Editing Software Engineering Institute (section)

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{{Short description|Federally funded research center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States}}
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{{Infobox research institute
|name             = Software Engineering Institute
|native_name      =
|image            = [[File:Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute.JPG|220px]]
|motto            =
|established      = {{Start date|1984|11|14}}
|type             = Multiprogram
|budget           = US$584 million for 2011–2015
|debt             =
|research_field   = [[Software engineering]]
|director         = Paul D. Nielsen
|staff            = 700
|address          = 4500 Fifth Avenue
|city             = [[Pittsburgh]]
|state            = [[Pennsylvania]]
|country          = [[United States]]
|coordinates      = {{Coord|40.4466|-79.9500|region:US_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
|location_map     = Pittsburgh
|zipcode          = 15213
|campus           =
|affiliations     = {{ indented plainlist |
*[[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]
*[[Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering]]
}}
|operating_agency = [[Carnegie Mellon University]]
|nobel_laureates  =
|website          = {{URL|https://www.sei.cmu.edu|sei.cmu.edu}}
|logo             =
|footnotes        =
}}
'''Software Engineering Institute''' ('''SEI''') is a [[Federally funded research and development centers|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 [[Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering|Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering]], and administrated by [[Carnegie Mellon University]].<ref name=DoDFunding>{{cite journal
|title=Software engineering institute (SEI)
|author=Linda Hutz Pesante
|journal=Encyclopedia of Computer Science
|publisher=[[Wiley (publisher)|John Wiley and Sons Ltd.]]
|location=[[Chichester]], West Sussex, UK
|editor1=Anthony Ralston
|editor2=Edwin D. Reilly
|isbn=978-0-470-86412-8
|date=January 1, 2003
|pages=1611–1613
|url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1074100.1074803
|quote="(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."}} {{free access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers {{!}} NCSES {{!}} NSF |url=https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=www.nsf.gov |archive-date=December 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217073602/https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The activities of the institute cover [[cybersecurity]], [[software assurance]], [[software engineering]] and acquisition, and component capabilities critical to the United States Department of Defense.