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81. Revised Guideline for Electronic Authentication of Users Helps Organizations Protect the Security of their Information Systems
Series: ITL Bulletin
Topic: Information Technology
Published: 12/22/2011
Author: Shirley Mae Radack
Abstract: This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-63-1, Electronic Authentication Guideline. This revised guideline, which supersedes an earlier guideline, NIST SP 800-63, updates information about, and recommend ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=910388

82. Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing
Series: Special Publication (NIST SP)
Report Number: 800-144
Topic: Information Technology
Published: 12/9/2011
Authors: Timothy Grance, Wayne Jansen
Abstract: Cloud computing can and does mean different things to different people. The common characteristics most interpretations share are on-demand scalability of highly available and reliable pooled computing resources, secure access to metered services fro ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909494

83. Role Engineering: Methods and Standards
Topic: Information Technology
Published: 12/8/2011
Authors: Timothy Weil, David R Kuhn, Edward Coyne
Abstract: This article explains problems and approaches to designing permission structures for role based access control. RBAC and the RBAC standard are summarized, common approaches to role engineering described, and the current status and plans for the INCI ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909664

84. Cooperative Self-Deployment Strategies in a Mobile Sensor Network with Prioritized Coverage Plan
Topic: Information Technology
Published: 12/1/2011
Author: Kamran Sayrafian
Abstract: Efficient deployment strategies are proposed for a mobile sensor network, where the coverage priority of different points in the field is specified by a prescribed weight function. According to these strategies, each sensor detects coverage holes ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909001

85. Distributed Application of the Traffic Scheduling Technique for Smart Grid Advanced Metering Applications Using Multi-Gate Mesh Networks
Topic: Information Technology
Published: 12/1/2011
Author: Hamid Gharavi
Abstract: In this paper, we present a multi-gate mesh network architecture that has been developed to ensure high performance and reliability under emergency conditions when a system expects to receive power outage notifications and exchanges. In order to hand ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909095

86. US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap Volume I Release 1.0 (Draft) High - Priority Requirements to Further USG Agency Cloud Computing Adoption
Series: Special Publication (NIST SP)
Report Number: 500-293
Topic: Information Technology
Published: 11/20/2011
Authors: Mark L Badger, David Bernstein, Robert B Bohn, Frederic Jean Marie de Vaulx, Michael D Hogan, Jin Mao, John V Messina, Kevin L Mills, Annie W Sokol, Dawn M. Leaf, Fred Whiteside, Jin Tong
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=913426

87. Evaluation of Proposed Test Artifacts for Five-Axis Machine Tools
Topic: Information Technology
Published: 11/18/2011
Authors: Shawn P Moylan, David Blumenfeld, Michael L McGlauflin, Ronnie R Fesperman, M Alkan Donmez
Abstract: Machining of a test artifact is an attractive method of evaluating the performance of a machine tool because the tests are often quick and do not require special instrumentation. An appropriate artifact should be complex enough to assess a machine's ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909384

88. Ultra-Precision Linear Motion Metrology of a Commerically Available Linear Translation Stage
Topic: Information Technology
Published: 11/18/2011
Authors: Ronnie R Fesperman, M Alkan Donmez, Shawn P Moylan
Abstract: Many new compact ultra-precision linear translation stages with exceptionally long ranges of motion on the order of tens of millimeters and positioning resolutions on the order of a nanometer are finding their way into emerging nanotechnologies. Thi ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909376

89. Uncertainties of Measures in Speaker Recognition Evaluation
Topic: Information Technology
Published: 11/10/2011
Authors: Jin Chu Wu, Alvin Martin, Craig Stuart Greenberg, Raghu N Kacker
Abstract: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Speaker Recognition Evaluations (SRE) are an ongoing series of projects conducted by NIST. In the NIST SRE, speaker detection performance is measured using a detection cost function, which i ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=910129

90. Ocular and Iris Recognition Baseline Algorithm
Series: NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Report Number: 7828
Topic: Information Technology
Published: 11/7/2011
Authors: Yooyoung Lee, Ross J Micheals, James J Filliben, P Jonathon Phillips, Hassan A. Sahibzada
Abstract: Due to its distinctiveness, the human eye is a popular biometricv feature used to identity a person with high accuracy. The Grand Challenge in biometrics is to have an effective algorithm for subject verification or identification under a broad ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909790