Results of SEI Independent Research and Development Projects

Abstract

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) annually undertakes several independent research and development (IRAD) projects. IRAD funds are used in two ways: (1) to support feasibility studies investigating whether further work by the SEI would be of potential benefit, and (2) to support further exploratory work to determine whether there is sufficient value in eventually funding the feasibility study work as an SEI initiative. It is anticipated that each year there will be three or four feasibility studies and that one or two of these studies will be further funded to lay the foundation for the work possibly becoming an initiative. Projects are chosen based on their potential to mature and/or transition software engineering practices, develop information that will help in deciding whether further work is worth funding, and set new directions for SEI work. This report describes the IRAD projects that were conducted during fiscal year 2010 (October 2009 through September 2010). The FY 2010 research projects are as follows: Trusted Computing in Extreme Adversarial Environments -- Using Trusted Hardware as a Foundation for Cyber Security; Communicating the Benefits of Architecting within Agile Development; Multi-Perspective Reliability Modeling and Analysis for Cyber-Physical Systems; Achieving Predictable Performance in Multi-Core Embedded Real-Time Systems; Automatic Generation of Hidden Markov Models for the Detection of Polymorphic and Metamorphic Malware; Advanced Technology for Test and Evaluation (T&E) of Embedded System Functionality and Security; and An Investigation into the Feasibility of Tactical SOA.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA549393

Entities

People

  • Andres Diaz-pace
  • Archie Andrews
  • Christopher Craig
  • Cory Cohen
  • David Fisher
  • Dionisio de Niz
  • Nanette Brown
  • Peter Feiler
  • Tim Daly
  • William E Anderson

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agile Software Development
  • Application Software
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobile Software
  • Network Science
  • Operating Systems
  • Smartphones
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Cyber