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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...

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...

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