The SEI issued two press releases in FY2002:

September 20, 2002. Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute Hosts TIDE Conference for Small Manufacturers - Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) will be hosting its TIDE Conference and Exhibitor Hall on Sept. 24, 2002, at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Mars, PA.

July 23, 2002. Carnegie Mellon Educating Information-Security Experts with Historically Black Colleges and Hispanic-Serving Institutions - Carnegie Mellon University will work with historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions on a program designed to create the next generation of Internet-security experts.