VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY (VCAT)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD
March
15, 2005
Employees Lounge
9:20 a.m. Open Meeting
Begins: Introduction and Announcements
Dr. April Schweighart, VCAT Chair
9:25 a.m. NIST Update and VCAT Agenda Review
Dr. Hratch Semerjian, NIST Acting Director
Update on significant developments in NIST's policies and programs, budget, safety, and recent technical accomplishments.
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. World
Trade Center Investigation
Dr. Shyam Sunder, Acting Deputy Director, Building and Fire Research Laboratory
Review the findings from NIST's building and fire safety investigation of the World Trade Center disaster.
11:20 a.m. Facilities
Update
Mr. Robert Moore, PE, Chief Facilities Management Officer
Overview of recent infrastructure improvements and remaining challenges.
11:45 p.m. Lunch - Dining Room C
12: 45 p.m. Lab Tours
" Information Knowledge/Management
- Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP)
Edward Roback, Chief, Computer Security Division and Sharon Keller, Computer
Scientist, Security Testing and Metrics Group, Computer Security Division, Information
Technology Laboratory
" Competence - NIST
Combinatorial Methods Center (NCMC)
Dr. Michael J. Fasolka, Leader, Multivariant Measurement Methods Group and Director,
NIST Combinatorial Methods Center; and Dr. Christopher Stafford, Research Chemist,
Multivariant Measurement Methods Group and Project Leader, Combinatorial Adhesion
and Mechanical Properties, Polymers Division, Materials Science and Engineering
Laboratory
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Closed Working Session
VCAT and Executive Director
4:00 p.m. Closed Wrap-Up Session
VCAT and Senior Management Board
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
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