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7bcd As a part of an 7bcd ongoing effort to maintain you 7bcd knowledgeable about our newest work, 7bcd this weblog publish summarizes some 7bcd current publications from the SEI 7bcd within the areas of 7bcd explainable synthetic intelligence 7bcd , 7bcd cyber danger and resilience administration 7bcd , 7bcd digital engineering effectiveness 7bcd , and 7bcd tailoring DoD RFPs to incorporate 7bcd modeling 7bcd . These publications spotlight the 7bcd newest work of SEI technologists 7bcd in these areas.
7bcd We now have additionally included 7bcd hyperlinks to our 7bcd 2021 SEI 12 months in 7bcd Overview 7bcd , which highlights our work 7bcd in synthetic intelligence, cybersecurity, and 7bcd software program engineering undertaken in 7bcd the course of the 2021 7bcd fiscal 12 months.
7bcd This publish features a itemizing 7bcd of every publication, writer(s), and 7bcd hyperlinks the place they are 7bcd often accessed on the SEI 7bcd web site.
7bcd SEI 12 months in Overview
7bcd At all times centered on 7bcd the long run, the Software 7bcd program Engineering Institute (SEI) advances 7bcd software program as a strategic 7bcd benefit for nationwide safety. We 7bcd lead analysis and direct transition 7bcd of software program engineering, cybersecurity, 7bcd and synthetic intelligence applied sciences 7bcd on the intersection of academia, 7bcd business, and authorities. We serve 7bcd the nation as a federally 7bcd funded analysis and improvement middle 7bcd (FFRDC) sponsored by the U.S. 7bcd Division of Protection (DoD) and 7bcd are based mostly at Carnegie 7bcd Mellon College, a world analysis 7bcd college yearly rated among the 7bcd many finest for its packages 7bcd in laptop science and engineering.
7bcd The 7bcd 2021 SEI 12 months in 7bcd Overview 7bcd highlights the work of 7bcd the institute undertaken in the 7bcd course of the fiscal 12 7bcd months spanning October 1, 2020, 7bcd to September 30, 2021.
7bcd Learn or obtain the SEI 7bcd 12 months in Overview 7bcd .
7bcd Explainable AI Defined
7bcd by Violet Turri
7bcd As the sphere of synthetic 7bcd intelligence (AI) has matured, more 7bcd and more complicated opaque fashions 7bcd have been developed and deployed 7bcd to unravel laborious issues. Not 7bcd like many predecessor fashions, these 7bcd fashions, by the character of 7bcd their structure, are more durable 7bcd to grasp and oversee. When 7bcd such fashions fail or don’t 7bcd behave as anticipated or hoped, 7bcd it may be laborious for 7bcd builders and end-users to pinpoint 7bcd why or decide strategies for 7bcd addressing the issue. Explainable AI 7bcd (XAI) meets the rising calls 7bcd for of AI engineering by 7bcd offering perception into the inside 7bcd workings of those opaque fashions. 7bcd On this SEI Podcast, Violet 7bcd Turri and Rachel Dzombak discusses 7bcd explainable AI, which encompasses all 7bcd of the strategies that make 7bcd the decision-making processes of AI 7bcd methods comprehensible to people.
7bcd Take heed to the podcast 7bcd .
7bcd Learn 7bcd Violet Turri’s SEI Weblog publish 7bcd that gives introduction to the 7bcd present state of XAI 7bcd , together with the strengths 7bcd and weaknesses of this follow.
7bcd Experiences with Deploying Mothra in 7bcd Amazon Internet Providers (AWS)
7bcd by 7bcd 7bcd Brad Powell 7bcd , 7bcd 7bcd Daniel Ruef 7bcd , and 7bcd 7bcd John Stogoski
7bcd The Mothra large-scale knowledge processing 7bcd platform might be deployed within 7bcd the AWS GovCloud surroundings. The 7bcd SEI analysis of this deployment 7bcd exhibits that it meets (and 7bcd even exceeds) the working necessities 7bcd of the on-premises Mothra deployment. 7bcd This report describes (1) how 7bcd an SEI group developed an 7bcd at-scale prototype of the on-premises 7bcd system to check the efficiency 7bcd of Mothra within the cloud 7bcd and (2) the approaches the 7bcd group recommends for comparable deployments.
7bcd Obtain the SEI technical report 7bcd .
7bcd An Evaluation of How Many 7bcd Undiscovered Vulnerabilities Stay in Info 7bcd Programs
7bcd by Jonathan Spring
7bcd Vulnerability administration technique, from each 7bcd organizational and public coverage views, 7bcd hinges on an understanding of 7bcd the availability of undiscovered vulnerabilities. 7bcd If the variety of undiscovered 7bcd vulnerabilities is sufficiently small, then 7bcd an inexpensive funding technique could 7bcd be to concentrate on discovering 7bcd and eradicating the remaining undiscovered 7bcd vulnerabilities. If the variety of 7bcd undiscovered vulnerabilities is and can 7bcd proceed to be massive, then 7bcd a greater funding technique could 7bcd be to concentrate on fast 7bcd patch dissemination and engineering resilient 7bcd methods. This paper examines a 7bcd paradigm, particularly that the variety 7bcd of undiscovered vulnerabilities is manageably 7bcd small, via the lens of 7bcd mathematical ideas from the speculation 7bcd of computing. From this angle, 7bcd we discover little help for 7bcd the paradigm of restricted undiscovered 7bcd vulnerabilities. We then briefly help 7bcd the notion that these theory-based 7bcd conclusions are related to sensible 7bcd computer systems in use right 7bcd now. We discover no purpose 7bcd to imagine undiscovered vulnerabilities aren’t 7bcd basically limitless in follow, and 7bcd we study the doable financial 7bcd impacts ought to that is 7bcd certainly the case. Primarily based 7bcd on our evaluation, we advocate 7bcd vulnerability administration technique adopts an 7bcd method favoring fast patch dissemination 7bcd and engineering resilient methods, whereas 7bcd persevering with good software program 7bcd engineering practices to cut back 7bcd (however by no means eradicate) 7bcd vulnerabilities in info methods.
7bcd Learn the white paper 7bcd .
7bcd Take heed to 7bcd an SEI podcast 7bcd the place Jonathan Spring 7bcd discusses the findings outlined in 7bcd his paper.
7bcd Digital Engineering Effectiveness
7bcd by 7bcd 7bcd Alfred Schenker 7bcd , 7bcd 7bcd Tyler Smith (Adventium Labs, Inc.) 7bcd , 7bcd 7bcd William Richard Nichols
7bcd The 2018 launch of the 7bcd DoD’s Digital Engineering (DE) technique 7bcd and the success of making 7bcd use of DE strategies within 7bcd the mechanical and electrical engineering 7bcd domains inspire software of DE 7bcd strategies in different product improvement 7bcd workflows, resembling methods and/or software 7bcd program engineering. The anticipated advantages 7bcd of this are improved communication 7bcd and traceability with diminished rework 7bcd and danger. Organizations have demonstrated 7bcd benefits of DE strategies many 7bcd occasions over by utilizing model-based 7bcd design and evaluation strategies, resembling 7bcd Finite Ingredient Evaluation (FEA) or 7bcd SPICE (Simulation Program with Built-in 7bcd Circuit Emphasis), to conduct detailed 7bcd evaluations earlier within the course 7bcd of (i.e., shifting left). Nevertheless, 7bcd different domains resembling embedded computing 7bcd sources for cyber bodily methods 7bcd (CPS) haven’t but successfully demonstrated 7bcd tips on how to incorporate 7bcd related DE strategies into their 7bcd improvement workflows. Though there may 7bcd be broad help for SysML 7bcd and there was vital development 7bcd in particular instruments (e.g., MathWorks, 7bcd ANSYS, and Dassault instrument choices) 7bcd and requirements like Modelica and 7bcd AADL, the DE advantages to 7bcd CPS engineering haven’t been broadly 7bcd realized. On this paper, we 7bcd are going to discover why 7bcd CPS builders have been sluggish 7bcd to embrace DE, how DE 7bcd strategies needs to be tailor-made 7bcd to realize their stakeholders’ objectives, 7bcd and tips on how to 7bcd measure the effectiveness of DE-enabled 7bcd workflows.
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7bcd Steerage for Tailoring DoD Request 7bcd for Proposals (RFPs) to Embrace 7bcd Modeling
7bcd by Julie B. Cohen, Tom 7bcd Merendino, and Robert Wojcik
7bcd With the appearance of digital 7bcd engineering and the Division of 7bcd Protection (DoD) Digital Engineering technique, 7bcd packages are trying to incorporate 7bcd digital engineering as a part 7bcd of their acquisition technique. Realizing 7bcd the specified advantages of digital 7bcd engineering requires program workplaces to 7bcd think about tips on how 7bcd to finest purchase the fashions 7bcd and artifacts vital to achieve 7bcd the benefits of a sturdy 7bcd digital engineering program. This report 7bcd supplies steering for presidency program 7bcd workplaces which might be together 7bcd with digital engineering/modeling necessities right 7bcd into a request for proposal 7bcd (RFP). Since RFPs might be 7bcd launched at many alternative program 7bcd phases and since each program 7bcd is completely different, the knowledge 7bcd on this report is supposed 7bcd to stimulate thought on the 7bcd a part of this system 7bcd workplace into completely different areas 7bcd to think about. The report 7bcd supplies total steering and extra 7bcd particular steering concerning statements of 7bcd labor, deliverables, and Sections L 7bcd and M of a request 7bcd for proposal. Pattern language included 7bcd on this report is offered 7bcd as exemplars and isn’t meant 7bcd to be copied verbatim. We 7bcd encourage program managers to make 7bcd use of this report as 7bcd a useful resource when partnering 7bcd with contracting officers.
7bcd Obtain the SEI particular report 7bcd .
7bcd Predictable Use of Multicore within 7bcd the Military and Past
7bcd by Bjorn Andersson, Dionisio de 7bcd Niz, and William Vance of 7bcd the U.S. Military Fight Capabilities 7bcd Improvement Command Aviation & Missile 7bcd Heart
7bcd Advanced, cyber-physical DoD methods, resembling 7bcd plane, rely on right timing 7bcd to correctly and reliably execute 7bcd essential sensing, computing, and actuation 7bcd capabilities. On this webcast, SEI 7bcd employees members Bjorn Andersson and 7bcd Dionisio de Niz and William 7bcd Vance of the U.S. Military 7bcd Fight Capabilities Improvement Command Aviation 7bcd & Missile Heart talk about 7bcd utilizing real-time software program on 7bcd multicore processors. Particularly, they evaluation 7bcd the challenges that DoD and 7bcd civilian methods face and the 7bcd confirmed options which might be 7bcd accessible.
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