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Sequences

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America’s Strategy for STEM Education

December 4, 2018

The White House has announced a new 5-year STEM strategy, Charting a Course for Success: America’s Strategy for STEM Education. NICE Interagency Coordinating

NIST 2D NMR ‘Fingerprinting’ Study Gives Biopharmaceutical Sector New Power to Assure High Quality Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics

December 20, 2018

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently completed a large international study * that establishes two-dimensional

FAQ

Commands typed at the console are in bold and follow brackets >>>. Bracket pairs < and > are used to signify the type of input needed. Three...

Security Analysis of First Responder Mobile and Wearable Devices: NIST Releases Draft NISTIR 8196

December 3, 2018

NIST invites comments on Draft NISTIR 8196, Security Analysis of First Responder Mobile and Wearable Devices, which reviews the current and potential use cases

Product Lifecycle Data Exploration and Visualization

To develop and deploy advances in methods, standards, and software tools for data visualization and exploration for improving the efficiency and agility of

Product Definitions for Smart Manufacturing

To develop and deploy advances in standards, conformance testing, user-awareness, and adoption of 3D model-based product definition standards to improve product

Model-Based Manufacturing Services

To develop and deploy to industry advances in standards and measurement science for model-based messaging standards and service-modeling methodology to enable

Model-Based Systems Definition and Analysis Integration for Smart Manufacturing

To develop and standardize methods and protocols that facilitate analysis of products, processes, and logistics, by unifying domain-specific analysis

IJB-C Dataset Request Form

NIST HAS DISCONTINUED DISTRIBUTION OF ALL THREE IJB CHALLENGES (IJB-A, IJB-B, AND IJB-C) ON MARCH 14TH 2023.

NCSI Seminar: Computational Health: Blending Big Data, Computation, and Analytics

Tue, Dec 11 2018

There has never been a better time to bring modern computation and analytics to inform individualized treatments and

ACMD Seminar: Securing Physically Unclonable Functions

Sandip Kundu Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst Thursday, December 13, 3:00-4:00...

Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Patent Policy - Inclusion of Patents in ITL Publications

Effective Date: January 1, 2019 Version 1.0 Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) 1 Patent Policy - Inclusion of Patents in ITL...

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AI May Be Better for Detecting Radar Signals, Facilitating Spectrum Sharing

February 20, 2019

When vacationers buy a stake in a beachfront timeshare, they decide in advance who gets to use the property when. The National Institute of Standards and

NIST: Blockchain Provides Security, Traceability for Smart Manufacturing

February 11, 2019

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) needed a way to secure smart manufacturing systems using the digital thread, so they

X-ray Metrology for the Semiconductor Industry Tutorials

The semiconductor industry is in need of new, in-line dimensional metrology methods with higher spatial resolution for characterizing their...

Webinar: Notice of Funding Opportunity: High School Curricula Materials that Reflect the SI Redefinition

Thu, Dec 13 2018

Note: Captioning will be available by 12/17. NIST invites applications from eligible applicants for the

NIST Evaluation Shows Advance in Face Recognition Software’s Capabilities

November 30, 2018

Between 2014 and 2018, facial recognition software got 20 times better at searching a database to find a matching photograph, according to the National

NIST Study Resolves Fine Details of How Microscopic Machines Can Fail in the Blink of an Eye

November 27, 2018

How long can tiny gears and other microscopic moving parts last before they wear out? What are the warning signs that these components are about to fail, which

New Device Widens Light Beams by 400 Times, Broadening Possibilities in Science and Technology

November 27, 2018

By using light waves instead of electric current to transmit data, photonic chips—circuits for light—have advanced fundamental research in many areas from

Photonic Radiation Sensors Survive Huge Doses Undamaged

November 27, 2018

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have published landmark test results that suggest a promising class of sensors can be

OSAC Newsletter, November 2018

2018 ANSI Next Generation Award - Michal Chojnacky

Recipients have been recognized for their significant contributions to national and international standardization activities, as well as an

Draft Project Description for “Securing Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystem” is Available for Comment

November 20, 2018

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST is seeking comments on a draft project description, Securing Telehealth Remote Patient

Trusted Cloud Security Practice Guide: Preliminary Draft of SP 1800-19B (Approach, Architecture and Security Requirements) Available for Comment

November 26, 2018

NIST has released a preliminary draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 1800-19 Volume B, Trusted Cloud: Security Practice Guide for VMWare Hybrid Cloud

Gaithersburg

Counter

Sequences

America’s Strategy for STEM Education

NIST 2D NMR ‘Fingerprinting’ Study Gives Biopharmaceutical Sector New Power to Assure High Quality Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics

FAQ

Security Analysis of First Responder Mobile and Wearable Devices: NIST Releases Draft NISTIR 8196

Product Lifecycle Data Exploration and Visualization

Product Definitions for Smart Manufacturing

Model-Based Manufacturing Services

Model-Based Systems Definition and Analysis Integration for Smart Manufacturing

IJB-C Dataset Request Form

NCSI Seminar: Computational Health: Blending Big Data, Computation, and Analytics

ACMD Seminar: Securing Physically Unclonable Functions

Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Patent Policy - Inclusion of Patents in ITL Publications

AI May Be Better for Detecting Radar Signals, Facilitating Spectrum Sharing

NIST: Blockchain Provides Security, Traceability for Smart Manufacturing

X-ray Metrology for the Semiconductor Industry Tutorials

Webinar: Notice of Funding Opportunity: High School Curricula Materials that Reflect the SI Redefinition

NIST Evaluation Shows Advance in Face Recognition Software’s Capabilities

NIST Study Resolves Fine Details of How Microscopic Machines Can Fail in the Blink of an Eye

New Device Widens Light Beams by 400 Times, Broadening Possibilities in Science and Technology

Photonic Radiation Sensors Survive Huge Doses Undamaged

OSAC Newsletter, November 2018

2018 ANSI Next Generation Award - Michal Chojnacky

Draft Project Description for “Securing Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystem” is Available for Comment

Trusted Cloud Security Practice Guide: Preliminary Draft of SP 1800-19B (Approach, Architecture and Security Requirements) Available for Comment

Paul Black and William Majurski Paper Named 20 Year ICFEM Most Influential Paper Award

2017 Grand Heinrich Rohrer Medal - Joseph A. Stroscio

White Cat Hair on Black Pants: International Study Measures Stability of Precision Masses to Benefit Trade

2015 Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science - John Unguris