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NIST Releases IREX IX Part One Performance of Iris Recognition Algorithms (NISTIR 8207)

April 18, 2018

NIST released IREX IX Part One Performance of Iris Recognition Algorithms (NISTIR 8207), a report describing the results of a study evaluating the performance...

ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Releases a Draft of NIST Special Publication 1800-13, Mobile Application Single Sign-On: Improving Authentication for Public Safety and First Responders

April 16, 2018

ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence released a draft of NIST Special Publication 1800-13, Mobile Application Single Sign-On: Improving...

Hydrocarbon Spectral Database, Acknowledgements and References

6. Acknowledgments The authors are grateful to the many Microwave Spectroscopists who provided reprints, preprints, and data prior to...

Hydrocarbon Spectral Database, Special Units, Fundamental Constants, and Useful Conversion Factors

5. Special Units, Fundamental Constants, and Useful Conversion Factors 5.a. Special Units Unit Definition D Abbreviation for Debye units (1...

Hydrocarbon Spectral Database, List of Symbols

4. List of Symbols In most cases, a uniform set of quantum state and molecular parameter symbols is employed. This common set is listed...

Hydrocarbon Spectral Database, Evaluation of the Spectral Data

3. Evaluation of the Spectral Data The evaluation has a two-fold purpose, first, the selection of the best set of measured transition...

ACMD Seminar: Utilizing Next Generation Sequencing to Generate Bacterial Genomic Sequences for Evolutionary Analysis

Derrick C. Scott Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Delaware State University Thursday, May 3, 2018 15:00 - 16...

Desktop Cosmology: A Model of the Expanding Universe

April 23, 2018

When the universe was very young – about a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang – it underwent a sudden explosive expansion...

NIST Updates Federal Agency Organizational Codes Used in PIV Cards, Special Publication 800-87

April 19, 2018

NIST has updated the federal agency organizational codes specified in Special Publication (SP) 800-87, Codes for the Identification of Federal and Federally...

13 CODIS Core STR Loci with Chromosomal Positions

What Are Imaging Phantoms?

How Do Phantoms Work? NIST Contributions to Phantom Development The word “phantom” may conjure up scary ideas, like ghosts, delusions or...

A home in the mountains of Puerto Rico lies in ruins as a result of the extreme force winds of Hurricane Maria.

NIST Launches Study of Hurricane Maria’s Impact on Puerto Rico

May 16, 2018

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced it will study the impacts of Hurricane Maria on...

CNST Remembers Alan Band

Alan Band, an electrical engineer at NIST for more than 25 years who won the Institute’s Colleagues’ Choice award and was celebrated for his...

Hydrocarbon Spectral Database, Molecular Parameters and Energy

2. Molecular Parameters and Energy Level Formulation The discussion which follows deals with the most Common cases which will provide the...

Hydrocarbon Spectral Database, Introduction

Introduction These tables represent the third part of a series of critical reviews on molecular rotational spectra in the microwave...

Upcoming NIST-FDA Workshop to Shed Light on Current Regulatory Perspectives and Inform Work of NIST Genome Editing Consortium

April 13, 2018

A workshop to take place April 23-24, 2018 on the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland will explore the measurement and standards needs of stakeholders across...

NIST Releases Updates for Cryptographic Key-Establishment Recommendations: Special Publications 800-56A and 800-56C

April 16, 2018

NIST has updated two publications on cryptographic key-establishment schemes—procedures that result in secret keying material being shared among different...

5558: Fundamentals of Metrology

Mon, Oct 29 - Fri, Nov 2 2018

The 5 day Fundamentals of Metrology seminar introduces participants to the concepts of measurement systems, units

Worth the Weight: New International Guidelines Published for Manufacturing Load Cells

April 16, 2018

At the heart of every electronic weighing instrument is a device called a load cell, which takes a mechanical force and turns it into an electronic signal...

Baldrige Executive Fellows End Yearlong Leadership Study

April 16, 2018

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is proud to announce the completion of the year-long Baldrige Executive Fellows Program by 16 senior leaders, who...

Identify, Detect, Respond, Protect, and Recover

NIST Releases Version 1.1 of its Popular Cybersecurity Framework

April 16, 2018

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released version 1.1 of its popular Framework for...

NIST Releases a Draft Revision of Special Publication (SP) 800-57 Part 2, Recommendation for Key Management, Part 2: Best Practices for Key Management Organization

April 11, 2018

NIST released a draft revision of Special Publication (SP) 800-57 Part 2, Recommendation for Key Management, Part 2: Best Practices for Key Management...

NIST Releases NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8179, Criticality Analysis Process Model: Prioritizing Systems and Components

April 11, 2018

NIST releases a publication that will help organizations to identify those systems and components that are most vital and which may need additional security or...

NIST Releases Draft NIST Special Publication SP 800-125A Revision 1, Security Recommendations for Server-based Hypervisor Platforms

April 12, 2018

Virtualized server platforms—like physical server platforms—need to be protected against attacks from hackers who might want to steal information or take...

Join the NIST Center of Excellence Documenting and Modeling Community Recovery Webinar Thursday, May 3, 9-11 AM (MDT)

April 13, 2018

Learn about the NIST-funded Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning and how its research is advancing models of community recovery, and is...

NIST 2018 Speaker Recognition Evaluation

The 2018 speaker recognition evaluation (SRE18) is the next in an ongoing series of speaker recognition evaluations conducted by NIST since...

2018 Configurable Data Curation System Annual Convention

Mon, Jul 30 - Tue, Jul 31 2018

The NIST Configurable Data Curation System (CDCS), which began as the Materials Data Curation System (MDCS), is a

Winning Numbers

May 29, 2018

NIST Standard Reference Materials® help people in industry, academia, and government agencies have confidence in their measurements, which is essential to every...

ACMD Seminar: The intimate connection between the fractional integrals and the time-fractional Porous Medium Equation (fPME)

Udita Katugampola, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Florida Polytechnic University Thursday, April 19, 2018 15:00 - 16:00...

Illustration of sunlight shining on solar panel covered with nanometer-scale beads.

Psst! A Whispering Gallery for Light Boosts Solar Cells

April 13, 2018

Trapping light with an optical version of a whispering gallery, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a...

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