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PSIAP Award Recipient Deploys Technology at the 2019 Boston Marathon

May 20, 2019

First responders need to respond to incidents, communicate, and perform operations even when networks are out of service due to malicious attacks, natural

Candela

Vision is perhaps the most powerful of human senses, and light one of humanity’s age-old metaphors for understanding, wisdom and truth...

Baltimore CitiWatch is a collaborator of PSCR and its award recipients.

Leveraging PSCR research and demonstrating the power of collaboration

May 10, 2019

The NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program has funded R&D grants in several research organizations under its Public Safety Innovation

New NIST Funding Opportunity Highlights Gap in Public Safety Device Standards

May 10, 2019

Standards Beget Reliable Devices The mobile phones we use – whether iPhone or Android – become available to us after a series of tests. Technology laboratories

Meter

Whether it’s the interminable distance to Grandma’s house, a span of cloth, the number of yards to the goal line or the space between the...

2019 Gears of Government Award - Lehman, Stephens, Tomlin, Vayshenker and Yung

Established the first primary standard to measure optical fiber-based laser power by exploiting the team’s innovative coatings, which are

ACMD Seminar: Always Annexing Pixels: On Techniques and Infrastructures for Cross-Device Visualization

Wed, May 22 2019, 3:00 - 4:00pm EDT

Niklas Elmqvist Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland Abstract: Data visualization lives

Man wearing clear goggles holding a yellow box in one hand and using the other hand to adjust a table of optics equipment

NIST’s Quantum Logic Clock Returns to Top Performance

July 15, 2019

The quantum logic clock—perhaps best known for showing you age faster if you stand on a stool—has climbed back to the leading performance echelons of the world

IT Access Requirements, Frequently Asked Questions

Q: I’ve completed these requirements before. Do I have to take it again? A: Yes. The requirements must be completed annually. For example...

Workshop on Low Field Magnetic Resonance

Mon, Aug 12 - Tue, Aug 13 2019

This workshop will focus on developments in low field magnetic resonance . Developments include but are not limited to

Machine Learning For Optical Communication Systems

Fri, Aug 2 2019

NIST will hold a workshop at the Boulder Colorado Laboratories to discuss the role of machine learning (ML) in optical

NIST Research Sparks New Insights on Laser Welding

April 30, 2019

On its surface, the work is deceptively simple: Shoot a high-power laser beam onto a piece of metal for a fraction of a second and see what happens. But

Request for Information about Federal Engagement in Artificial Intelligence Standards

Read the Comments Received in Response to the RFI The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a Request for...

NSCI Seminar: Opportunities and Needs for NIST Leadership in Advanced Computing—One person’s Perspective

Thu, Jun 6 2019, 1:00 - 2:00pm EDT

This meeting has been canceled and will be rescheduled at a later date. “NIST promotes U.S. innovation and

Square gray cube with two square holes in it and a gold square in between the holes, and a dark brown coffee bean leaning against the cube.

NIST Team Demonstrates Heart of Next-Generation Chip-Scale Atomic Clock

May 17, 2019

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners have demonstrated an experimental, next-generation atomic clock—ticking at

A man in brown camouflage clothing, including baseball cap, gloves and ear protection, uses a long pole to clean the inside of an HVAC unit outside a military tent.

NIST Study Identifies Chemical Blends as Possible Alternative Refrigerants

May 29, 2019

More than a dozen chemical blends could serve as alternative refrigerants that won’t heat the atmosphere as much as today’s refrigerants do, or catch fire

EBIT’s Improved X-ray Vision Promises Astronomical Insights

April 25, 2019

Look at an astronomical marvel like the Cat’s Eye Nebula at right, with an average gas temperature about twice as hot as the surface of the Sun. It seems

NCSI Seminar: Deep Learning for Science

Wed, May 22 2019, 2:00 - 3:00pm EDT

Deep Learning has revolutionized the fields of computer vision, speech recognition and control systems. Can Deep

NCSI Seminar: Transforming Science through Cyberinfrastructure: NSCI and NSF’s Vision for a National Cyberinfrastructure Ecosystem

Tue, May 7 2019, 1:00 - 2:00pm EDT

Twenty-first century science and engineering (S&E) research continues to be transformed by the increasing availability

Boulder

PSIAP Award Recipient Deploys Technology at the 2019 Boston Marathon

Candela

Leveraging PSCR research and demonstrating the power of collaboration

New NIST Funding Opportunity Highlights Gap in Public Safety Device Standards

Meter

2019 Gears of Government Award - Lehman, Stephens, Tomlin, Vayshenker and Yung

ACMD Seminar: Always Annexing Pixels: On Techniques and Infrastructures for Cross-Device Visualization

NIST’s Quantum Logic Clock Returns to Top Performance

IT Access Requirements, Frequently Asked Questions

Workshop on Low Field Magnetic Resonance

Machine Learning For Optical Communication Systems

NIST Research Sparks New Insights on Laser Welding

Request for Information about Federal Engagement in Artificial Intelligence Standards

NSCI Seminar: Opportunities and Needs for NIST Leadership in Advanced Computing—One person’s Perspective

NIST Team Demonstrates Heart of Next-Generation Chip-Scale Atomic Clock

NIST Study Identifies Chemical Blends as Possible Alternative Refrigerants

EBIT’s Improved X-ray Vision Promises Astronomical Insights

NCSI Seminar: Deep Learning for Science

NCSI Seminar: Transforming Science through Cyberinfrastructure: NSCI and NSF’s Vision for a National Cyberinfrastructure Ecosystem

PSIAP MCV Test Equipment

Comments Received for RFI about Federal Engagement in Artificial Intelligence Standards

JILA’s 5-Minute Sample Processing Enhances DNA Imaging and Analysis

2019 Expanding the SIM Card Use for Public Safety Challenge

NIST USNO 2018 Archive

NIST UTC 2018 Archive

Fundamental Metrology for Communications

ACMD Seminar: Methods for Prediction and Control of Complex Systems

ACMD Seminar: Optimal Control of Treatments for Retinitis Pigmentosa

Public Safety Communications Program

ACMD Seminar: Optimal Control of Treatments for Retinitis Pigmentosa