SERC UPDATES – August 2021

News

• Inaugural AIRC Incubator Awards Announced. Click here to learn more.
• INCOSE Recognizes SERC Publications for Excellence. Click here to learn more. 
• INCOSE Awards Dr. Azad Madni for Substantial SE Contributions. Click here to learn more.
• SERC TALKS celebrates 5 Years: A Look Back 
• In case you missed it, the recordings from our most recent SERC Talks are now available:
  • June SERC Talks “How are Digitalization and AI Driving Improvements in Healthcare Delivery?” with David Zion (Philips Healthcare)
  • August SERC Talks “What Does Test & Evaluation Mean in a Digital Engineering Enabled World?” with Dr. Darryl Ahner, PE (U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology)

• Download the JULY 2021 NEWSLETTER

Research Highlights

• SERC Launches Research on Quantum Photonics and Related Technologies
• SERC Developing Simulation Environment for Digital Engineering Education
• Dr. Bill Rouse Presents at the Royal Academy of Engineering on Key Technologies Shaping the Future
• Explore SERC’s Contributions to Systems Engineering Journal Best Papers

Events

• SAVE THE DATE: 2021 SERC ANNUAL EVENTS | NOV  2 – 4, 2021
• Acquisition Innovation Forum: Intellectual Property Valuation in the Defense Acquisition Process | Sept. 9, 2021 | Virtual
• Defense Data Grand Prix: Heat 1 Registration Deadline | Sept. 10, 2021
• Naval Digital/Systems Engineering Transformation (D/SET) Brown Bag Series: Skyzer Surrogate Pilot MBSE Cost Model Use Case and Model Tour Demo | Sept. 14, 2021 | Virtual
• NDIA 24th Annual Systems and Mission Engineering Conference | Oct. 4-7, 2021 | Orlando, FL / Hybrid
• CESUN: 8th Annual Council of Engineering Systems Universities | Oct. 10-12, 2021 | Charlottesville, VA / Hybrid
• AI4SE/SE4AI Research and Application Workshop | Oct. 20-21, 2021 | Virtual
• INCOSE HSI CONFERENCE | Nov. 17-19, 2021 | San Diego, CA / Hybrid
• IEEE SYSCON 2022 | Call for Papers Deadline – Oct. 22 | Apr. 25-28, 2022

Calls for Submission

• Call for Papers: Systems Engineering Journal Special Issue: Digital Engineering: Enabling Digital Transformation of Engineering, Processes, and Enterprises | Dec. 15, 2021
• IEEE SYSCON 2022 | Call for Papers Deadline – Oct. 22 | Apr. 25-28, 2022

Collaborators’ Corner

• To provide up-to-date and readily accessible information throughout our Collaborator network as well as to our Sponsors and the larger systems engineering community, we invite Collaborators to submit updates here to be included in future releases of SERC UPDATES.
• SERC Doctoral Student Forum Nomination | Deadline to Submit: Sept. 1
  • Nominations are not limited to students working on SERC funded research. ANY student currently enrolled in a doctoral program at a  SERC Collaborating University is eligible.
• ACADEMIC COMPETITION – Defense Data Grand Prix: Solving Grand Problems to Meet a Grand Vision
  • Team Registration for Heat 1 Closes September 10, 2021 
• NEW: SERC Publications Search Features available on the SERC Website
• RESOURCES: SERC Report Templates available for download

Job Opportunities

• SERC Full Stack Developer
• AIRC Research Scientist
• AIRC Postdoctoral Researcher

External Funding Opportunities

• Minerva Research Institute
  • Close date: Sep. 29, 2021