The SEI: The Leader in Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, and AI Engineering
At the SEI, we research complex software engineering, cybersecurity, and AI engineering problems; create and test innovative technologies; and transition maturing solutions into practice. We have been working with the Department of Defense, government agencies, and private industry since 1984 to help meet mission goals and gain strategic advantage.
Latest Publications
Bridging Research and Practice in LLM Agent Security
• White Paper
This systematic review discusses academic surveys, grey literature sources, and real-world case studies on securing LLM agents.
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Minimally Viable Architecture: Architecture Early in Development
• Technical Note
This technical note explores MVAs and offers guidance on what teams should do with an MVA to get their certificate to field and authorization to operate.
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Standardization of Return on Risk Investment Computation
• White Paper
In this paper, Brett Tucker proposes standardizing how ROI is calculated and applied to quantitative risk-based decision making to enhance security resilience.
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AI-Powered Memory Safety with the Pointer Ownership Model
• Blog Post
This post highlights work to automate C Code Security with AI-Powered memory safety.
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How to Align Security Requirements and Controls to Express System Threats
• Blog Post
This blog post presents a method that combines information about security requirements, controls, and capabilities with analysis regarding cyber threats to enable more effective risk-guided system planning.
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From Data to Performance: Understanding and Improving Your AI Model
• Podcast
Drift in data and concept, evolving edge cases, and emerging phenomena can undermine the correlations that AI classifiers rely on. In this podcast, SEI researchers discuss a new tool to help improve AI classifier performance.
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At the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), we research complex software engineering, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence engineering problems; create and test innovative technologies; and transition maturing solutions into practice. The U.S. Department of Defense, as well as other public agencies and private businesses, can meet mission goals and gain strategic advantage by using tools, technologies, and practices developed or matured by the SEI.
News
Secure Software by Design 2025 Presentations Available
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The August event featured presentations on data bills of materials, vulnerability detection, AI, and more.
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SEI Study Analyzes Applicability of Security and Zero Trust Principles to Weapon Systems
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The study explores the risks and tradeoffs when adapting enterprise-IT security and zero trust principles to weapon systems.
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AAAI Symposium to Present the Latest on Engineering Safety-Critical AI Systems
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At the November event, co-organized by the SEI, artificial intelligence experts will present case studies and research and development in building AI systems for safety-critical applications.
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Artificial Intelligence Data Quality Workshop to Present AI Engineering Best Practices
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The October 23 virtual workshop will feature presentations on dataset generation, exploration, preparation, and testing for ensuring data quality when training AI systems.
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Insider Threat Analyst
Dec 9-11, 2025
This 3-day course presents strategies for collecting and analyzing data to prevent, detect, and respond to insider activity. It discusses various techniques and methods for designing, implementing, and measuring the effectiveness of various components of an insider threat data collection and analysis capability.
RegisterHawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
Jan 6-9, 2026
Known worldwide as the longest-standing working scientific conference in Information Technology Management, HICSS--now in its 59th year--provides a highly interactive environment for top scholars from academia and industry to exchange ideas in various areas of information, computer, and system sciences.
Visit HICSS-59AIAA SciTech Forum 2026
Jan 12-16, 2026
The SEI will exhibit at AIAA SciTech 2026 booth number 106.
Register to attendEducation and Outreach
Discover our numerous training and credentialing opportunities for individual professional development. We also offer workforce development and licensing opportunities for organizations to apply best practices to their operations.
Work With Us
In addition to our work with agencies across the United States government, we partner with academic institutions and private companies to solve key technical challenges for current and future software-reliant systems. You can sponsor research and development, collaborate with us on research, and even get guidance from us to implement new methods.
Careers
Pursue your passion and work alongside world-recognized leaders in the field of software engineering. We invite you to view current employment opportunities, learn about benefits of working at the SEI, and apply for a position.
