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Gaithersburg

Photomicrograph shows Mag-µBot, the entry from Carnegie-Mellon University in the NIST Mobile Microrobotics Challenge.

Teams Gearing Up for Two NIST Robotic Competitions in Alaska

June 7, 2010

The recruitment period is over. The competitors have been selected. Let the games begin! Vying for top honors in the VMAC will be two teams from Georgia Tech

Mobile ID AD Hoc Work Group

September 06, 2016: Approved Mobile ID Best Practices Version 2.1 The approved Mobile ID Best Practices Versions 2 NIST 500-280 V2.1...

Workshop on UOCAVA Remote Voting Systems

Fri, Aug 6 - Sat, Aug 7 2010

The Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) of the Department of Defense, and

Eighty-Three Organizations Seek the 2010 Baldrige Award

June 9, 2010

Eighty-three organizations are in the running for the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest recognition for organizational

Statement by HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson on the Awarding of the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award

November 21, 2002

I congratulate SSM Health Care for the extraordinary work that led to its receipt of the 2002 Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award. The award is an outstanding honor

President and Commerce Secretary Announce Recipients of Nation's Highest Quality Award

November 21, 2002

President George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Don Evans today announced three winners of the 2002 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's

President and Commerce Secretary Announce Recipients of Nation's Highest Honor in Quality and Performance Excellence

November 25, 2003

President George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans today announced seven organizations as recipients of the 2003 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality

Physical Infrastructure: Connections

Using a complementary approach of experimental measurements and detailed finite element analysis, we will develop more realistic yet computationally efficient

Second SHA-3 Candidate Conference

Mon, Aug 23 - Tue, Aug 24 2010

The Second SHA-3 Candidate Conference will be held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, on August 23-24, 2010

Latent Testing Workshop 2009 Presentations

This page is intended as a permanent archive of the presentations delivered to the approximately 100 attendees of the March 2009 Latent...

Latent Testing Workshop 2009

The workshop was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland on March 19 & 20, 2009. Here is a link...

ELFT-EFS Evaluation 1

March 2011: ELFT-EFS Evaluation #1 Final Report Released. ELFT-EFS Evaluation #1 Final Report (NISTIR 7775) NISTIR 7775 Appendix A NISTIR...

ELFT-EFS Evaluation 2

April 2010: ELFT-EFS Evaluation 2 Announced ELFT-EFS Evaluation #2 will commence 21 June 2010. The evaluation is open to all developers of...

NDE Methods for Evaluating Ancient Coins Could be Worth Their Weight in Gold

May 25, 2010

Demonstrating that chemistry sometimes can inform history, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Colorado College and

Robots Big and Small Showcase Their Skills at NIST Alaskan Events

May 25, 2010

Make room, Bender, Rosie and R2D2! Your newest mechanical colleagues are a few steps closer to reality, thanks to lessons learned during two robotics events

NIST to Sponsor Greenhouse Gas Emissions Workshop

May 25, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is sponsoring a workshop on June 2 and 3 to discuss technical barriers to our ability to accurately

NIST Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies: Extended Feature Sets ELFT-EFS

July 2012: Slides were presented at the IAI 97th International Conference, Phoenix, Arizona. The material in this presentation covers...

Latent Testing Workshop 2006

The Latent Testing Workshop 2006 was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland on April 5th & 6th...

July Workshop Devoted to Improving Usability of Health Care IT

May 25, 2010

Improving the ease of use of information systems for the health care industry could significantly facilitate the adoption of technology that has great potential

Schematic of a spherical magnetite nanoparticle

NIST Scientists Gain New 'Core' Understanding of Nanoparticles

May 25, 2010

While attempting to solve one mystery about iron oxide-based nanoparticles, a research team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies (ELFT)

NIST Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies (ELFT) consist of evaluations of the accuracy of latent matching using features marked by experienced human

Experimental hydrogel scaffolds prepared at NIST for culturing bone cells clearly show the dependence of bone mineralization on the stiffness of the gel.

Scaffold Gradients: Finding the Right Environment for Developing Cells

May 25, 2010

People often have strong opinions on the "right" firmness of mattresses for themselves, and, as it turns out, some cell types have similar preferences for their

Interlaboratory Comparison Exercises for Organic Contaminants and Trace Elements in Marine Sediments and Tissues

Three separate interlaboratory comparison exercises for environmental contaminants in marine specimens were administered in 2007/2008 by the Chemical Sciences

Ongoing MINEX Evaluation Results

Ongoing MINEX has been superseded by MINEX III False Non-Match Rates at a fixed False Match Rate of 0.01 The entries in the tables are false...

2010 Maryland Stem Cell Research Symposium

Wed, Sep 22 2010

Maryland TEDCO and Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund has partnered with NIST, NIH, Johns Hopkins University, and the

INCITS Standardized Biometric Data

Examples of INCITS data format interchange standard records This page documents NIST's release of samples conforming to the INCITS 378-2004...

Ongoing MINEX FAQs

Ongoing MINEX has been superseded by MINEX III My company wants to submit a product for MINEX compliance testing, how do we initiate the...

Ongoing MINEX Status

Ongoing MINEX has been superseded by MINEX III Organization Name SDK code Application Date Software Accepted Testing Completed Cogent...

Ongoing MINEX Compliant List

Ongoing MINEX has been superseded by MINEX III MINEX Compliant Feature Extractors Organization Name SDK Code** Extractor CBEFF PID (hex)...

NIGOS - NIST Biometric Open Source Server

BiomAPP - Match-on-Card and PIV Application Software Homepage and nightly current source code snapshot, generated nightly. BiomDI - ISO/SC37...

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