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Speech Analytics

The Multimodal Information Group's speech analytics program has a long history of activities supporting the development of technologies that extract content

Security Testing, Validation and Measurement

We advance information security testing, measurement science, and conformance.

Security Engineering and Risk Management

We research, develop and promote a comprehensive suite of security engineering and risk management standards and guidelines.

Secure Systems and Applications

We research, develop and produce guidelines, recommendations and best practices for foundational security mechanisms, protocols and services.

Security Components and Mechanisms

We integrate and apply security technologies, standards, guidelines and best practices for computing platforms and information systems.

NIST Biometric Workshop Studies Voice, Dental, Oral Standards

January 14, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a workshop to discuss proposed supplements to the biometric data format standard that

Price Verification

Wed, Feb 20 2013

Be able to describe the background and history of why and how the EPO on Price Verification was developed. Be able to

U.S. National Work Group on Belt-Conveyor Scales (USNWG on BCS)

Wed, Feb 20 - Thu, Feb 21 2013

The USNWG is a group consisting of regulatory officials, device manufacturers, service agents, users of belt-conveyor

Neutrons at NIST: Past, Present, and Future

Fri, Jan 25 2013

The 1950's were a decade of rapid progress in nuclear technology, with many organizations building research reactors

Accessible Voting Technology Research Workshop

Mon, Apr 1 - Tue, Apr 2 2013

The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are sponsoring a two

'Standard Quantum Limit' Smashed, Could Mean Better Fiber-Optic Comms

January 8, 2013

Communicating with light may soon get a lot easier, hints recent research* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of

NIST Patent Could Give 'Lab on a Chip' Technology Long Shelf Life

January 8, 2013

Having blood drawn and analyzed to diagnose disease is a process that can take a few days, but what if your doctor could perform this analysis in moments, right

Organizations Can Now Apply for the 2013 Baldrige Quality Award

January 8, 2013

With the launch of the 2013 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) application process, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is ready to help U

Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduates at NIST

January 8, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is accepting applications for its Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program at its

NIST Workshop Seeks Manufacturers' Ideas on Using Multipurpose Robots

January 8, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants to help turn manufacturing robots into dexterous, nimble-fingered machines—affordable mechanical

Boeing Company Executive Joins NIST Advisory Committee

January 8, 2013

John J. Tracy, chief technology officer of The Boeing Company and senior vice president of Engineering, Operations and Technology, has joined the National

NIST/Industry Quality Measurement Data Standard

June 21, 2007

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers, together with colleagues from the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), key manufacturing

Schematic of the monolayer self-assembly process studied by the NIST/NCSU team.

Catching Waves: Measuring Self-Assembly in Action

June 21, 2007

By making careful observations of the growth of a layer of molecules as they gradually cover the surface of a small silicon rectangle, researchers from the

NIST Fire Experts Examine Charleston Building Collapse

June 21, 2007

On June 19, 2007, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sent four fire experts to Charleston, S.C., to gather information and examine the

NIST experiment to replicate an office fire

NIST WTC Recommendations Spur New Model Building Codes

June 21, 2007

Safer buildings—especially tall structures—that are more resistant to fire and more easily evacuated in emergencies are the goal of the first comprehensive set

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Coordination

This is an annually renewed project that supports NIST's Lead Agency coordination of National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) research and

Forensics@NIST 2012 Webcast Now Available

January 7, 2013

On November 28 -30, 2012, NIST hosted the Forensics@NIST symposium at its Gaithersburg, Maryland campus. The symposium featured three days of presentations and

Save the Date for DNA Analyst Training on Mixture Interpretation

January 7, 2013

On Friday, April 12, 2013, NIST will host a free, one-day workshop on interpreting forensic DNA mixtures in casework. Participants may attend this workshop

Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE) for New Buildings Project

Structural collapse demand and capacity are not clearly defined or directly simulated in current Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE) methodology

Collapse Assessment of Buildings under Seismic Loading

NIST recently completed a multi-year study of three structural steel framing systems to evaluate the correlation between ASCE/SEI 7 (ASCE 2010) and ASCE/SEI 41

Trusted Geolocation in the Cloud Technical Demonstration

Mon, Jan 14 2013

This workshop explains selected security challenges involving Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing

The Idea Factory

Fri, Jan 11 2013

Bell Laboratories, which thrived from the 1920s to the 1980s, was arguably the most innovative research and development

Service Life Prediction of Filled Polymers Project

Prior efforts at NIST demonstrated the feasibility of quantitative service life prediction by linking the field and laboratory for an unfilled polymer. This

Service Life of Nano-enabled Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (NeFRP) Composites Project

This project will utilize chemical spectroscopy of stressed composites to quantify the magnitude and mode of stress transfer at the fiber-matrix interface in

NIST Health IT Symposium Series - March 2013

Wed, Mar 13 2013

To introduce innovative health IT R&D to NIST's researchers working in health IT and to increase collaborations.

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