Climate change, NetZero energy, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution are all game changers for infrastructure providers. This Talk discusses that to build smarter, more sustainable, and resilient infrastructure, cities will need to reimage infrastructure services they provide, and arrange deeply interconnected technological, social and environmental systems to do so. Infrastructure 4.0 is comprised, not just of physical assets and digital twins, but an interconnected web of social, institutional, and ecological systems. New, complex forms of socio-technological systems are emerging that require a synthesis across traditional disciplines of engineering, information technology, environmental science, and policy.

This Talk examines the progression of health systems from individual diagnostic and treatment devices to connected systems and solutions. The transformation of health care delivery has changed the needs and key performance indicators that clinicians and hospital leaders use to measure success. To succeed with healthcare innovation today, new technologies must come with new business models and outcome-based incentives, aligned across all stakeholders; with collaboration based on shared objectives and risks.

In this talk we will discuss the demand for testing events, the Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques process (since STAT is mandated in DoD policy anyway), and what test planning may look like in a digital engineering environment. Examples of efficient and effective test planning will also be discussed, both those that were conducted during development and those developed post deployment.

This Talk with Dr. Yevgeniya “Jane” Pinelis, Chief, Test, Evaluation, and Assessment, DoD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) is the second of the 3-part "Test and Evaluation" series, curated and moderated by Dr. Laura Freeman, SERC Research Council Member, Director of the Hume Center’s Intelligent Systems Lab and Assistant Dean for Research in the College of Science, and Research Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at Virginia Tech.

This Talk with Dr. Sandra Hobson, Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives, Policy and Emerging Technologies, DOT&E, Office of the Secretary of Defense is the final Talk of the 3-part "Test and Evaluation" series, curated and moderated by Dr. Laura Freeman, SERC Research Council Member, Director of the Hume Center’s Intelligent Systems Lab and Assistant Dean for Research in the College of Science, and Research Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at Virginia Tech.

This Talk with Dr. Eric Vugrin, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in the Cyber Resilience Research and Development department of Sandia National Laboratories is the first Talk of the 3-part "Cyber Resilience" series, curated and moderated by Dr. Peter Beling, Professor and Associate Director, Intelligent Systems Lab, Hume Center for National Security and Technology, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech.

This Talk with Dr. Alexander Kott, Chief Scientist of the Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory, is the second Talk of the 3-part "Cyber Resilience" series, curated and moderated by SERC Research Council member, Dr. Peter Beling, Virginia Tech.

This Talk with Ms. Melinda K. Reed, Director, Systems Security, Science and Technology Program Protection Office in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, is the final Talk of the 3-part "Cyber Resilience" series, curated and moderated by SERC Research Council member, Dr. Peter Beling, Virginia Tech.

This Talk with Dr. Richard DeMillo, Charlotte B. and Roger C. Warren Professor of Computing, Professor of Management, and Chair of the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, is the first Talk of the 3-part "Innovating STEM Readiness" series, curated and moderated by Dr. William Rouse, SERC Research Council Member, Senior Fellow in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.

This Talk with John V. Lombardi, Ph.D, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Michael Gargano, Jr., Ed.D, The Education Think Tank, is the second Talk of the 3-part "Innovating STEM Readiness" series, curated and moderated by Dr. William Rouse, SERC Research Council Member, Senior Fellow in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.

This Talk with Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland at College Park and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and President of CosmosID, Inc, is the last Talk of the year and the 3-part "Innovating STEM Readiness" series, curated and moderated by Dr. William Rouse, SERC Research Council Member, Senior Fellow in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.

Tom McDermott, SERC Chief Technology Officer introduces the first SERC Talk of the 2023 series: “Celebrating Systems Engineering Digitalization”. Presented in panel format, moderator Geoff Kerr (Virginia Tech) along with panelists Tamara Hambrick, Boeing; David Harrison, Lockheed Martin; and Phil Zimmerman, Department of Defense (ret’d) will explore “What are the Myths and Facts About Implementation of Digital Engineering in DoD Acquisition?” Join us on February 15 at 1PM ET to discuss.

Continuing the “Celebrating Systems Engineering Digitalization” Talk series, we are pleased to have Dr. Heidi Davidz, an Engineering Fellow in the Intelligent Systems Engineering team at ManTech International Corporation explore ‘how model governance can aid digital engineering execution’. These talks are curated and will be moderated by Tom McDermott, SERC Chief Technology Officer, Stevens Institute of Technology.

Continuing the “Celebrating Systems Engineering Digitalization” Talk series, we are pleased to have Dr. Heidi Davidz, an Engineering Fellow in the Intelligent Systems Engineering team at ManTech International Corporation explore ‘how model governance can aid digital engineering execution’. These talks are curated and will be moderated by Tom McDermott, SERC Chief Technology Officer, Stevens Institute of Technology.

This talk by Myron Hecht of The Aerospace Corporation describes how MBSE (and SysML in particular) can support and enable certification, starting by identifying the potential benefits of MBSE for certification; describing specific approaches to support certification; and concluding with necessary conditions regarding MBSE capabilities within both the applicant development organization and the certification authority, establishment of ground rules, and an executable certification plan.