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White House National Security Memo Issued | NIST & DHS Developing Cybersecurity Performance Goals for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems

July 29, 2021

President Biden on July 28, 2021, signed a new National Security Memorandum, “Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems which directs...

IoT Devices & Software | NIST Workshop + Call for Papers on Cybersecurity Labeling Programs for Consumers

July 28, 2021

NIST is seeking suggestions and feedback on challenges and practical approaches to initiating cybersecurity labeling efforts for Internet of Things (IoT)...

SRI 6013 Standard Reference Optical Radiometer

Technical Contact: Yuqin Zong The optical radiometric measurement system was developed at NIST to take advantage of the laser-based...

Tom Simpkins Appointed Director of Nevada Industry Excellence (NVIE)

June 23, 2021

Tom Simpkins has been appointed director of Nevada Industry Excellence (NVIE). With a background that includes industry experience and various leadership roles...

Technical Contributions to AI Governance

The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) AI Program provides scientific and technical expertise and contributions to national and...

Benchmarks & Metrics

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Publications

Towards inter-operable enterprise systems - A graph-based validation of a context-driven approach for message profiling (Jelisic, 2020) A...

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NIST’s Emberometer Could Gauge Threat of Wildfire-Spreading Embers

August 18, 2021

As wildfire fronts advance through landscapes or communities on the ground, they also attack from above, launching volleys of glowing embers into the air. Also...

Ultracold transistors serve as their own memory devices

July 29, 2021

Digital transistors – assembled by the billions in today’s computer chips – act as near-perfect electronic switches. In the “on” position, achieved when an...

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New Collaboration Aims to Improve Measurement of Viral Vectors Used in Cutting-Edge Gene Therapies

July 27, 2021

ROCKVILLE, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing...

Future Wireless Communications Systems and Protocols

5G and beyond communications will include several technical advancements that enable innovative applications such as wireless backhauling, Augmented/Virtual

Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics

The NIST program advances the commercialization of ceramic additive manufacturing through the concurrent development of: Measurement methods and reference

Premise Plumbing

Premise Plumbing Research at NIST GOAL To support the design of new premise plumbing systems and the operation and retrofit of existing...

Ron Ross Receives Special Recognition Award from The American Bar Association’s Section on Science & Technology Law

For the enormous contribution made in the field of cybersecurity, particularly in the area of best practices and standards for cybersecurity and cyber risk management that are so critical to securing the Internet and protecting national and economic...

A Christmas tree is engulfed in flames. To the left is a chair. In front is a coffee table, rug and fishbowl. To the right is a tall bookshelf. There are 3 wrapped presents under the tree. A timer reads 8:04 seconds.

Behind the Scenes: The Making of a NIST Holiday Special

December 8, 2017

Every holiday season, hundreds of residential fires start with a Christmas tree. You may have seen NIST’s video that

Forensic Science Organization to Draft Standards for Sexual Assault Examinations

July 20, 2021

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic...

Latest Values of Fundamental Constants Published

July 13, 2021

Four scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have reported the latest values for the fundamental constants of nature on June...

AI Risk Management Framework - Engage

NIST has developed the voluntary AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) through a consensus-driven, open, transparent, and collaborative...

AI Risk Management Framework - Resources

Translations of the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) NIST AI Risk Management Framework (Arabic) NIST AI Risk Management Framework...

AI Risk Management Framework FAQs

What is the AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF)? The Framework is intended to help developers, users and evaluators of AI systems better...

NIST Urine Albumin Standardization Program

The NIST Urine Albumin Standardization Program focuses on developing higher-order reference materials and measurement procedures to establish a global

ACMD Seminar: GMRES Convergence and Spectral Properties of Approximate Preconditioners for KKT matrices

Josef Sifuentes University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT (1:00 PM MDT) A video of this talk is available...

ACMD Seminar: Legendre functions: New formulas, identities, and transformations

Robert Maier University of Arizona Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT (1:00 PM MDT) A video of this talk is available to NIST staff in the...

An Aid for Instrumentation for Measuring Active Compounds in Ginseng

July 12, 2021

Ginsenosides are thought to be the active compounds in ginseng, a plant long used in Chinese medicine that is now a popular supplement and the subject of...

Illustration shows passengers boarding an international flight and having their faces matched to previously taken photos before passing through the gate.

NIST Evaluates Face Recognition Software’s Accuracy for Flight Boarding