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Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 5 Final Report

January 14, 2021

Author(s)

Charles A. Barber, Carolyn Q. Burdette, Hugh V. Hayes, Caleb Luvonga, Melissa M. Phillips, Catherine A. Rimmer, Laura J. Wood, Lee L. Yu

HAMQAP was launched in collaboration with the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) in 2017. HAMQAP was established to enable laboratories to improve the

Workshop Summary Report for "Building the Federal Profile for IoT Device Cybersecurity" Virtual Workshop

January 7, 2021

Author(s)

Katerina N. Megas, Michael J. Fagan, David Lemire

This report summarizes the feedback received on the work of the NIST Cybersecurity for IoT program on device cybersecurity at a virtual workshop in July 2020

Workshop Report: Test Methods and Metrics for Effective HRI in Collaborative Human-Robot Teams, ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference, 2019

December 28, 2020

Author(s)

Shelly Bagchi, Murat Aksu, Megan L. Zimmerman, Jeremy A. Marvel, Brian Antonishek

Verified and validated test methods, being necessary to measure the performance of complex systems, are important tools for driving innovation, benchmarking and

NIST Scientific Foundation Reviews

December 18, 2020

Author(s)

John M. Butler, Hariharan K. Iyer, Richard A. Press, Melissa K. Taylor, Peter M. Vallone, Sheila Willis

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a scientific research agency that works to advance measurement science, standards, and technology

Bridging Analog LMR to LTE MCPTT Communications

December 18, 2020

Author(s)

Christopher J. Walton, Chic J. O'Dell

This paper explores a low-cost method to bridge analog public safety Land mobile radio (LMR) systems into a standards based Long Term Evolution (LTE) MCPTT

An Integrated Set of XML Tools User Guide

December 16, 2020

Author(s)

Thomas R. Kramer, Zeid Kootbally, Craig I. Schlenoff

This user guide describes an integrated set of C++ software tools for manipulating XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schemas and XML instance files. The tools

Collaborative Vulnerability Metadata Acceptance Process (CVMAP) for CVE Numbering Authorities (CNAs) and Authorized Data Publishers

December 15, 2020

Author(s)

Robert D. Byers, David A. Waltermire, Christopher A. Turner

The purpose of this document is to leverage the strength of technical knowledge provided by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Numbering Authorities

Mission Critical Voice Quality of Experience Access Time Measurement Method Addendum

December 2, 2020

Author(s)

Chelsea J. Greene, Jesse M. Frey, Zainab O. Soetan, Jaden K. Pieper, Silas T. Thompson

Access time generally describes the time associated with the establishment of a talk path upon user request to speak and has been identified as a key component

A Model-Driven Approach to Interoperability Between Simulation and Optimization for Production and Logistics Systems

December 2, 2020

Author(s)

Timothy A. Sprock

Simulation and optimization methods are needed to design and operate large-scale, complex systems. Integrating the two presents a number of conceptual and

Ongoing Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 6B: Face recognition accuracy with face masks using post-COVID-19 algorithms

November 30, 2020

Author(s)

Mei L. Ngan, Patrick J. Grother, Kayee K. Hanaoka

This is the second of a series of reports on the performance of face recognition algorithms on faces occluded by protective face masks commonly worn to reduce

National Cybersecurity Online Informative References (OLIR) Program: Program Overview and OLIR Uses

November 20, 2020

Author(s)

Nicole D. Keller, Stephen D. Quinn, Karen Scarfone, Matthew Smith, Vincent Johnson

This Program is a NIST effort to facilitate subject matter experts in defining standardized Online Informative References (OLIRs), which are relationships

National Cybersecurity Online Informative References (OLIR) Program: Submission Guidance for OLIR Developers

November 20, 2020

Author(s)

Matthew P. Barrett, Nicole D. Keller, Stephen D. Quinn, Matthew Smith, Karen Scarfone

This Program is a NIST effort to facilitate subject matter experts in defining standardized Online Informative References (OLIRs), which are relationships

Research Report: User Perceptions of Smart Home Privacy and Security

November 17, 2020

Author(s)

Julie M. Haney, Susanne M. Furman, Yasemin Acar

Smart home technologies may expose adopters to increased risk to network security, information privacy, and physical safety. However, users may lack

2018 Multimedia Forensics Challenges (MFC18): Summary and Results

November 13, 2020

Author(s)

Yooyoung Lee, Amy N. Yates, Haiying Guan, Jonathan G. Fiscus, Daniel Zhou

The interest of forensic techniques capable of detecting many different manipulation types has been growing, and system developments with machine learning

Twenty-Second Annual Report on Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and Conformity Assessment Activities

November 12, 2020

Author(s)

Nathalie M. Rioux

The FY 2018 summary, prepared by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), compiles the reports provided by 23 participating agencies listed in

Twenty-Third Annual Report on Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and Conformity Assessment Activities

October 29, 2020

Author(s)

Nathalie M. Rioux

The FY 2019 summary, prepared by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), compiles the reports provided by 22 participating agencies listed in

Media Forensics Challenge Image Provenance Evaluation and State-of-the-Art Analysis on Large-Scale Benchmark Datasets

October 26, 2020

Author(s)

Xiongnan Jin, Yooyoung Lee, Jonathan G. Fiscus, Haiying Guan, Amy N. Yates, Andrew P. Delgado, Daniel F. Zhou

With the development of storage, transmission, editing, and sharing tools, digital forgery images are propagating rapidly. The need for image provenance

Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

October 13, 2020

Author(s)

Kevin M. Stine, Stephen D. Quinn, Gregory A. Witte, Robert Gardner

The increasing frequency, creativity, and severity of cybersecurity attacks means that all enterprises should ensure that cybersecurity risk is receiving

Cybersecurity Framework Version 1.1 Manufacturing Profile

October 7, 2020

Author(s)

Keith A. Stouffer, Timothy A. Zimmerman, CheeYee Tang, Michael J. Pease, Jeffrey A. Cichonski, John McCarthy

This document provides the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) Version 1.1 implementation details developed for the manufacturing environment. The "Manufacturing

Reliable, High-Performance Wireless Systems for Factory Automation

September 18, 2020

Author(s)

Kang B. Lee, Richard Candell, Hans-Peter Bernhard, Dave Cavalcanti, Zhibo Pang, Inaki Val

Wireless has emerged as an enabling technology to improve operational flexibility and efficiency for factory automation. The latest wireless technology

DADS: The On-Line Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

September 17, 2020

Author(s)

Paul E. Black

The Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures (DADS) is a publicly accessible dictionary of generally useful algorithms, data structures, algorithmic

Internet of Things (IoT) Component Capability Model for Research Testbed

September 17, 2020

Author(s)

Eric D. Simmon

Internet of Things (IoT) is the product of the worlds of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT)converging. IoT combines the ability to

NIST/NIH Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program (VitDQAP): Final Report

September 16, 2020

Author(s)

Katrice A. Lippa, Mary Bedner, Susan Tai, Carolyn Q. Burdette

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) established a Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program (VitDQAP) in collaboration with the

Evaluating the Operational Impact of Contactless Fingerprint Imagery on Matcher Performance

September 15, 2020

Author(s)

Shahram Orandi, John M. Libert, Bruce Bandini, Kenneth Ko, John D. Grantham, Craig I. Watson

This study set out to examine the operational impact of introducing contactless fingerprint imagery to a modern fingerprint matching system that was designed

Voices of First RespondersNationwide Public Safety Communication Survey Findings: Mobile Devices, Applications, and Futuristic Technology, Phase 2, Volume 2

August 27, 2020

Author(s)

Shanee T. Dawkins, Kristen Greene, Sandra S. Prettyman

With the newly created Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network, the public safety community is in the process of supplementing the use of land mobile radios

Impact Analysis Tool for Interdependent Cyber Supply Chain Risks

August 25, 2020

Author(s)

Celia Paulsen, Jon M. Boyens, Jeffrey Ng, Kris Winkler, James Gimbi

As awareness of cybersecurity supply chain risks grows among federal agencies, there is a greater need for tools that evaluate the impacts of a supply chain

NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science Challenges

August 25, 2020

Author(s)

Martin Herman, Michaela Iorga, Ahsen Michael Salim, Robert H. Jackson, Mark R. Hurst, Ross Leo, Richard Lee, Nancy Landreville, Anand K. Mishra, Yien Wang, Rodrigo Sardinas

This document summarizes research performed by the members of the NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science Working Group and aggregates, categorizes, and discusses

Four Principles of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (Draft)

August 18, 2020

Author(s)

P J. Phillips, Amanda C. Hahn, Peter C. Fontana, David A. Broniatowski, Mark A. Przybocki

We introduce four principles for explainable artificial intelligence (AI) that comprise the fundamental properties for explainable AI systems. They were

Ongoing Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 6A: Face recognition accuracy with masks using pre- COVID-19 algorithms

July 24, 2020

Author(s)

Mei L. Ngan, Patrick J. Grother, Kayee K. Hanaoka

This is the first of a series of reports on the performance of face recognition algorithms on faces occluded by masks, run under the Ongoing Face Recognition

Status Report on the Second Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process

July 22, 2020

Author(s)

Dustin Moody, Gorjan Alagic, Daniel C. Apon, David A. Cooper, Quynh H. Dang, John M. Kelsey, Yi-Kai Liu, Carl A. Miller, Rene C. Peralta, Ray A. Perlner, Angela Y. Robinson, Daniel C. Smith-Tone, Jacob Alperin-Sheriff

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of selecting one or more public-key cryptographic algorithms through a public, competition