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| Established | November 14, 1984 |
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| Research type | Multiprogram |
| Budget | US$584 million for 2011–2015 |
Field of research | Software engineering |
| Director | Paul D. Nielsen |
| Staff | 700 |
| Address | 4500 Fifth Avenue |
| Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 40°26′48″N 79°57′00″W / 40.4466°N 79.9500°W |
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Operating agency | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Website | sei.cmu.edu |
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Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1984, the institute is now sponsored by the United States Department of Defense and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and administrated by Carnegie Mellon University.[1][2] The activities of the institute cover cybersecurity, software assurance, software engineering and acquisition, and component capabilities critical to the United States Department of Defense.
- ^ Linda Hutz Pesante (January 1, 2003). Anthony Ralston; Edwin D. Reilly (eds.). "Software engineering institute (SEI)". Encyclopedia of Computer Science. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.: 1611–1613. ISBN 978-0-470-86412-8.
(1) The institute was competitively awarded to Carnegie Mellon in December 1984 by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to improve the state of the practice of software engineering. ... (2) the SEI moves mature solutions of proven value into widespread use; examples include the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) ... (3) bring engineering insight and management discipline to the practice of software engineering.
- ^ "Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers | NCSES | NSF". www.nsf.gov. Archived from the original on December 17, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
