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IREX I

IREX Supplement I Released January 10, 2010: A supplement to the IREX I evaluation has been released. The document has two roles...

Iris Exchange (IREX) Overview

The Iris Exchange (IREX) was initiated at NIST to expand iris recognition capabilities and support a marketplace of iris-based applications based on

Mass Spectrometry Methods Database Gets Major Update

May 25, 2006

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently added 150 new methods—nicknamed "recipes"—to a database already containing 255

Sample Baldrige Application Available for Non-profits

May 25, 2006

Non-profit organizations considering applying for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2007 or using the Baldrige criteria for performance excellence

Meeting of the Technical Guidelines Development Committee

Thu, Jul 8 - Fri, Jul 9 2010

Public meeting of the Technical Guidelines Development Committee. Topics to be discussed: Status update UOCAVA

Neuronal Cell Cultures Kept on the Straight and Narrow

May 25, 2006

An improved technique for culturing cells, developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), may enable new, fundamental insights into the

New Facility Recognized in Lab Design Competition

March 24, 2005

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and HDR Inc. will accept an award on March 29 for "high honors" in R&D Magazine's 2005 Lab of the Year

Gulf Coast MEP Centers to Help Manufacturers Recover

May 25, 2006

This week the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded grants totaling $4.5 million to five organizations affiliated with NIST's Hollings

2005 Baldrige Award Winners Applications Available

May 12, 2006

Recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award are respected and widely emulated because of their innovative management practices and exceptional

Furlani Named Director of NIST's IT Lab

May 12, 2006

Cita M. Furlani has been named director of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Furlani brings a

Low-Cost Microfluidics Can Be a Sticky Problem

May 12, 2006

A deceptively simple approach to bonding thermoplastic microchannel plates together with solvent could be used for low-cost, high-volume production of

NIST and NCI to Collaborate On Proteomics Assessment

May 12, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health have begun a program to

NIST Advanced Measurement Laboratory

June 9, 2000

Ground Broken for World's Premier Measurement Research Facility (News Release) Advanced Measurement Laboratory brochure Advanced Measurement Laboratory Web site

NIST Launches Advanced Measurement Laboratory

June 21, 2004

Photos and graphics on display in the AML gallery Photos of AML dedication Considered the most technically advanced research facility of its kind in the world

Fast Tenprint Capture

The evaluation of Fast Tenprint Capture devices is threefold. The first is the absolute measurement, i.e., stipulating the specifications and designing targets

WSQ Certification Procedure

This WSQ testing is updated for "Wavelet Scalar Quantization (WSQ) Gray-Scale Fingerprint Image Compression Specification Version 3.1" which is available at

Biometric Evaluations Homepage

Fingerprint Face Iris Multiple Biometrics Other ROC Baseline Data ROCbaseline [at] nist.gov (ROCbaseline[at]nist[dot]gov) Fingerprint Fingerprint Vendor Technology Overview (...

'Instant Acid' Method Offers New Insight into Nanoparticle Dispersal in the Environment and the Body

June 9, 2010

Using a chemical trick that allows them to change the acidity of a solution almost instantly, a team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST

Schematic depicting the creation of liposome-hydrogel hybrids.

Liposome-Hydrogel Hybrids: No Toil, No Trouble for Stronger Bubbles

June 9, 2010

People have been combining materials to bring forth the best properties of both ever since copper and tin were merged to start the Bronze Age. In the latest

Walls Falling Faster for Solid-State Memory

June 9, 2010

After running a series of complex computer simulations, researchers have found that flaws in the structure of magnetic nanoscale wires play an important role in

NIST Helps Accelerate the Federal Government's Move to the Cloud

June 9, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been designated by Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra to accelerate the federal

NIST WTC Recommendations Are Basis for New Set of Revised Codes

June 9, 2010

Faster and more efficient emergency evacuations from buildings—especially tall structures—and better communications between first responders during an emergency

Biometric Quality Reading Material

This page lists reports, white papers, publications and product descriptions relevant to biometric quality. The content is under active...

Biometric Quality Workshop II Presentations

November 7-8, 2007National Institute of Standards and Technology The presentations are listed alphabetically by speaker name. Andy Adler Low...

Biometric Quality Workshop II

November 7-8, 2007National Institute of Standards and Technology Background Given the importance of biometric sample quality assessment in...

Biometric Quality Workshop I Presentations

March 8-9, 2006National Institute of Standards and Technology This page is intended as a permanent archive of the presentations delivered to...

Biometric Quality Workshop I

March 8-9, 2006National Institute of Standards and Technology Background Performance of biometric systems is dependent on the quality of the...

Biometric Quality

Performance of biometric systems is dependent on the quality of the acquired input samples. If quality can be improved, either by sensor design, by user

Cryptographic Key Management Workshop 2010

Mon, Sep 20 - Tue, Sep 21 2010

NIST was in the process of developing a DRAFT Special Publication on the Cryptographic Key Management Design Framework

'Baldrige Index' Consistently Outperforms the S&P 500

April 6, 2001

For the past seven years, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology has compared winners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality

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