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Advanced Capabilities
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Jeffrey J. Wilcox
Vice President, Digital Transformation
Lockheed Martin
Kristen Baldwin
Deputy Director, Strategic Technology Protection and Exploitation
Office of the Secretary of Defense
CAPT. (Ret.) William Shepherd
Captain, US Navy, NASA Astronaut, Science Advisor, US Special Operations Command

Panels

CSER 2019 will feature the following panel:

Panel on Systems Engineering Research (Former NSF Program Directors)

Dr. Christina Bloebaum – Dean, College of Aeronautics and Engineering – Kent State University
Dr. Paul Collopy – Professor – University of Alabama in Huntsville
Dr. Chris Paredis – BMW Endowed Chair, Systems Integration – Clemson University
Dr. Rich Malak – Associate Professor – Texas A&M

Technical Sessions

Technical sessions will be distributed among the traditional activities of systems engineering, with special emphasis on applications to the following areas:

System Security
Model Based Engineering
Agile Development and Modular Designs
SE for Autonomous Systems and Leveraging AI and ML
Resilience Modeling and System Trust
Design Uncertainty and Quantitative Risk Modeling
Complexity Modeling and Assessment
Theoretical Insights for Systems Engineering

Lodging

J.W. Marriott
1331 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004

The cut-off date for reserving a hotel room at the discounted conference rate is Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Limited rooms are available and on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be guaranteed.

Hamilton Hotel Washington DC
1001 14^th Street
NW Washington D.C. 20005
Rooms can be reserved at a discounted conference rate till March 8,2019. After this cutoff date, additional reservations will be accepted, based upon availability and rate.

For more information, visit the CSER event website.