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Stevens to host Conference on Systems Engineering Research

8th annual event scheduled for March 17-19, 2010

HOBOKEN, N.J. ― Stevens Institute of Technology will host the annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) from March 17 – 19, 2010.

Now in its 8 th year, the conference provides practitioners and researchers in academia, industry, and government with a common platform to present, discuss and influence Systems Engineering research.

During the conference original research papers addressing nearly every aspect of the Systems Engineering lifecycle will be presented. These papers include conception, design and architecting, development, modeling and simulation, production, integration, validation, operation and support of these systems.

On March 17, Dr. John Mather, a Nobel Laureate in Physics and Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope will address the attendees during a dinner at the Babbio Center. Mather's research centers on infrared astronomy and cosmology.

The following evening Jeff Wilcox, Vice President, Engineering, Lockheed Martin Corporation will speak during a reception for attendees. Wilcox is responsible for developing and executing strategy for the Lockheed Martin Engineering Enterprise and its 71,000 engineers and scientists.

The conference will feature a number of additional speakers, including:

• Stephen P. Welby, Director, Systems Engineering, Department of Defense, Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E)

• Dr. John C. Mather , Senior Astrophysicist, Observational Cosmology Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and Nobel Laureate in Physics.

• Lou Von Thaer , President, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems

• Dr. John Boardman , Distinguished Service Professor, School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology

• Al Grasso , Chief Executive Officer, MITRE Corporation

• Dr. Petri Haavisto, Vice President for Architecture Management at Nokia Devices

• Grady Booch , IBM Fellow and Chief Scientist, Software Engineering, IBM Research

• Dr. Val Gavito , Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, L3 Communications – Integrated Systems Group

CSER 2010 is organized by Stevens Institute of Technology and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), in collaboration with the University of Southern California (USC).

On the day before the conference, The Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC)—a collaboration of 20 research institutions led by Stevens and Principal Collaborator USC— will present an information and answer questions about its creation, research strategy, resources, as well as recent and ongoing research activities. For more info on the SERC, please visit www.stevens.edu/SERC.

Additional information relating to the CSER conference may be found at: http://sse.stevens.edu/research/sponsored-conferences/cser/2010/

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University, is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master's and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,234 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with more than 400 faculty. Stevens' graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.

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