Research Collaborations
Current Opportunities for Research Collaboration
The SEI is currently seeking partnerships with organizations that want to invest in solutions to software engineering problems in the following areas:
- Architecture, Product Lines, and Predictable Assembly
- Process Improvement and Performance Measurement
- Security
- System Interoperability and Dependability
Congress established the SEI because software is vital to the national interest. As technology sponsors, organizations conduct joint research with the SEI to explore and pilot new technologies. By working with the SEI you can gain leverage from a government investment of more than $800 million and two decades of participation from your peers, competitors, and mentors in advancing the practice of software engineering.
Research and Development
The SEI works with researchers in government, industry, and academia to test new and emerging technologies and create solutions to significant and pervasive software engineering problems. The SEI develops these solutions so they can be applied by software developers and acquirers to improve their software engineering practices.
A Trusted Broker of Improved Practice
SEI accomplishments since 1984 are a direct result of successful research collaborations with SEI customers and strategic partners. By working with the SEI on solutions to their organizations' specific software engineering challenges and problems, leaders in government, industry, and academia provide the SEI with valuable insight into the application of improved practices. While scrupulously protecting the confidentiality of organizations' information, the SEI distills the results of research collaborations into principles and practices that benefit the entire software industry. Organizations that work with the SEI benefit from earliest access to these principles and practices.