OCTOBER 2024
Dear Colleagues,
Join us on November 12-13 for the SERC Research Review and the SERC Doctoral Student Forum! These annual events will showcase our research portfolio and strategic vision, insights from special guests from the DoD, and emerging thinkers in systems engineering. Get your tickets today!
This newsletter includes an overview of our efforts in the SERC and the Acquisition Innovation Research Center on human capital development. From our collaboration with Defense Acquisition University to initiatives like the Defense Data Grand Prix, we are honored to develop the next-gen workforce for national security.
Sincerely,
Dinesh Verma
Executive Director
16th Annual Review in DC to Showcase SERC Research
Distinguished leaders from the DoD will gather with SERC researchers and industry guests for rigorous discussions on digital engineering, trust in AI-enabled systems, architecture decision making, cyber resilience and more.
AI4SE & SE4AI Workshop Sees Significant Growth in Fifth Year
Some 200 participants gathered to hear 40 technical presentations, three keynote speeches and two panels on the intersection of systems engineering and artificial intelligence.
From Classroom to Command: New DCTC Scholars Train for DoD Careers
The second cohort of scholars in the Defense Civilian Training Corps, guided by AIRC, is navigating the pilot program at North Carolina A&T, Purdue, the University of Arizona and Virginia Tech.
Transforming the DoD Workforce through Policy, Skills, and Culture
This overview of SERC and AIRC research highlights numerous initiatives such the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge, digital engineering bootcamps, and the Capstone Marketplace.
Five New AIRC Research Reports
Read about “Cognitive Assistant for Training Cost Estimators,” “Mission-Aware Integrated Digital Transformation for Operational Advantage,” and others on portfolio management, intellectual property, and intelligent decision making.
Tickets are on sale for this gathering of SERC researchers, government partners and industry colleagues, plus the SERC Doctoral Student Forum. See the two-day agenda on the event page and register via Eventbrite.
October 28-31, 2024
NDIA Systems & Mission Engineering Conference (Norfolk, VA)
November 6-7, 2024
SERC and INCOSE AI4SE & SE4AI Virtual Workshop (Virtual)
November 12-13, 2024
SERC Annual Events (Washington, DC)
February 1-4, 2025
INCOSE International Workshop (Seville, Spain | Virtual)
March 18-21, 2025
Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) (Long Beach, CA)
April 7-10, 2025
IEEE SysCon (Montreal, Canada)
May 7-8, 2025
Naval Postgraduate School Acquisition Research Symposium (Monterey, CA)
This virtual workshop with INCOSE follows the annual in-person AI4SE & SE4AI workshop the SERC co-organizes with the US Army DEVCOM Armaments Center Systems Engineering Directorate. Register via the event page.
We invite collaborators to submit research news to be included in future releases of the SERC Updates.
Resources:
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AIRC Innovation Projects
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s AIRC Innovation Projects! Four SERC/AIRC universities (two in partnership) received over $500,000 in subcontracts for five projects addressing DoD needs in AI, intellectual property, industry incentives and policy.
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Georgetown University, PI: Lisa Singh – “Designing a Functional Information Retrieval System for Dynamic Organizational Use”
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George Mason University, PI: John G. (Jerry) McGinn – “Identifying Novel Ways to Incentivize Industry in Defense Acquisition”
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George Mason University, PI: John G. (Jerry) McGinn – “Options for Strengthening the Use of Defense Production Act (DPA) Title VII in the Department of Defense”
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George Mason University, PI: Benjamin McMartin – “Enabling Digital Rights Management (DRM) of Intellectual Property Licenses for the Department of Defense”
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Stevens Institute of Technology and Virginia Tech, PIs: Jose Ramirez-Marquez and Naren Ramakrishnan – “AI-based DPCAP FAR/DFARS Change Support Tool”
Thank you to all who submitted amazing proposals this year! Stay tuned for future opportunities by visiting the AIRC Innovations Projects webpage and by following AIRC on LinkedIn!
