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Gaithersburg

Transformational Networks and Services Group

The Transformational Networks and Services group develops measurement science, test, and measurement techniques, and best practices to enable new disruptive network technologies, including high-performance networking, 5G/6G core networks, optical and quantum networking, cloud computing, information

Exploring the Dimensions of Trustworthiness: Challenges and Opportunities

Tue, Aug 30 - Wed, Aug 31 2016

Trustworthiness is a critical concern stakeholders have about Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and the Internet of Things

Privacy Controls Workshop: Next Steps for NIST Special Publication 800-53, Appendix J

Thu, Sep 8 2016

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) will co-host a

GMSE graduate student Andre Thompson in one of NIST's Fire Research laboratories, testing the flammability of materials

Graduate Students (GMSE)

As you further your studies, get hands-on experience in NIST’s world-class laboratories. NIST is looking for graduate and doctoral students...

Funding

The Office of Advanced Manufacturing (OAM) provides cost-shared funding to pursue innovative technology R&D and increase energy efficiency...

NIST-funded Manufacturing USA Institutes

Welcome to the Manufacturing USA institutes funded by NIST. They are part of a growing network that has become a catalyst for increasing U.S...

About the NIST Office of Advanced Manufacturing and Institutes

In December 2014, Congress passed the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act (RAMI), which established the National Network...

Fingerprint Compression

To establish normative guidance and certification pathways for the compression of fingerprint imagery.

Fingerprint Recognition

We conduct technology evaluations of fingerprint matching, identification, and verification systems.

How to Work With Us - ITL

ITL Opportunities NRC Postdoctoral Research Program ITL Grants Program NIST Summer High School Intern Program (SHIP) ITL Summer...

NSCI Seminar: Communication-Avoiding Algorithms for Linear Algebra and Beyond

Tue, Sep 6 2016

Algorithms have two costs: arithmetic and communication, i.e. moving data between levels of a memory hierarchy or

Pilot Product Will Offer the Baldrige Site Visit Experience

August 1, 2016

For years, the Baldrige Program has heard from its award applicants that the most valuable and robust feedback comes when the organization is site visited by a

ACMD Resources/Services

Adaptive Mesh Refinement Benchmark Problems Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF) Guide to Available Mathematical Software...

ACMD Programs/Projects

Adaptive Mesh Refinement Benchmark Problems Automated Combinatorial Testing for Software Digital Library of Mathematical Functions Future...

Getting to NIST Gaithersburg

Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Md. 20899 Site status update (for weather and other closures): (301) 975-8000 and (800) 437-4385...

Projects/Programs

Current Text Retrieval Conference (TREC) [ trec.nist.gov] Text Analysis Conference (TAC, now part of TREC) [ tac.nist.gov] TREC Video...

Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security - 2016

Wed, Oct 19 - Thu, Oct 20 2016

NIST and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) are pleased to co-host the 9th

Methods and Standards for Measurement of Atmospheric Aerosol Radiative Properties

Aerosols represent the second largest contributor to atmospheric heating after CO 2. Aerosol optical properties are poorly understood, resulting in the largest

Fort Collins, Colorado, Making Community Resilience a Reality Using NIST Guide

July 28, 2016

Guided in part by strategies and procedures developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for creating effective and affordable

Tips on Searching for Standards

The following information should help guide you to find the standards document you seek. ICS codes An ICS (International Classification of...

Learn More About Standards

Why You Need Standards Technical standards keep us safe, enable technology to advance, and help businesses succeed. They quietly make the...

NIST's Network-of-Things Model Builds Foundation to Help Define the Internet of Things

July 28, 2016

A new publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides a basic model aimed at helping researchers better understand the

Wooden human model

New Model May Help Solve the Mystery of How Lithium Stabilizes Moods

July 27, 2016

New measurements may have lifted the veil on the vexingly elusive interactions through which lithium can moderate the manic highs and debilitating lows

NSCI Seminar: Electrical and Physical Characterization of Nano- and Non-Linear Devices for Future Computing

Tue, Sep 20 2016

THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED With the end of Moore's Law in sight, there is a great deal of angst in the information

Realizing the Potential of Quantum Information Science and Advancing High-Performance Computing

July 27, 2016

The White House announced today a new report from the National Science and Technology Council on challenges, opportunities and the path forward in quantum

NSCI Seminar: Benchmarking Beyond CMOS Logic for Computation

Tue, Aug 16 2016

Benchmarking of beyond-CMOS exploratory devices for logic integrated circuits is presented. It includes new devices with

Characterization of Two Dimensional Materials with High Resolution Instrumentation

Mon, Aug 1 2016

High resolution characterization allows researchers to study important problems at the atomic scale in a variety of

Commerce Secretary Appoints New Members to Baldrige Award's Judges Panel

July 25, 2016

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker recently appointed four new members to three-year terms on the Judges Panel for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

ISO/TC 276 Resources

Resources to support the work of individuals involved in standards development, additional information can be found here. General...

Scope and Working Group Structure

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