4th Annual SERC Sponsor Research Review
Saturday – November 13, 2012
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
The Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) held the SERC Sponsor Research Review on November 13, 2012, at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. This 4th annual event followed a new format than previous years, consisting of a one-day sponsor review and a technical program in Spring 2013 linked with the Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER). https://www.sercuarc.org/admin/asrr/edit/6
The SSRR focused on a high-level review of key SERC research objectives, outcomes, and transition opportunities, in addition to identifying new sponsor needs and how SERC systems research can solve them. Input and feedback was sought from the SERC sponsor community. The program consisted of an afternoon session and an evening open house and poster session. Members of the Systems Engineering community attended, including sponsors, collaborators, FFRDCs, industry, and SERC doctoral fellows. In addition, time was allotted in the morning preceding the Open House to hold the SERC Government Executive Advisory Board Meeting.
The annual technical program will be integrated with the existing Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) series, as the annual opportunity to link SERC collaborators together and to share research findings with the community. Founded in 2002 by Stevens Institute of Technology and the University of Southern California, the lead and principal collaborators for the SERC, CSER has become a leading event for systems engineering research. CSER 2012 took place in St. Louis, Missouri at the Missouri S&T, and CSER 2013 will be hosted by Georgia Tech, both of which are also SERC collaborators. At CSER 2012, SERC universities comprised 38% (26/68) of the accepted papers, 50% (11/22) of the session chairs, 29% (2/7) of the plenary speakers, and 25% (4/16) of the panelists. CSER 2013 is scheduled for March 19-22, 2013, in Atlanta.
This new approach to the annual review serves a multipurpose of connecting with our sponsors and communicating research progress, as well as leveraging the existing conference structure of CSER to bring together leaders in the systems community, as it has successfully done for over 10 years, and strengthening focus and participation through the addition of SERC collaborators and technical content.
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| 10:00 – 11:30 am | By Invitation Only (Government members only) All EAB attendees will be pre-registered for the afternoon event and receive their badges. Click here to view SERC UARC. Click here to view SERC Progress and Direction. |
| 11:30 – 12:30 pm | Lunch on your own at Georgetown Faculty Club (SERC group seating area reserved) Other lunch options available in University Center (Starbucks, Quizno’s, etc) |
| 12:00 pm | Registration |
| 1:00 pm | Welcome and Opening Remarks Ms. Debra Facktor Lepore, SERC Director of Strategic Programs, and Industry Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology |
| 1:15 pm | View from the SERC Sponsors - Part 1 Ms. Kristen Baldwin, Principal Deputy in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense, and Sponsor of the SERC |
| 1:30 pm | State of the SERC Dr. Dinesh Verma, Executive Director, SERC, and Dean and Professor, School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology |
| 1:45 pm | Welcome from Georgetown University Dr. Spiros Dimolitsas, Senior Vice President for Research & Chief Technology Officer, Georgetown University |
| 1:50 pm | Panel Discussion: SERC Research Programs
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Moderator:Dr. Jon Wade, SERC Research Council Member, and Associate Dean of Research and Distinguished Service Professor, School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology
Panelists
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| 3:00 pm | Networking Break |
| 3:30 pm | View from the SERC Sponsors - Part 2 Honorable Zachary J. Lemnios, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering for Department of Defense Click here to view the remarks. |
| 4:00 pm | Research Gaps and Opportunities: Perspectives from the SE Community
Moderated by: Mr. Scott Lucero, Deputy Director, Strategic Initiatives, ODASD (Systems Engineering)
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| 4:45 pm | Discussion & Synthesis Ms.Debra Facktor Lepore and Dr. Jon Wade |
| 5:15 pm | A Way Ahead for the SERC: Wrap up and Actions Dr. Art Pyster Click here to view remarks. |
| 5:30 pm | Closing, Invitation to SERC Poster Session and Open House Ms. Debra Facktor Lepore |
| 1. RT-19A, Pilot for Scaling Up and Sustaining Effective SE Capstone Practices
View Posters: Poster 1 Poster 2 Poster 3 Poster 4 |
| 2. RT-3, Graphic CONOPS (Integrated Concept Engineering Framework) Click here to view poster. |
| 3. RT-16, Transforming SE Education Click here to view poster. |
| 4. RT-1 Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (BoK) and Graduate Reference Curriculum Click here to view poster. |
| 5. RT-34, Expedited Systems Engineering for Rapid Capability and Urgent Needs Click here to view poster. |
| 6. RT-46/25, Tradespace and Affordability, and Requirements Definition for Net-Centric Enterprises View posters: RT-25 RT-46 |
| 7. RT-35, Agile Lean View Posters: RT-35 Briefing RT-35 Brochure |
| 8. RT-36, Assessing the Impact of Development Disruptions and Dependencies in Analysis of Alternative of Systems of Systems SoS Click here to view poster. |
| 9. RT-21/24, W&A Research, and Integration of M&S, SW Design, DoDAF View Posters: RT-21 RT-24 |
| 10. RT-19, Research on Building Education & Workforce Capacity in Systems Engineering Click here to view poster. |