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Comments Sought on Updates to Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations (Draft NIST SP 800-161, Revision 1)

April 29, 2021

More than ever, organizations are concerned about the risks associated with products and services that may contain potentially malicious functionality, are

Implementing the HIPAA Security Rule: Call for Comments on SP 800-66, Revision 1

April 29, 2021

NIST is planning to update NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-66, Revision 1, An Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing the Health Insurance Portability

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PSCR Awards $8M for First Responder 3D Indoor Tracking Prize

April 30, 2021

NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division has awarded $8 million to the Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab at Indiana University’s (IU)

EasyVizAR: Edge-Supported, Assistive Augmented Reality for Indoor First Responder Scenarios

University of Wisconsin System In April 2021, University of Wisconsin (UW) was awarded $1.8M for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator...

Context-Aware Augmented Reality for Cognitive Assistance

University of Virginia In April 2021, University of Virginia (UVA) was awarded $1.14M for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program...

SearchAR User-Centered Adaptive Augmented Reality

University of Florida In April 2021, University of Florida (UF) was awarded $1.39M for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program...

First Responder Augmented Reality Test Bed

RTI International In April 2021, the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) was awarded $750K for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator...

Natural Authentication for Emergency Management AR

Cyber Bytes Foundation In May 2021, the Cyber Bytes Foundation (CBF) was awarded $1M for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program...

Extreme Reality (EXR) Telemetry Interface for Real-Time Operation and Training

Carnegie Mellon University In April 2021, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) was awarded $1.27M for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator...

Augmented Reality Interface for Public Safety Operations

BadVR In April 2021, BadVR was awarded $1.1M for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program: Augmented Reality (AR) cooperative...

ARCHANGEL

Pison Technology Inc. In April 2021, Pison Technology Inc. was awarded $1.2M for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program: Augmented...

Electronic Material Characterization

To provide the necessary information for electronic material manufacturers to predict how and when failures will occur and enable lifetime analysis appropriate

PSCR Webinar: The Road to PSCR 2021

Wed, May 26 2021, 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT (1:00 - 2:00pm EDT)

Since 2010, NIST's Public Safety Communications Research Division has held an annual Stakeholder Meeting to receive

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NIST Team Directs and Measures Quantum Drum Duet

May 6, 2021

Like conductors of a spooky symphony, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have “entangled” two small mechanical drums and

ACMD Seminar: Reverse Turing Tests for Distinguishing AI-generated texts from Human-written texts

Adaku Uchendu College of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 3:00 EDT (1:00 MDT) A...

ACMD Seminar: Mathematically Investigating Retinitis Pigmentosa

Danielle Brager Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, NIST Tuesday, May 11, 3:00 EDT (1:00 MDT) A video of this talk is available...

Resources

NOTE: For resources related specifically to the NIST Cybersecurity Labeling for Consumers project, see: here There are many resources from...

Engage

NIST has relied heavily on input from stakeholders in carrying out its assignments under the Executive Order on Improving the Nation's...

News & Updates

NIST releases summary report on the consumer cybersecurity labeling initiatives under the EO (May 24, 2022) New EO Guidance for...

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Rydberg Atom-based Quantum RF Field Probes

NIST’s Communications Technology Lab is developing a new paradigm for RF field sensing and measurements based on the atom. The Rydberg Atom-based RF Field

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Measuring the Moon’s Nano Dust Is No Small Matter

April 28, 2021

Like a chameleon of the night sky, the Moon often changes its appearance. It might look larger, brighter or redder, for example, due to its phases, its position

Research Methods

This section explains some of the methods that we use in our research. This is not meant to be an exhaustive explanation but an overview of...

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Low-Cost NIST Demo Links Public Safety Radios to Broadband Wireless Network

April 12, 2021

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a low-cost computer system that connects older public safety radios with the

Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity

CTL Discusses Space Commerce Research with U.S. Representative Perlmutter

April 8, 2021

Dr. Marla Dowell joined Colorado Labs and U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter for a discussion on aerospace-related digital communications technology research at

Common Data Format Research Group: Common Data Format (CDF) Ballot Styles Subgroup

Group Information Name: Common Data Format Research Group: Ballot Styles Subgroup Purpose: This group will develop a Ballot Definition CDF...

NIST Voting Research Group General Information

In the course of performing the R&D necessary to support the voting domain, at one time or another, the NIST Voting Program periodically...

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NIST Demo Adds Key Capability to Atom-Based Radio Communications

April 5, 2021

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have demonstrated an atom-based sensor that can determine the

Spectrum Coexistence Metrology

Researchers in the Communications Technology Laboratory are developing new measurement methods to support the efficient use of radio spectrum through a better

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NIST ‘Agricomb’ Measures Multiple Gas Emissions From … Cows

March 31, 2021

After the optical frequency comb made its debut as a ruler for light, spinoffs followed, including the astrocomb to measure starlight and a radar-like comb

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