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Communications Technology Laboratory

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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...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

Top 5 at 5x5: Unleashing industry’s power of collaboration and innovation

May 31, 2023

By: The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research...

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...

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...

Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer

NIST Increases the Speed of Superconducting Circuits by Advancing Josephson Junction Barrier Technology

May 1, 2023

On May 1, 2023, NIST researchers published a paper titled: “ Nb/a-Si/Nb Josephson junctions for high-density superconducting circuits” by David Olaya, John...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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 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...

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 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...

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...

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Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Triple Challenge

April 19, 2023

Imagine hiking in a forest with a friend. As the sun begins to set, the path to the trailhead becomes difficult to see, and the landscape’s topography has...

NIST competition seeks UAS 3D map researchers to compete in grand prize challenge

April 18, 2023

NIST is launching its fifth prize competition to continue advancing UAS technology for first responder search and rescue operations, with a total prize purse of...

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NIST Announces Winners of the CommanDING Tech Challenge

April 3, 2023

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the winners of the final phase of the...

NIST’s Public Safety Communications Lab Network Awarded the DOC Gold Medal

March 30, 2023

In January 2023, eight NIST PSCR staff members received a Gold Medal Award at the 74th annual Department of Commerce (DOC) Honor Awards Program. This is the...

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