Software Engineering Institute

Edwin J. Morris

Software Engineering Institute

Publications by Edwin J. Morris

Investigating Techniques for Summarizing and Searching Video

December 15, 2020 • Video

Edwin J. Morris Adam Harley (Carnegie Mellon University)

This presentation describes work to develop ML algorithms for detecting and better tracking objects, and recognizing patterns of objects and object interactions.
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Presentation - Video Summarization and Search

November 03, 2020 • Presentation

Edwin J. Morris Adam Harley (Carnegie Mellon University)

This presentation describes work to develop ML algorithms for detecting and better tracking objects, and recognizing patterns of objects and object interactions.
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Poster - Video Summarization and Search: Object Tracking

November 03, 2020 • Poster

Edwin J. Morris Adam Harley (Carnegie Mellon University)

Researchers developed machine learning algorithms for detecting objects, better tracking those objects, and recognizing patterns of objects and object interactions.
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Summarizing and Searching Video (2019)

November 22, 2019 • Video

Edwin J. Morris Rachel Brower-Sinning Jeffrey Hansen

Watch SEI and CMU researchers discuss a way to improve the training of machine learning algorithms necessary for detecting, tracking, and recognizing patterns of objects in video.
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Summarizing and Searching Video: Patterns-of-Life Analysis

October 28, 2019 • Poster

Edwin J. Morris

This poster reports on experiments to use simulation to explore the possibilities of patterns-of-life analysis with perfect data.
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Summarizing and Searching Video: Patterns-of-Life Analysis

October 28, 2019 • Poster

Edwin J. Morris

This poster describes experiments to use simulations to explore patterns-of-life analysis.
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Summarizing and Searching Video: Geometry-Aware Visual Surveillance

October 28, 2019 • Poster

Edwin J. Morris

This poster describes research to develop a moving-object tracker for video search.
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Summarizing and Searching Video: Domain Adaptation

October 28, 2019 • Poster

Edwin J. Morris

This poster describes research to enable the use of existing data sets to training detectors in low data environments.
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Summarizing and Searching Video

October 23, 2018 • Poster

Edwin J. Morris Kevin A. Pitstick

This poster describes algorithms and a prototype developed to help analysts process information from video streams.
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Events, Relationships, and Script Learning for Situational Awareness

October 30, 2017 • Presentation

Edwin J. Morris

Presentation on research to use machine learning to extract patterns from high volumes of textual data
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Events, Relationships, and Script Learning for Situational Awareness

October 30, 2017 • Poster

Edwin J. Morris

Poster for research into using machine learning to extract patterns from high volumes of textual data
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Pervasive Mobile Computing

December 01, 2016 • White Paper

William Anderson Jeff Boleng Ben W. Bradshaw

Pervasive mobile computing focuses on how soldiers and first responders can use smartphones, tablets, and other mobile/wearable devices at the tactical edge.
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Tactical Analytics

November 01, 2016 • Presentation

Edwin J. Morris

This work aims, in the long term, to build a pipeline to recognize and validate events and patterns
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Tactical Analytics

October 18, 2016 • Poster

Edwin J. Morris

Recognizing Patterns of Life and Determining Credibility of Textual Data
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Advanced Mobile Systems Initiative 2014

April 08, 2014 • Brochure

Edwin J. Morris Joseph P. Elm

This brochure describes how the AMS initiative supports the mobile communication and mobile-computing needs of edge users.
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Architecture Patterns for Mobile Systems in Resource-Constrained Environments

November 18, 2013 • Conference Paper

Grace Lewis Soumya Simanta Marc Novakouski

This paper was presented at the 2013 Military Communications Conference
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The Role of Cloudlets in Hostile Environments

October 01, 2013 • Article

Mahadev Satyanarayanan (Carnegie Mellon University)Grace Lewis Edwin J. Morris

This article appeared in IEEE Pervasive Computing in a special issue on "The Edge of the Cloud."
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eMontage: An Architecture for Rapid Integration of Situational Awareness Data at the Edge

May 01, 2013 • Presentation

Soumya Simanta Gene Cahill Edwin J. Morris

A presentation from the ninth annual SATURN conference, held in Minneapolis, MN, April 29 - May 3, 2013.
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Architecture Patterns for Mobile Systems in Resource-Constrained Environments

May 01, 2013 • Presentation

Grace Lewis Jeff Boleng Gene Cahill

A presentation from the ninth annual SATURN conference, held in Minneapolis, MN, April 29 - May 3, 2013.
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Software for Soldiers who use Smartphones

December 20, 2012 • Podcast

Edwin Morris

In this episode, Ed Morris describes research to create a software application for smartphones that allows soldier end-users to program their smartphones to provide an interface tailored to the information they need for a specific mission.
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Cloud Computing at the Tactical Edge

October 01, 2012 • Technical Note

Soumya Simanta Grace Lewis Edwin J. Morris

This technical note presents a strategy to overcome the challenges of obtaining sufficient computation power to run applications needed for warfighting and disaster relief missions. It discusses the use of cloudlets-- localized, stateless servers running one or more virtual machines--on which soldiers can offload resource-intensive computations from their handheld mobile devices.
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A Reference Architecture for Mobile Code Offload in Hostile Environments

August 20, 2012 • Conference Paper

Soumya Simanta Grace Lewis Edwin J. Morris

This paper presents a reference architecture for mobile devices that overcomes resource and connectivity limitations by exploiting cloudlets.
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Results of SEI Line-Funded Exploratory New Starts Projects

August 01, 2012 • Technical Report

Len Bass Rick Kazman Edwin J. Morris

This report describes the line-funded exploratory new starts (LENS) projects that were undertaken during fiscal year 2011. For each project, the report presents a brief description and a recounting of the research that was done, as well as a synopsis of the results of the project.
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eMONTAGE End-User Programming on Smartphone in Tactical Environment

May 15, 2012 • Poster

Soumya Simanta Edwin J. Morris

This poster illustrates how eMONTAGE enables end users to adapt software on smartphone to meet specific mission needs.
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Experimentation in the Use of Service Orientation in Resource-Constrained Environments

May 18, 2011 • Presentation

Joe Seibel Daniel Plakosh Soumya Simanta

This presentation from SATURN 2011 discusses work done in off-the-shelf SOA technologies in military environments.
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Results of SEI Independent Research and Development Projects (FY 2010)

February 01, 2011 • Technical Report

William Anderson David Fisher David P. Gluch

This report describes results of independent research and development (IRAD) projects undertaken in fiscal year 2010.
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Adaptive Flow Control for Enabling Quality of Service in Tactical Ad Hoc Wireless Networks

December 01, 2010 • Technical Report

Jeffrey Hansen Scott Hissam B. Craig Meyers

The network infrastructure for users such as emergency responders or warfighters is wireless, ad hoc, mobile, and lacking in sufficient bandwidth. This report documents the results from 18 experiments to investigate Adaptive Quality of Service, an approach to enable applications to fulfill their missions despite tactical network infrastructure limitations.
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Performance Analysis of WS-Security Mechanisms in SOAP-Based Web Services

November 01, 2010 • Technical Report

Marc Novakouski Soumya Simanta Gunnar Peterson

This paper presents the results of a series of experiments targeted at analyzing the performance impact of adding WS-Security, a common security standard used in IdM frameworks, to SOAP-based web services.
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Testing in Service-Oriented Environments

March 01, 2010 • Technical Report

Edwin J. Morris William Anderson Sriram Balasubramaniam

This report makes 65 recommendations for improving testing in service-oriented environments. It covers testing functionality and testing for interoperability, security, performance, and reliability qualities.
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A Scenario-Based Technique for Developing SOA Technical Governance

June 01, 2009 • Technical Note

Soumya Simanta Edwin J. Morris Grace Lewis

Organizations can make the available SOA governance frameworks more effective in their organizations using the scenario-based tailoring technique introduced in this technical note.
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SMART: Analyzing the Reuse Potential of Legacy Components in a Service-Oriented Architecture Environment

June 01, 2008 • Technical Note

Grace Lewis Edwin J. Morris Dennis B. Smith

Is legacy system migration feasible for your organization as a means of SOA adoption? The Service Migration and Reuse Technique (SMART) assists an organization in determining what to migrate, the steps needed, and the costs involved.
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Common Misconceptions About Service-Oriented Architecture

November 01, 2007 • White Paper

Grace Lewis Edwin J. Morris Soumya Simanta

This 2007 article from Crosstalk magazine suggests ways to more effectively address critical SOA issues that potential users, developers, and acquisition officers may have.
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COTS and Reusable Software Management Planning: A Template for Life-Cycle Management

October 01, 2007 • Technical Report

William Anderson Edwin J. Morris Dennis B. Smith

This 2007 report presents a COTS and Reusable Software Management Plan that can serve as a guide for how to manage multiple COTS and other reusable software components in complex systems.
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System-of-Systems Governance: New Patterns of Thought

October 01, 2006 • Technical Note

Edwin J. Morris Patrick R. Place Dennis B. Smith

This 2006 technical note examines the ways in which six key characteristics of good IT governance are affected by the autonomy of individual systems in a system of systems.
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System-of-Systems Navigator: An Approach for Managing System-of-Systems Interoperability

April 01, 2006 • Technical Note

Lisa Brownsword David Fisher Edwin J. Morris

This technical note introduces the System-of-Systems Navigator (SoS Navigator), the collection and codification of essential practices for building large-scale systems of systems.
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SMART: The Service-Oriented Migration and Reuse Technique

September 01, 2005 • Technical Note

Grace Lewis Edwin J. Morris Liam O'Brien

This document has been superseded by CMU/SEI-2008-TN-008, SMART: Analyzing the Reuse Potential of Legacy Components in a Service-Oriented Architecture Environment.
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Some Current Approaches to Interoperability

August 01, 2005 • Technical Note

David J. Carney David Fisher Edwin J. Morris

This 2005 report examines some of the complexities of interoperability and some recent research approaches to achieving it.
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Promising Technologies for Future Systems

December 01, 2004 • Technical Note

Grace Lewis Edwin J. Morris Lutz Wrage

This 2004 report presents of a few of the many programs, technologies, and research efforts that are addressing the challenges faced by future systems.
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Results of SEI Independent Research and Development Projects and Report on Emerging Technologies and Technology Trends (FY 2004)

October 01, 2004 • Technical Report

John K. Bergey Edwin J. Morris Jeannine Siviy

This report describes the IR&D projects that were conducted during fiscal year 2004 (October 2003 through September 2004).
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A Process for COTS Software Product Evaluation

July 01, 2004 • Technical Report

Santiago Comella-Dorda John Dean Grace Lewis

This 2004 report focuses on COTS product evaluations conducted for the purpose of selecting products to meet a known need in a system.
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Systems of Systems Interoperability

April 01, 2004 • Technical Report

Edwin J. Morris Linda Levine Patrick R. Place

This technical report documents the findings of an internal research and development effort on system of systems interoperability (SOSI).
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Current Perspectives on Interoperability

March 01, 2004 • Technical Report

Lisa Brownsword David J. Carney David Fisher

This 2004 report describes current research within the software engineering community on the topic of interoperability between software systems.
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Improving Acquisition through COTS Risk Identification

January 28, 2004 • Presentation

Edwin J. Morris Patrick R. Place

A presentation made during the 2004 SIS Conference: Improving Acquisition through COTS Risk Identification.
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SOSI: System of Systems Interoperability

January 28, 2004 • Presentation

Linda Levine Edwin J. Morris Patrick R. Place

This presentation on System of Systems Interoperability (SOSI) was delivered by Linda Levine, B. Craig Meyers, Edwin J. Morris, Patrick R. Place, and Daniel Plakosh of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in January 2004.
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Guidelines for Acquisition Planning (January 2004)

January 27, 2004 • Presentation

Wolfhart B. Goethert Edwin J. Morris

This 2004 presentation on Guidelines for Acquisition Planning was delivered by Cecilia A. Albert and three others of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).
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SEI Independent Research and Development Projects (FY 2003)

September 01, 2003 • Technical Report

Felix Bachmann Sven Dietrich Peter H. Feiler

This report describes the IR&D projects that were conducted during fiscal year 2003 (October 2002 through September 2003).
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Identifying Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Product Risks: The COTS Usage Risk Evaluation

September 01, 2003 • Technical Report

David J. Carney Edwin J. Morris Patrick R. Place

This 2003 report describes the development of an approach to reduce the number of program failures attributable to COTS software: the COTS Usage Risk Evaluation (CURE).
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Proceedings of the System of Systems Interoperability Workshop (February 2003)

June 01, 2003 • Technical Note

Linda Levine Edwin J. Morris Patrick R. Place

This report documents the model of interoperability presented and the findings from the System of Systems Interoperability Workshop, held in February 2003.
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Evolutionary Process for Integrating COTS-Based Systems (EPIC) Building, Fielding, and Supporting Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) Based Solutions

November 01, 2002 • Technical Report

Cecilia Albert David Bentley (U.S. Air Force)Lisa Brownsword

This 2002 document is the first release of a full description of the EPIC framework along with its activities and artifacts.
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Evolutionary Process for Integrating COTS-Based Systems (EPIC): An Overview

July 01, 2002 • Technical Report

Cecilia Albert Lisa Brownsword David Bentley (U.S. Air Force)

This document is the first release of an overview of the EPIC framework along with its activities and artifacts.
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Workshop on COTS-Based Systems

November 01, 1997 • Special Report

Tricia Oberndorf Lisa Brownsword Edwin J. Morris

This report documents the proceedings of the first Workshop on COTS-Based Systems, held at the SEI in June 1997.
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Software Process Automation: Interviews, Survey, and Workshop Results

October 01, 1997 • Technical Report

Teresa Belton (Nolan Norton and Company)Edwin J. Morris Alan M. Christie

This 1997 report describes the results of a two-year study of experiences with the adoption and use of software process automation.
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Software Process Automation: Experiences from the Trenches

July 01, 1996 • Technical Report

Alan M. Christie Linda Levine Edwin J. Morris

This 1996 report documents an empirical study that documented practical experiences related to software process automation and to identify what works and what does not.
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The Gadfly: An Approach to Architectural-Level System Comprehension

March 01, 1996 • White Paper

Paul C. Clements Edwin J. Morris Kurt C. Wallnau

This paper describes the Gadfly, an approach for developing narrowly-focused, reusable domain models that can be integrated and (re)used to aid in the process of top-down system comprehension.
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The Gadfly: An Approach to Architectural-Level System Comprehension

March 01, 1996 • White Paper

Paul C. Clements Robert W. Krut, Jr.Edwin J. Morris

This paper describes the Gadfly, an approach for developing narrowly-focused, reusable domain models that can be integrated and (re)used to aid in the process of top-down system comprehension.
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Principles of CASE Tool Integration

August 01, 1994 • Book

Alan W. Brown David J. Carney Edwin J. Morris

Principles of CASE Tool Integration describes concepts, models, and guidelines for understanding CASE tool integration and analyzes in-depth the CASE tool integration problem.
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An Investigation into the State of the Practice of CASE Tool Integration

August 01, 1993 • Technical Report

Jock Rader Alan W. Brown Edwin J. Morris

This 1993 report details observations and analyzes the current state of the practice of CASE tool integration.
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An Overview of PCTE: A Basis for a Portable Common Tool Environment

March 01, 1993 • Technical Report

Fred Long Edwin J. Morris

This 1993 report details the history and currentstatus of PCTE and PCTE-based environments.
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Guide to CASE Adoption

November 01, 1992 • Technical Report

Dennis B. Smith Edwin J. Morris Kimberly Stepien-Oakes

This 1992 guide answers questions organizations may have concerning CASE technology, and provides a strategy for the adoption of CASE tools into an organization.
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Proceedings of the CASE Management Workshop

September 01, 1992 • Technical Report

Cliff C. Huff Dennis B. Smith Edwin J. Morris

This report summarizes the proceedings of the 1992 CASE Management Workshop. At this workshop, SEI affiliates discussed management topics such as CASE acquisition policy, the limits of CASE tools, CASE and metrics, and CASE tool selection.
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Proceedings of the CASE Adoption Workshop

May 01, 1992 • Technical Report

Cliff C. Huff Dennis B. Smith Kimberly Stepien-Oakes

The 1992 report summarizes the results of the SEI-sponsored workshop, held to address key CASE adoption issues.
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CASE Studies in Environment Integration

December 01, 1991 • Technical Report

Edwin J. Morris Peter H. Feiler Dennis B. Smith

This report identifies areas where successful standardization would improve tool and environment integration, as well as to pinpoint areas where successful integration standards exist.
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Issues in Tool Acquisition

September 01, 1991 • Technical Report

Paul Zarrella Dennis B. Smith Edwin J. Morris

This 1991 technical report identifies issues involved in the acquisition of CASE tools.
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