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<feed xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>SEI Blog | Software Engineering Research and Development</title><link href="http://sei.cmu.edu/feeds/topic/software-engineering-research-development/atom/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss" rel="alternate"/><link href="http://sei.cmu.edu/feeds/topic/software-engineering-research-development/atom/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss" rel="self"/><id>http://sei.cmu.edu/feeds/topic/software-engineering-research-development/atom/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss</id><updated>2026-01-12T00:00:00-05:00</updated><subtitle>Updates on changes and additions to the                         SEI Blog for posts matching Software Engineering Research and Development</subtitle><entry><title>The Top 10 Blog Posts of 2025</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-top-10-blog-posts-of-2025/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-01-12T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2026-01-12T00:00:00-05:00</updated><author><name>Thomas Longstaff</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-top-10-blog-posts-of-2025/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">Every January on the SEI Blog, we present the 10 most-visited posts from the previous year.</summary></entry><entry><title>7 Recommendations to Improve SBOM Quality</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/7-recommendations-to-improve-sbom-quality/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-08-25T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2025-08-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated><author><name>David Tobar, Jessie Jamieson, Mark Priest, Jason Fricke</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/7-recommendations-to-improve-sbom-quality/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">There is growing interest in using SBOMs to support software supply chain risk management. This post recommends seven ways to improve SBOM accuracy.</summary></entry><entry><title>Delivering Resilient Software Capability to the Warfighter at the Speed of Relevance</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/delivering-resilient-software-capability-to-the-warfighter-at-the-speed-of-relevance/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-06-02T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2025-06-02T00:00:00-04:00</updated><author><name>Paul Nielsen</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/delivering-resilient-software-capability-to-the-warfighter-at-the-speed-of-relevance/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">With the Department of Defense (DoD) emphasizing the development and deployment of capabilities to the warfighter, SEI director Paul Nielsen outlines the ways in which our research and development support DoD’s use of modern software practices at each phase of the software development and operation lifecycle.</summary></entry><entry><title>The Top 10 Blog Posts of 2024</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-top-10-blog-posts-of-2024/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-01-06T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2025-01-06T00:00:00-05:00</updated><author><name>Bill Scherlis</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-top-10-blog-posts-of-2024/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">This post presents the top 10 most-visited posts of 2024, highlighting our work in software acquisition, artificial intelligence, large language models, secure coding, and more.</summary><category term="Secure Coding"/><category term="Insider Threat"/><category term="Artificial Intelligence Engineering"/><category term="Machine Learning"/><category term="AI Engineering and Machine Learning"/><category term="Acquisition Transformation"/></entry><entry><title>The Latest Work from the SEI: Insider Risk, Bias in LLMs, Secure Coding, and Designing Secure Systems</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-latest-work-from-the-sei-insider-risk-bias-in-llms-secure-coding-and-designing-secure-systems/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2024-12-10T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2024-12-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated><author><name>Bill Scherlis</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-latest-work-from-the-sei-insider-risk-bias-in-llms-secure-coding-and-designing-secure-systems/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">The latest work from SEI technologists in the areas of insider risk, large language models, secure coding and static analysis.</summary></entry><entry><title>Challenges to Assuring Large-Scale Systems</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/challenges-to-assuring-large-scale-systems/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2024-10-14T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2024-10-14T00:00:00-04:00</updated><author><name>Gabriel Moreno, Anton Hristozov, John Robert, Mark Klein</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/challenges-to-assuring-large-scale-systems/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">National defense efforts have shifted from defeating terrorism to accelerating innovation, with a priority of delivering capability at speed and at scale.</summary><category term="Software Assurance"/></entry><entry><title>The Latest Work from the SEI: Counter AI, Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure, and Artificial Intelligence Engineering</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-latest-work-from-the-sei-counter-ai-coordinated-vulnerability-disclosure-and-artificial-intelligence-engineering/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2024-09-16T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2024-09-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated><author><name>Bill Scherlis</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-latest-work-from-the-sei-counter-ai-coordinated-vulnerability-disclosure-and-artificial-intelligence-engineering/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">This post highlights the latest work from the SEI in artificial intelligence engineering, coordinated vulnerability disclosure for machine learning, and counter AI.</summary></entry><entry><title>The Latest Work from the SEI: APIs, SBOMs, and Static Analysis</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-latest-work-from-the-sei-apis-sboms-and-static-analysis/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2024-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2024-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated><author><name>Bill Scherlis</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-latest-work-from-the-sei-apis-sboms-and-static-analysis/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">This post presents the latest work from the SEI in the areas of application programming interfaces, secure development, and static analysis.</summary></entry><entry><title>The Latest Work from the SEI: an OpenAI Collaboration, Generative AI, and Zero Trust</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-latest-work-from-the-sei-an-openai-collaboration-generative-ai-and-zero-trust/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2024-04-10T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2024-04-10T00:00:00-04:00</updated><author><name>Douglas Schmidt</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-latest-work-from-the-sei-an-openai-collaboration-generative-ai-and-zero-trust/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">This post highlights the latest work from the SEI in the areas of generative AI, zero trust, large language models, and quantum computing.</summary></entry><entry><title>Applying the SEI SBOM Framework</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/applying-the-sei-sbom-framework/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2024-02-05T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2024-02-05T00:00:00-05:00</updated><author><name>Dr. Carol Woody</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/applying-the-sei-sbom-framework/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">This SEI Blog post examines ways you can leverage your software bill of materials (SBOM) data, using the SEI SBOM Framework, to improve your software security and inform your supply chain risk management.</summary><category term="Supply Chains"/><category term="Supply Chain Assurance"/></entry><entry><title>The Latest Work from the SEI</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-latest-work-from-the-sei/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2024-01-15T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2024-01-15T00:00:00-05:00</updated><author><name>Douglas Schmidt</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-latest-work-from-the-sei/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">This SEI Blog post summarizes some recent publications from the SEI in the areas of supply chain risk management, technical debt, large language models, quantum computing, acquisition, and trustworthiness in AI systems.</summary><category term="Supply Chain Assurance"/><category term="Artificial Intelligence Engineering"/><category term="Quantum Computing"/><category term="Acquisition Transformation"/><category term="Technical Debt"/></entry><entry><title>The Top 10 Blog Posts of 2023</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-top-10-blog-posts-of-2023/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2024-01-08T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2024-01-08T00:00:00-05:00</updated><author><name>Douglas Schmidt</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-top-10-blog-posts-of-2023/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">Every January on the SEI Blog, we present the 10 most-visited posts of the previous year. This year’s top 10 highlights our work in zero trust, large language models, DevSecOps, and artificial intelligence.</summary></entry><entry><title>Synergy Among Engineering Disciplines: Software, Cybersecurity, and AI</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/synergy-among-engineering-disciplines-software-cybersecurity-and-ai/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2023-09-11T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2023-09-11T00:00:00-04:00</updated><author><name>Paul Nielsen</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/synergy-among-engineering-disciplines-software-cybersecurity-and-ai/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">This post reviews the origins and interactions of the software, cybersecurity, and AI engineering disciplines and posits how their interrelationships would contribute to the intelligent systems of the future. ­­</summary></entry><entry><title>Product Management’s Role in Software: A Fool’s Game or an Evolving Adventure?</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/product-managements-role-in-software-a-fools-game-or-an-evolving-adventure/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2023-08-21T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2023-08-21T00:00:00-04:00</updated><author><name>Judy Hwang</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/product-managements-role-in-software-a-fools-game-or-an-evolving-adventure/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">Understanding the origins and intentions behind software product management is a key enabler to success.</summary></entry><entry><title>The Latest Work from the SEI: Rust, DevSecOps, AI, and Penetration Testing</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/latest-work-sei-rust-devsecops-ai-and-penetration-testing/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2023-07-05T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2023-07-05T00:00:00-04:00</updated><author><name>Douglas Schmidt</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/latest-work-sei-rust-devsecops-ai-and-penetration-testing/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">Learn more about the SEI's latest work in penetration testing, model-based design for cyber-physical systems, UEFI, and DevSecOps.</summary><category term="Continuous Deployment of Capability"/><category term="Rust"/><category term="Artificial Intelligence"/></entry><entry><title>Join the SEI and White House OSTP to Explore the Future of Software and AI Engineering</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/join-the-sei-and-white-house-ostp-to-explore-the-future-of-software-and-ai-engineering/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2023-05-30T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2023-05-30T00:00:00-04:00</updated><author><name>Anita Carleton, John Robert, Mark Klein, Douglas Schmidt, Erin Harper</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/join-the-sei-and-white-house-ostp-to-explore-the-future-of-software-and-ai-engineering/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">The SEI and the White House OSTP will co-host a workshop to inform a community strategy for building and maintaining U.S. leadership in software engineering and artificial intelligence (AI) engineering.</summary></entry><entry><title>How Can Causal Learning Help to Control Costs?</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/how-can-causal-learning-help-to-control-costs/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2023-05-22T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2023-05-22T00:00:00-04:00</updated><author><name>Michael Konrad</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/how-can-causal-learning-help-to-control-costs/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">This post describes how to apply causal-modeling algorithms and tools to project data to identify, measure, and test causality.</summary><category term="Software Cost Estimates"/><category term="Measurement and Analysis"/><category term="Data Modeling and Analytics"/></entry><entry><title>The Latest Work from the SEI: Zero Trust, DevSecOps, and Software Resilience</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-latest-work-from-the-sei-zero-trust-devsecops-and-software-resilience/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2023-02-20T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2023-02-20T00:00:00-05:00</updated><author><name>Douglas Schmidt</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-latest-work-from-the-sei-zero-trust-devsecops-and-software-resilience/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">This blog highlights recent SEI publications in the areas of zero trust, DevSecOps, and software resilience.</summary></entry><entry><title>The Top 10 Blog Posts of 2022</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-top-10-blog-posts-of-2022/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2023-01-09T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2023-01-09T00:00:00-05:00</updated><author><name>Douglas Schmidt</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-top-10-blog-posts-of-2022/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">This post presents the 10 most visited posts of 2022 highlighting our work in deepfakes, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and DevSecOps.</summary></entry><entry><title>5 Issues to Consider When Engineering Societal-Scale Systems</title><link href="https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/5-issues-to-consider-when-engineering-societal-scale-systems/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates" rel="alternate"/><published>2022-10-10T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2022-10-10T00:00:00-04:00</updated><author><name>John Robert</name></author><id>https://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/5-issues-to-consider-when-engineering-societal-scale-systems/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my_site_updates</id><summary type="html">Societal-scale software systems, such as commercial social media platforms, are among the most widely used systems in the world with billions of daily active users. This post explores issues to consider when engineering societal-scale systems.</summary></entry></feed>