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TRECVID2022

Tue, Dec 6 - Fri, Dec 9 2022

TRECVID is hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The workshop's goal is to encourage

ACMD Seminar: NPGREAT: Assembling the human telomeres and subtelomeres with the use of ultralong Nanopore and Linked-Read datasets

Eleni Adam Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science Dept., Old Dominion University Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 3:00-4:00 EDT (1:00-2:00 MDT) A video...

2020-2021 ANSI Gerald H. Ritterbusch Conformity Assessment Medal – Warren Merkel

Warren Merkel , Chief of Standards Services in the Standards Coordination Office, received the ANSI Gerald H. Ritterbusch Conformity Assessment Medal, which honors distinguished service in promoting the understanding and application of conformity...

2020-2021 ANSI Meritorious Service Award – Mary Jo DiBernardo

Mary Jo DiBernardo , Program Manager in the Standards Coordination Office, received the ANSI Meritorious Service Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the U.S. voluntary standardization system. She has demonstrated outstanding...

2022 ANSI Meritorious Service Award – Amy Phelps

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 2022 Leadership and Service Awards recipients are recognized for their significant contributions to national and international standardization activities, as well as an ongoing commitment to their...

2022 ANSI Astin-Polk International Standards Medal – Gordon Gillerman

TREC2022

Mon, Nov 14 - Fri, Nov 18 2022

The Text Retrieval Conference (TREC) is an annual community evaluation workshop for information retrieval, search, and

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A Machine Learning-Based Solution Could Help Firefighters Circumvent Deadly Backdrafts

October 17, 2022

The NIST team got data from hundreds of backdrafts in the lab to use as a basis for a model that can predict them.

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Forensic Bitemark Analysis Not Supported by Sufficient Data, NIST Draft Review Finds

October 11, 2022

NIST scientific foundation reviews address issues of accuracy, reliability and validity in forensic science.

ACMD Seminar: Thermally Activated Transitions Between Micromagnetic States

Gabriel D. Chaves-O’Flynn Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Molecular Physics at the Polish Academy of Sciences Friday, October 14, 2022...

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Expert Working Group on Human Factors in Forensic DNA Interpretation

The study of human factors in forensic science informs our understanding of the interaction between humans and the systems they use. The Expert Working Group

NIST Researcher Robert Lipman Receives Prestigious Technical Excellence Award – Again

In September 2022, NIST's Robert Lipman received the Bryan K. Martin Technical Excellence Award, which is presented annually by PDES, Inc., an industry, government, and university consortium committed to standardizing data exchange in manufacturing...

NIST Forensic Science Training Program

Officers of the Court including judges and attorneys can benefit from receiving information from neutral sources to inform their understanding of foundational

2022 RMS Scientific Achievement Award - Andrea Centrone

Andrea is an exceptional scientist whose work has contributed to overcoming one of the main shortcomings of atomic force microscopy (AFM) – its inability to conclusively identify chemical species in the nanoscale resolution maps the AFM provides. He...

NIST and NCWM: New Roles and New Publications for the 2023 Cycle

NIST OWM continues to work with NCWM to determine how we can best serve NCWM committees while continuing to serve the weights and measures...

OWM Hosts NCWM Leadership for NIST Campus Visit

OWM was pleased to host National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) leadership, Don Onwiler, Executive Director, and Mahesh...

In-Person Training for Mulch and Soil Testing at the WWMA Annual Meeting

September 27, 2022

Now that we are attending meetings in-person again, this presents an opportunity for OWM staff to provide some of our training directly to our stakeholders...

Trustworthy AI: Managing the Risks of Artificial Intelligence

September 29, 2022

Chairwoman Stevens, Ranking Member Feenstra, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I am Elham Tabassi, Chief of Staff of the Information Technology...

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NIST Office of Weights and Measures Launches Studio 220

September 30, 2022

Lights, camera, action! The vision to expand training capabilities within the Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) IACET accredited Training Program has become...

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NIST Office of Weights and Measures Launches New SP 2200 Legal Metrology Publication Series

September 29, 2022

In partnership with the NIST research library, the Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) has launched a new NIST Special Publication Series, SP 2200: Legal...

TMMC: Reference Adsorption Isotherms for CO2 in Metal-organic Frameworks

Grand-canonical Transition-Matrix Monte Carlo (GC-TMMC) simulations [1, 5-10] of CO 2 were performed at T = 300 K and 350 K in four metal...

Hooked on Photonics? Math to the Rescue

September 28, 2022

Photonic thermometers – which measure temperature using light – have been around in optical fiber form for decades. These devices, called fiber Bragg gratings...

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Regional Measurement Assurance Program (RMAP) Back on the Move

September 26, 2022

The Laboratory Metrology Program is wrapping up this year’s Regional Measurement Assurance Program (RMAP) training for the State Weights and Measures Laboratory...

CPO-SEMI-SIA CHIPS for America Strategy Paper Briefing - Incentive Programs

Tue, Oct 4 2022, 2:00 - 3:00pm EDT

Join us for this webinar featuring SEMI and the Semiconductor Industry Association. This webinar will review the

NIST's Information Technology Image Group Were Recognized with the Service and Leadership Award at the 2022 Federal Identity Forum

The NIST Image Group is being nominated for the Service and Leadership team award for their substantive guidance and leadership to the federal identity community. Many of the group’s subject matter experts (SME’s) have been with the team for 15 years...

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