The Group performs the research and development needed to provide traceability, measurement solutions, and calibration services to the US industry, government, and academia in the areas of mass, force, and the dynamic mechanical quantities of acoustics, force, and vibration.

We research and develop measurement and evaluation methods to advance and promote the use of technologies that provide more effective access to multimedia and multi-lingual information.

The Cognition and Collaboration Systems group develops, advances, and deploys measurement science in knowledge representation, reasoning, and planning for intelligent systems used in manufacturing and construction applications. The group also carries out mission-related measurement science research

The Sensing and Perception Systems Group develops, advances, and deploys measurement science for spatial measurement and real-time, sensor-based control of intelligent systems used in manufacturing and construction applications. Carries out mission-related measurement science research and services

The Networked Control Systems Group develops and deploys advances in measurement science, standards, guidelines, and tools that enhance resilience, reliability, safety, security, and privacy through advanced control systems for connected IoT and cyber-physical systems and critical applications in

The Manipulation and Mobility Systems Group develops, advances, and deploys measurement science for intelligent robotic systems used in manufacturing and construction applications. Carries out mission-related measurement science research and services to advance: high performance servomechanisms

The Systems Interoperability Group develops advanced testing infrastructures and contributes to standards development for ensuring the robustness and interoperability of health IT systems, thus removing technical obstacles to implementation and interoperability and accelerating the adoption of cost

Welcome to the Software and Systems Division's Information Systems Group.

The Software Quality Group develops tools, methods, and related models for improving the process of ensuring that software behaves correctly and for identifying software defects, thus helping industry improve the quality of software development and maintenance.

The Image Group builds trust in identity for justice, homeland security, and commerce.

We work with industry, academia and other government agencies to promote the use of more effective and efficient techniques for manipulating (largely) unstructured textual information.

We foster trust in technologies that make sense of complex information relating to human action, behavior, characteristics and communication through the advancement of measurement, evaluation and standards.

We research, develop, engineer, and produce guidelines, recommendations and best practices for cryptographic algorithms, methods, and protocols.

Works with industry to improve the quality and timeliness of emerging technical specifications for next-generation Internet technologies and distributed information systems and to foster their adoption and deployment in operational networks. The emphasis of the group is on innovating and applying

The Smart Connected Systems Division advances measurement science, standards, and test methods to support communications networks, trustworthy Internet of Things (IoT) systems, and critical applications including smart manufacturing, industrial control systems, automated vehicles, energy systems

We develop innovative tools and techniques for scientific visualization and high performance computing to advance measurement science.

We perform research in mathematics, physics, computer science, and measurement science necessary to enable the development and analysis of current and future computing and communications systems.

We perform research in applied mathematics, mathematical modeling, numerical analysis, and scientific computing for application to multidisciplinary problems of interest to the NIST measurement science program.

Photonic/phononic devices to advance classical and quantum measurements in science and industry.

The Alternative Computing Group has two related programs addressing future electronics for information processing. Select an area below for more information​.