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Extreme Reality Telemetry for First Responders

February 23, 2023

Imagine a limited visibility scenario: smoke fills the air, making it difficult to see more than a few feet in front of you. The roar of the flames is deafening...

How Digital Twins Could Protect Manufacturers From Cyberattacks

February 23, 2023

Detailed virtual copies of physical objects are opening doors for better products across automotive, health care, aerospace and other industries.

Call for Feedback: NIST IR 8011 Series Adoption

February 22, 2023

NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8011, Automation Support for Security Control Assessments, provides guidance on automating the assessment of controls that can be...

〈Q|School Single Photonics Short Course: Sources, Detectors and Measurements

February 21, 2023

In cooperation with researchers and metrologists from around the world, the University of Colorado and NIST Boulder presented a short course consisting of...

Cybersecurity Skills Journal to Publish NICE Framework Special Issue: Submit Your Ideas Now!

February 21, 2023

CYBERSECURITY SKILLS JOURNAL NICE FRAMEWORK SPECIAL ISSUE Have you used the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) to support cybersecurity...

Serena Martinez sits at a computer workstation in an office setting.

Spotlight: The Big Career Switch to Information Technology for NIST Administrative Professional Serena Martinez

February 19, 2023

One trip to a conference for women in tech changed everything.

Spotlight: Toot, Toot! NIST Innovation in 3D Printing Takes a Familiar Form for the Industry

February 13, 2023

Do you know Benchy the Boat? The 3D-printing design is helping NIST researchers make waves with a technique called vat photopolymerization.

Spotlight: Researcher Aly Artusio-Glimpse Opens a Quantum Window Into RF Measurements

February 11, 2023

Antennas need lots of calibration steps for consistent, accurate measurements of radio frequency (RF) fields. But there’s a new way.

Liam Connolly sits next to a computer monitor and smiles for a photograph.

Spotlight: Quantum Connections for Recent Postdoctoral Researcher Liam G. Connolly

February 10, 2023

The NRC Research Associateship Programs at NIST gave him an opportunity to try something new.

Ana Maria Rey sits at desk in an office and smiles for a photo.

Spotlight: NIST/JILA Fellow Ana Maria Rey’s Entrance Into Theoretical Physics

February 10, 2023

For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science tomorrow, we’re bringing her story to you.

NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Reference Architecture: NIST Requests Public Comments on SP 800-201

February 8, 2023

The initial public draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-201, NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Reference Architecture, is now available for public comment...

Announcement of Proposal to Update NIST SP 800-38E, Using the XTS-AES Mode for Confidentiality on Storage Devices

February 8, 2023

In August 2021, NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board announced the review of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38E, Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of...

Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process: NIST Selects Ascon

February 7, 2023

The NIST Lightweight Cryptography Team has reviewed the finalists based on their submission packages, status updates, third-party security analysis papers, and...

NIST Selects ‘Lightweight Cryptography’ Algorithms to Protect Small Devices

February 7, 2023

The algorithms are designed to protect data created and transmitted by the Internet of Things and other small electronics.

High-Performance Computing (HPC) Security: Draft NIST SP 800-223 is Available for Public Comment

February 6, 2023

NIST is requesting public comments on the initial public draft of Special Publication (SP) 800-223, High-Performance Computing (HPC) Security: Architecture...

Spotlight: Understanding Human-Tech Interactions With Computer Scientist Shanée Dawkins

February 3, 2023

Meet Shanée Dawkins, a computer scientist whose expertise in the way people interact with technology extends in multiple directions, from phishing to public...

NIST Revises the Digital Signature Standard (DSS) and Publishes a Guideline for Elliptic Curve Domain Parameters

February 3, 2023

Today, NIST is publishing Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186-5, Digital Signature Standard (DSS), along with NIST Special Publication (SP) 800...

NIST Report Addresses Smart Devices for Social Distancing, Contact Tracing in Pandemics

February 1, 2023

"The next pandemic is not a matter of if, but when," states the recently released, NIST Internal Report NIST IR 8437 On the Feasibility of COVID-19 Proximity...

How Industry Increased Digital Information Flow Across Production Process: NIST Reports

February 1, 2023

When industry makes a product, all involved use information which digitally flows across the process to enable fast and accurate production. Information needs...

NIST Researchers Extend Model to Predict Minimum Investment for Optimum Cybersecurity Across Large, Weakly Connected Networks

February 1, 2023

Previously, NIST researchers developed a model for predicting the minimum investment needed to achieve the optimum cybersecurity for large networks. Basically...

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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

News and Updates

Extreme Reality Telemetry for First Responders

How Digital Twins Could Protect Manufacturers From Cyberattacks

Call for Feedback: NIST IR 8011 Series Adoption

〈Q|School Single Photonics Short Course: Sources, Detectors and Measurements

Cybersecurity Skills Journal to Publish NICE Framework Special Issue: Submit Your Ideas Now!

Spotlight: The Big Career Switch to Information Technology for NIST Administrative Professional Serena Martinez

Spotlight: Toot, Toot! NIST Innovation in 3D Printing Takes a Familiar Form for the Industry

Spotlight: Researcher Aly Artusio-Glimpse Opens a Quantum Window Into RF Measurements

Spotlight: Quantum Connections for Recent Postdoctoral Researcher Liam G. Connolly

Spotlight: NIST/JILA Fellow Ana Maria Rey’s Entrance Into Theoretical Physics

NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Reference Architecture: NIST Requests Public Comments on SP 800-201

Announcement of Proposal to Update NIST SP 800-38E, Using the XTS-AES Mode for Confidentiality on Storage Devices

Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process: NIST Selects Ascon

NIST Selects ‘Lightweight Cryptography’ Algorithms to Protect Small Devices

High-Performance Computing (HPC) Security: Draft NIST SP 800-223 is Available for Public Comment

Spotlight: Understanding Human-Tech Interactions With Computer Scientist Shanée Dawkins

NIST Revises the Digital Signature Standard (DSS) and Publishes a Guideline for Elliptic Curve Domain Parameters

NIST Report Addresses Smart Devices for Social Distancing, Contact Tracing in Pandemics

How Industry Increased Digital Information Flow Across Production Process: NIST Reports

NIST Researchers Extend Model to Predict Minimum Investment for Optimum Cybersecurity Across Large, Weakly Connected Networks

NIST, Defense Researchers Propose Ways to Improve Industrial Wireless Systems

NIST, Industry Researchers Assess Factors Affecting Industrial Wireless Systems

NIST's GCTC Lead Presents Smart City Goals at MITRE Summit, Gets Media Attention

NIST Revises the Foundational PNT Profile for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Services: NIST IR 8323r1

America’s First Responders Give NIST Their Communications Tech Wish Lists

Advanced communications
-Open Radio Access Network (Open-RAN)
-Quantum communications
-Spectrum sharing
-Wireless (RF)
Artificial intelligence
-AI measurement and evaluation
-Autonomous systems
--Automated vehicles
--Autonomous laboratories
-Applied AI
-Fundamental AI
-Hardware for AI
-Machine learning
-Trustworthy and responsible AI
Bioscience
-Bioeconomy
--Biological data
-Bioimaging
-Bioinformatics
-Biomanufacturing
-Biomaterials
-Biometrology
-Biosecurity
--Biosurveillance
--Genomic cybersecurity
--Nucleic acid sequence screening
-Cell measurements
-Engineering / synthetic biology
--Biofabrication
--Cell-free systems
--Genome engineering
--Protein engineering
-Gene delivery systems
-Genome editing
-Genomics
-Glycomics
-Metabolomics
-Microbial measurements
-Proteomics
Buildings and Construction
-Building codes and standards
-Building control systems
-Building damage and repair
-Building economics
-Building materials
-Energy efficiency
-Heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment
-Indoor air quality
-Structural engineering
-Thermal comfort
Chemistry
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-Chemical engineering and processing
-Chemical thermodynamics and chemical properties
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Electronics
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-Optoelectronics
-Organic electronics
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-Superconducting electronics
Energy
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-Fuels
Environment
-Air / water / soil quality
-Climate Measurements
-Environmental health
-Greenhouse gas measurements
-Marine science
-Sustainability
Fire
-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
--Cancer
--Medical imaging
-Food and nutrition
-Human microbiome
-Precision medicine
-Regenerative medicine and advanced therapy
--Flow cytometry
Information technology
-Biometrics
-Cloud computing and virtualization
-Complex systems
-Computational science
-Conformance testing
-Cyber-physical systems
--Smart cities
-Cybersecurity and privacy
--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
-Digital twins
-Federal information processing standards (FIPS)
-Health IT
-Internet of Things (IoT)
-Interoperability testing
-Location based services
-Mobile
-Networking
--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
-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
--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
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-Image and signal processing
-Modeling and simulation research
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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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-Leadership development
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
Resilience
-Community resilience
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-Disaster and failure studies
-Earthquake risk reduction
-Resilience economics
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Transportation
-Aerospace
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