The SEI Digital Library houses thousands of technical papers and other documents, ranging from SEI Technical Reports on groundbreaking research to conference proceedings, survey results, and source ...

Schmidt, D., and Sledge, C., 2016: A Naval Perspective on Open-Systems Architecture. Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Insights (blog ...

Scherlis, B., 2024: Weaknesses and Vulnerabilities in Modern AI: AI Risk, Cyber Risk, and Planning for Test and Evaluation. Carnegie Mellon University, Software ...

Shevchenko, N., 2020: An Introduction to Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Insights (blog ...

Ozkaya, I., Carleton, A., Robert, J., and Schmidt, D., 2023: Application of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Software Engineering: Overblown Hype or Disruptive Change ...

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Leaders in defense and national security want to obtain the leap-ahead capabilities AI offers. At the same time, it is difficult to get AI right. As many as 85% of current AI deployments fail—failures ...

Klieber, W., 2021: A Technique for Decompiling Binary Code for Software Assurance and Localized Repair. Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's ...

Schmidt, D., and Robert, J., 2024: Applying Large Language Models to DoD Software Acquisition: An Initial Experiment. Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering ...

Established by the Department of Defense (DoD) in 1984, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) began operation in early 1985. Since then, the SEI has shown that it both anticipates and responds to ...

Improving Disaster Response with the xView2 Challenge Created July 22, 2020 • Updated March 17, 2025 The DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit, the SEI, and other organizations launched the xView2 Challenge ...

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