Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Software Engineering

SERC解决了软件生产力和质量的需求。 它还为工业界和学术界之间的思想交流提供了一个联络点，并作为这些思想的直接灌输，从而加快了技术转让。 SERC的资源包括来自9所大学的50多名教师和100多名学生，他们与软件密集型行业的从业人员合作，解决软件问题，并推进软件工程的实践。

The SERC addresses the needs for software productivity and quality. It also provides a focal point for the exchange of ideas among industry and academia and serves as a direct infusion of these ideas, thereby accelerating technology transfer. SERC resources include over 50 faculty and 100 students at 9 universities working with practitioners from software intensive industries to solve software problems and advance the state-of-the-practice in software engineering.