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The Biometrics Consortium Conference 2005 will address the latest trends in research, development, testing and application of biometric technologies, especially
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed guidelines for federal agencies to use in planning and designing certification and
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used charged atoms (ions) to demonstrate a quantum physics version of computer
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is running the Iris Challenge Evaluation (ICE), the first large-scale evaluation
To help federal agencies improve their information technology security and comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, the
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To help federal agencies comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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President Bush has set a goal of widespread adoption of electronic health records within 10 years so that health information will follow patients throughout
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting papers, presentations and other submissions for a workshop on Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2005, in
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established a program for accrediting laboratories that will test voting systems and components in
Computers just respond to commands, never "thinking" about the consequences. A new software language, however, promises to enable computers to reason much more
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) economists have released risk assessment software that building owners and managers can use to identify
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released its final version of recommended security controls for federal
A practical method for automatically correcting data-handling errors in quantum computers has been developed and demonstrated by physicists at the National
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Computer scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released an initial public draft of NIST Special
Computers have become much more adept at "recognizing" human faces during the past two years, states a report released today by the Commerce Department's
A dual approach that employs both fingerprint and facial recognition technology is the best option for a biometric system that would make the nation's borders
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