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AI Research - Identifying & Managing Harmful Bias in AI

Bias exists in many forms and can become ingrained in the automated systems that help make decisions about our lives. While bias is not...

AI Research - Explainability

A multidisciplinary team of computer scientists, cognitive scientists, mathematicians, and specialists in AI and machine learning with...

Scientific Foundation Reviews

Forensic science plays a crucial role in our criminal justice system. If the right evidence is present, forensic science can help...

Associated Products

Trustworthy Intelligent Networks Product Reference Journal Publication Wang Z., Use of Supervised Machine Learning to Detect Abuse of COVID...

Trustworthy Intelligent Networks

NIST is working with industry and academia to improve the trustworthiness and applicability of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to

Microresonators for inductive-detection electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy of volume-limited samples

Planar microresonators are fabricated in the NIST Nanofab, tested in our laboratory, and incorporated into a commercial 9 GHz or NIST-built 34 GHz electron

Now Open: NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference 2020 Call for Presentations

April 1, 2020

6th Annual NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference Call for Presentations: Open April 1 – June 30, 2020 The 2020 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference...

Engineering of G Protein-Coupled Receptors

We work to engineer novel function in GPCRs using a microbial platform. This enables rapid, and multi-objective engineering, to precisely characterize and tune

AI Research

Artificial Intelligence: Fundamental and Applied Research and Standards NIST develops tools to measure and understand the capabilities and...

NIST Funding Manufacturing Institutes to Support Pandemic Response

March 31, 2020

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened a funding opportunity for rapid, high...

iEdison Feedback Session Meeting

Mon, Jun 22 2020

The NIST Technology Partnerships Office is overseeing the rebuild of the interagency Edison system for extramural

Mouse Allelic Ladder

The NIST led Mouse Cell Line Authentication Consortium has worked together to validate the method for STR genotyping of mouse cell lines. An STR-targeted

Decennial Cohort of U.S. Executives Begins Prestigious Baldrige Fellowship

March 27, 2020

Ten years ago, based on an idea on how to better engage U.S. executives, a program was created to inspire senior leaders to embrace a systems perspective in...

To Tune Up Your Quantum Computer, Better Call an AI Mechanic

March 31, 2020

A high-end race car engine needs all its components tuned and working together precisely to deliver top-quality performance. The same can be said about the...

Now Open: NICE Conference 2020 Call for Presentations

March 25, 2020

11th ANNUAL NICE CONFERENCE AND EXPO Call for Presentations: Open March 24 – May 31, 2020 The 2020 NICE Conference program committee is seeking timely, topical...

NIST Releases Online Economic Decision Tool to Help Communities Plan for Disaster

March 25, 2020

Preparing a community’s buildings and infrastructure for a hurricane or earthquake can be an incredibly complicated and costly endeavor. A new online tool from...

A fire test of an office building floor replica occurring in a fireproof compartment.

How Fire Causes Office-Building Floors to Collapse

March 24, 2020

Engineers and technicians at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) spent months meticulously recreating the long concrete floors supported...

Supplier Scouting

The U.S. faces supply chain challenges that impact our nation’s security and economic health as well as our well-being and safety. Extensive...

Methods to determine the evolutionary stability of engineered biological function

Evolution poses unique challenges to engineering in living organisms. The successful implementation and development of a sustainable bioeconomy will require

Flow Cytometry Lab

Our experienced staff leverage the latest cytometry technologies to develop innovative flow cytometry measurement solutions, standards, and reference materials

Notice to Contractors, Vendors, and Recipients of Grants and Cooperative Agreements Regarding Status of NIST Campus

March 20, 2020

In support of guidance on the COVID-19 outbreak from Federal, State and local health authorities and the Office of Management and Budget, NIST is now operating...

Appendix

File Variables These are special, read-only keywords maintained by the trajectory engine, which can be used to construct file expressions...

NIST Helps Build Accurate Measurement Infrastructure for 5G Communications

March 18, 2020

As fifth-generation (5G) devices and networks begin to roll out, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping to build the crucial...

Siamak Sattar Receives Housner Fellowship

The Housner Fellows Program was developed by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute to recognize promising and motivated young to mid-career professionals with the confidence, skills, and sense of responsibility needed to exercise leadership...