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In this paper, we propose selected research topics that are believed central to progress and growth in the application of systems engineering (SE). As a professional activity, and as an intellectual activity, systems engineering has strong links to such associated disciplines as decision analysis, operation research, project management, quality management, and systems design. When focussing on systems engineering research, we should distinguish between subjects that are of systems engineering essence and others that more closely correspond to those that are more relevant for related disciplines.

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  1. LAAS-CNRS and Université de Toulouse, 7 Avenue du Colonel Roche Toulouse, 31077, Toulouse, France

    Abd-El-Kader Sahraoui

  2. Innovative Decisions, Inc., 2139 Golf Course Dr. Reston, VA, 20191, Reston, USA

    Dennis M. Buede

  3. Dept. of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA

    Andrew P. Sage

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Abd-El-Kader Sahraoui got his PhD and Habilitation in 1987 and 1994. He is actually Professor at Toulouse II University. He has been associate researcher at the University of California, Berkeley during academic year 1999–2000 pursuing research in system engineering for advanced transportation systems. He was guest professor and chair of requirement engineering at Hasso Plattner Institute for systems software engineering, Postdam, Germany in academic year 2001/2002.

Dennis Buede received his Ph.D. and M.S. from the Engineering-Economic Systems Department of Stanford University and his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. He is currently a Principal in Innovative Decisions, Inc., which conducts decision and risk analyses. He has been a Professor of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management at Stevens Institute of Technology and Professor at George Mason University. He is actually Vice Executive President at Innovative Decisions Inc.

Andrew P. Sage received the BSEE degree from the Citadel, the SMEE degree from MIT and the Ph.D. from Purdue, the latter in 1960. He received honorary Doctor of Engineering degrees from the University of Waterloo in 1987 and from Dalhousie University in 1997. He has been a faculty member at several universities including holding a named professorship and being the first chair of the Systems Engineering Department at the University of Virginia. In 1984 he became First American Bank Professor of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University and the first Dean of the School of Information Technology and Engineering. In May 1996, he was elected as Founding Dean Emeritus of the School and also was appointed a University Professor. He is an elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the International Council on Systems Engineering. He is editor of the John Wiley textbook series on Systems Engineering and Management, the INCOSE Wiley journal Systems Engineering and is coeditor of Information, Knowledge, and Systems Management. He edited the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics from January 1972 through December 1998, and also served a two-year period as President of the IEEE SMC Society. In 1994 he received the Donald G. Fink Prize from the IEEE, and a Superior Public Service Award for his service on the CNA Corporation Board of Trustees from the US Secretary of the Navy. In 2000, he received the Simon Ramo Medal from the IEEE in recognition of his contributions to systems engineering and an IEEE Third Millennium Medal. In 2002, he received an Eta Kappa Nu Eminent Membership Award and the INCOSE Pioneer Award. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for contributions to the theory and practice of systems engineering and systems management. In 2007, he was elected as a Charter Member of the Omega Alpha systems engineering honor society. His interests include systems engineering and management efforts in a variety of application areas including systems integration and architecting, reengineering, engineering economic systems, and sustainable development.

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Sahraoui, AEK., Buede, D.M. & Sage, A.P. Systems engineering research. J. Syst. Sci. Syst. Eng. 17, 319–333 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11518-008-5083-9

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