In this SEI Podcast, Anita Carleton, director of the Software Solutions Division at the SEI, and Forrest Shull, lead for defense software acquisition policy research in the Software Solutions Division of the SEI, discuss the recently published SEI-led study Architecting the Future of Software Engineering: A National Agenda for Software Engineering Research & Development. In creating this multi-year research and development vision and roadmap for engineering next-generation software-reliant systems, the SEI engaged the software engineering community and assembled an advisory board of senior thought leaders across commercial industry, academia, and government, with participation from Microsoft, Google, SpaceX, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, DARPA, and others.