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Communications Technology Laboratory

Smart Connected Systems Division

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NIST Leader Describes Cybersecurity Resources for Small Manufacturers in Manufacturing Extension Partnership Workshop

August 1, 2023

In a June 2023 presentation, NIST Networked Control Systems Group Leader, Keith Stouffer, described resources that could aid the Cybersecurity Workgroup

NIST Researchers Propose a Method for Automated Vehicle Communications

August 1, 2023

Automated vehicles (AV) will need updates on driving conditions. Past studies envision roadside infrastructure transmitting such updates via beams of

NIST, University Researchers Develop Algorithm for Optimizing Large Network Performance

June 1, 2023

Large systems, such as telecommunication networks and electric power grids, are becoming more complex. They often consist of subsystems that use different

Getting Real – Smart Transportation in the City of Coral Gables, Florida

June 1, 2023

The City of Coral Gables is a significant participant in NIST’s Global Community Technology Challenge (GCTC), which helps cities, communities, industry

Got Digital Gaps in the Manufacturing Enterprise? NIST Engineer Offers Tools to Find Them

June 1, 2023

Companies increasingly seek to use the Model-Based Definition methodology, which enables Computer-Assisted Design (CAD) files to not only capture a part’s

NIST’s GCTC Paving Way for Electric Buses, Electric Truck Charging, and More

June 1, 2023

NIST’s Global Community Technology Challenge (GCTC) is a collaboration platform that brings together cities, communities, industry, academic, and government

NIST Engineer Offers a Way to Realize the Digital Thread in Manufacturing

June 1, 2023

In May 2023, CIMdata sponsored the 2023 PLM Roadmap & PDT conference, which focused on advancing an understanding of the Digital Thread – moving product

NIST’s GCTC Leaders and Member Cities Participate in Smart City Workshop at the Western Hemisphere Cities Summit of the Americas

June 1, 2023

On 25 April 2023, NIST and city leaders of the NIST Global Community Technology Challenge (GCTC) led a discussion of smart technologies and best practices at

NIST Researcher Proposes Logistics Modeling for Complex Systems Design to OMG

June 1, 2023

NIST’s Raphael Barbau recently presented research on modeling logistics aiding design of complex systems to a standards organization, Object Management Group

University, NIST Researchers Develop Strategy for Cutting Home HVAC Electricity Costs

June 1, 2023

To help reduce electricity consumption and its costs, university and NIST researchers proposed a strategy for controlling residential heating, ventilation, and

OMG Approves NIST-aided Complex Systems Modeling Upgrade for Public Review

June 1, 2023

The standards development organization, Object Management Group (OMG), recently began seeking public comments on a major upgrade to its Systems Modeling

Making CPS Modeling Easier and Reusable – University, NIST Researchers Propose a Way

June 1, 2023

Large cyber-physical systems (CPS), in which operational technology systems monitor and control the physical environment, such as through services deployed for

South Korean Government Agencies, NIST Sign MOU to Cooperate on Automated Vehicle R&D

May 9, 2023

On April 24, 2023, representatives of NIST and the Republic of Korea’s government agencies – the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology and Korea

Creating and Reusing IoT Services – NIST, University Researchers Offer Solutions

May 1, 2023

Researchers and city planners have faced problems and many unanswered questions in developing and reusing Internet of Things’ services. To aid these initiatives

NIST and Naval Research Laboratory Researchers Report on System for Managing Quantum Network Experiments

May 1, 2023

Today, optical networks use lasers to transmit messages. By comparison, future quantum optical networks will use much shorter bursts, with entangled photons

University, NIST Researchers Develop Supply Chain Model Using NIST CPS Framework

May 1, 2023

After supply chain disruptions in the COVID-19 pandemic, NIST and university researchers teamed up with private sector experts to explore methods for making

NIST Conducting Automated Vehicle Workshop, September 5-8, 2023

May 1, 2023

NIST will hold a virtual workshop on Standards and Performance Metrics for On-Road Automated Vehicles (AV), September 5-8, 2023. Free registration and schedule

NIST Researchers Demonstrate Improved Way of Training Distributed Digital Devices

May 1, 2023

Distributed digital devices – such as smart phones and more – are updated and trained by means of “Federated Learning.” Basically, it involves a central server

6G “Mailbox Theory” by NIST, University Researchers Receives Best Paper Award

May 1, 2023

In late April 2023, Big Data and Cognitive Computing Journal awarded the 2021 Best Paper to 6G Cognitive Information Theory: A Mailbox Perspective, which was

NIST Leader Addresses Automated Vehicles’ Communications Needs at Conference

May 1, 2023

In a “fireside chat” at the Connected Vehicles USA 2023 conference, NIST’s Transformational Networks and Services Group Leader Tao Zhang discussed future

NIST, Intel Researchers Win Best Paper at IEEE’s Factory Communications Systems Conference

May 1, 2023

NIST and Intel researchers were awarded best paper at the 19 th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communications Systems (WFCS 2023), in April 2023. The

Moving Toward Autonomous Systems – NIST Leader Offers Vision in University Presentation

May 1, 2023

Today, automated systems can operate without human intervention and are increasingly being developed and deployed. In a presentation at the University of

NIST Staff Organize, Chair, and Present in Session on Industrial Wireless at IEEE Conference

May 1, 2023

NIST’s Industrial Wireless Systems project leader Rick Candell, and associate Kang Lee, attended the 19 th IEEE International Conference on Factory

NIST Leader Presents Quantum Network Testbed Connectivity Needs to Interagency Group

May 1, 2023

In late April 2023, NIST’s Smart Connected Systems Division Chief, Abdella Battou, described the connectivity needed for the quantum network testbed to the

NIST Researchers Inform Development of Standard for Smart Grid Sensors

March 1, 2023

NIST researchers Eugene Song and Kang Lee participated in the IEEE P2681 working group, which led to the development of a technical report, PES-TR102, MV Smart

Advanced communications
-Open Radio Access Network (Open-RAN)
-Quantum communications
-Spectrum sharing
-Wireless (RF)
Bioscience
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-Biomanufacturing
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-Cell biology
-Cell-free systems
-Engineering / synthetic biology
-Gene delivery systems
-Genome editing
-Genomics
-Glycomics
-Metabolomics
-Microbial measurements
-Proteomics
-Sequence screening
-Transcriptomics
Buildings and Construction
-Building codes and standards
-Building control systems
-Building damage and repair
-Building economics
-Building materials
-Energy efficiency
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-Indoor air quality
-Structural engineering
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Chemistry
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Electronics
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-Organic electronics
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-Sensors
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Energy
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-Fuels
Environment
-Air / water / soil quality
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-Environmental health
-Greenhouse gas measurements
-Marine science
-Sustainability
Fire
-Emergency building evacuation
-Fire detection
-Fire dynamics and science
-Fire fighting
-Fire modeling
-Fire risk reduction
-Materials flammability
-Structural fire resistance
-Wildland urban interface fire
Forensic Science
-Digital evidence
-Drugs and toxicology
-Firearms and toolmarks
-Forensic biometrics
-Forensic genetics
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Health
-Biopharmaceuticals
-Cell and gene therapy
-Clinical diagnostics
-Dentistry
-Food and nutrition
-Human microbiome
-Medical imaging
-Precision medicine
-Regenerative medicine and advanced therapy
Information technology
-Artificial intelligence
--AI measurement and evaluation
--Applied AI
--Fundamental AI
--Hardware for AI
--Machine learning
--Trustworthy and responsible AI
-Biometrics
-Cloud computing and virtualization
-Complex systems
-Computational science
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-Cyber-physical systems
--Smart cities
-Cybersecurity
--Cryptography
--Cybersecurity education and workforce development
--Cybersecurity measurement
--Identity and access management
--Privacy engineering
--Risk management
--Securing emerging technologies
--Trustworthy networks
--Trustworthy platforms
-Data and informatics
--Human language technology
--Information retrieval
--Natural language processing
-Federal information processing standards (FIPS)
-Health IT
-Internet of Things (IoT)
-Interoperability testing
-Location based services
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--Mobile and wireless networking
--Network management and monitoring
--Network modeling and analysis
--Network security and robustness
--Network test and measurement
--Next generation networks
--Protocol design and standardization
--Software defined and virtual networks
-Privacy
-Software research
--Software testing
-Usability and human factors
--Accessibility
-Video analytics
-Virtual / augmented reality
-Visualization research
-Voting systems
Infrastructure
Manufacturing
-Additive manufacturing
-Factory communications
-Factory operations planning and control
-Interoperability in manufacturing
-Machining
-Manufacturing economics
-Manufacturing quality assurance
-Manufacturing systems design and analysis
-Monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics
-Process improvement
-Process measurement and control
-Product data
-Robotics in manufacturing
--Agility and adaptability
--Collaborative robots
--Dexterous grasping
--Manipulation
--Mobility and industrial autonomous vehicles
--Navigation / actuation / control
--Sensing and perception
-Supply chain
-Sustainable manufacturing
-Systems engineering
-Systems integration
-Technology commercialization
Materials
-Ceramics
-Composites
-Concrete / cement
-Materials characterization
--Composition and structure
--Mechanical properties
--Thermal properties
-Metals
-Modeling and computational material science
-Polymers
-Superconductors
Mathematics and statistics
-Experiment design
-Image and signal processing
-Modeling and simulation research
-Numerical methods and software
-Statistical analysis
-Uncertainty quantification
Metrology
-Amount of substance
-Dimensional metrology
-Electrical / electromagnetic metrology
-Flow metrology and rheology
-Force metrology
-Humidity metrology
-Ionizing radiation metrology
-Mass metrology
-Metric
-Optical / photometry / laser metrology
-Pressure and vacuum metrology
-Thermometry metrology
-Time and frequency metrology
-Weights and measures
Nanotechnology
-Nanobiotechnology
-Nanochemistry
-Nanoelectronics
-Nanofabrication / manufacturing
--Lithography
--Self-assembly
-Nanofluidics
-Nanomagnetics
-Nanomaterials
-Nanomechanics
-Nanometrology
-Nanophotonics
-Nanophysics
-Nanoplasmonics
Neutron research
Performance excellence
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Physics
-Atomic / molecular / quantum
-Biological physics
-Condensed matter
-Electron physics
-Magnetics
-Nuclear physics
-Optical physics and communications
-Quantum information science
-Radiation
-Spectroscopy
-Thermodynamics
-Time and frequency
Public safety
-Chemical / Biological / Radiological / Nuclear / Explosives (CBRNE)
-First responder preparedness
-Law enforcement
-Public safety communications research
-Response robots
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-Community resilience
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Transportation
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