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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

OAGi/NIST Workshop on Open Cloud Architecture for Smart Manufacturing

April 20, 2016

Author(s)

Nenad Ivezic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Yan Lu, Yunsu Lee, Jaehun Lee, Albert W. Jones, Simon P. Frechette

This report summarizes the results from the OAGi/NIST Workshop on Open Cloud Architecture for Smart Manufacturing, which was held at the National Institute of...

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative 2014/2015 Hydrocarbon Intercalibration Experiment: Description and Results for SRM 2779 Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil and Candidate SRM 2777 Weathered Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil

April 20, 2016

Author(s)

Jacolin A. Murray, Lane C. Sander, Stephen A. Wise, Christopher M. Reddy

Following an open meeting entitled, Hydrocarbon Chemistry QA/QC, at the 2014 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference in Mobile, Alabama, the...

Supplementary information for a round robin study of additively manufactured nickel alloy (IN625) tension specimens

April 5, 2016

Author(s)

Christopher U. Brown, Gregor Jacob, Mark R. Stoudt, Antonio M. Possolo, Shawn P. Moylan, M A. Donmez

NIST Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process

March 31, 2016

Author(s)

Andrew R. Regenscheid

This document describes the principles, processes and procedures that drive cryptographic standards and guidelines development efforts at the National Institute...

SATE V Ockham Sound Analysis Criteria

March 22, 2016

Author(s)

Paul E. Black, Athos Ribeiro

Static analyzers examine the source or executable code of programs to find problems. Many static analyzers use some heuristics or approximations to handle...

NSTIC Pilots: Catalyzing the Identity Ecosystem [including updates as of 09-20-2015]

March 15, 2016

Author(s)

Katerina N. Megas, Philip Lam, Ellen M. Nadeau, Colin Soutar

Pilots are an integral part of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), issued by the White House in 2011 to encourage enhanced...

End-to-end Demonstration of the Quality Information Framework (QIF) Standard at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2014

March 15, 2016

Author(s)

Hui-Min Huang, John L. Michaloski, Daniel Campbell, Robert Stone, Thomas Kramer, Curtis Brown, Robert Brown, Gavrai Tatarliev, William Sobel, Lyle Fischer

The "Silos of Quality" in manufacturing can be described as the proliferation of customized quality languages for different stages of production. This quality...

Tattoo Recognition Technology - Best Practices (Tatt-BP): Guidelines for Tattoo Image Collection

February 25, 2016

Author(s)

Mei L. Ngan, George W. Quinn, Patrick J. Grother

This document, along with a supplementary poster and a set of instructional slides, provides best practice guidelines for the collection of good quality tattoo...

Optimization of Registration Performance Metrics

February 25, 2016

Author(s)

Marek Franaszek, Geraldine Cheok

Perception systems are a very important component of automation and robotics. These systems localize objects in its local coordinate frame and the data has to...

The New Frontiers in Computational Modeling of Material Structures

February 23, 2016

Author(s)

Vijay Srinivasan, Jarek Rossignac, Vadim Shapiro, William Regli

We are witnessing the emergence of a new paradigm in the modeling of material structures. It stems from the digitization of manufacturing and is fueled by...

Current Standards Landscape for Smart Manufacturing Systems

February 23, 2016

Author(s)

Yan Lu, Katherine C. Morris, Simon P. Frechette

The future of manufacturing lies in being able to optimize the use of resources to produce high quality product and adapt quickly to changing conditions. From...

2014 NIST Assessment of Phasor Measurement Unit Performance

February 9, 2016

Author(s)

Allen R. Goldstein

The first synchrophasor standard was published in 1995. The standard was revised in 2001, 2005, 2011, and 2014 with evolving performance requirements. In 2012...

Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.2 Validation Program Test Requirements

January 28, 2016

Author(s)

Melanie Cook, Stephen D. Quinn, David A. Waltermire, Dragos Prisaca

This report defines the requirements and associated test procedures necessary for products or modules to achieve one or more Security Content Automation...

Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials (DPC) Proof of Concept Research

January 20, 2016

Author(s)

Michael J. Bartock, Jeffrey A. Cichonski, Murugiah P. Souppaya, Paul Fox, Mike Miller, Ryan Holley, Karen Scarfone

This report documents proof of concept research for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials. Smart card-based PIV Cards cannot be readily used...

A Rational Foundation for Software Metrology

January 20, 2016

Author(s)

David W. Flater, Paul E. Black, Elizabeth N. Fong, Raghu N. Kacker, Vadim Okun, Stephen S. Wood, David R. Kuhn

Much software research and practice involves ostensible measurements of software, yet little progress has been made on an SI-like metrological foundation for...

Calibration and Measurement Procedures for a High Magnification Thermal Camera

January 8, 2016

Author(s)

Brandon M. Lane, Eric P. Whitenton

Infrared thermography is a relatively mature measurement science, however systematic evaluation of measurement uncertainty for multi-point measurement (an...

A metamodel for optimization problems

January 8, 2016

Author(s)

Ibrahim Assouroko, Peter O. Denno

In mathematics, computer science, and operations research, mathematical optimization is the process of finding best feasible values (oftentimes maxima or minima...

Benchmarking Robot Force Control Capabilities: Experimental Results

January 7, 2016

Author(s)

Joseph A. Falco, Jeremy A. Marvel, Richard J. Norcross, Karl Van Wyk

Metrics and test methods are needed to characterize the control capabilities of robots with both intrinsic and extrinsic force sensing. The availability of...

Improving the Computational Efficiency of the BlitzsteinDiaconis Algorithm for Generating Random Graphs of Prescribed Degree

January 6, 2016

Author(s)

Elizabeth R. Moseman

When generating a random graph, if more structure is desired than is given in the popular Erd\H{o}s Renyi model, one method is to generate a degree sequence...

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

January 1, 2016

Author(s)

Karen L. Hansen Lichtfuss

The Time and Frequency Bulletin provides information on performance of time scales and a variety of broadcasts (and related information) to users of the NIST...

Interagency Report on Strategic U.S. Government Engagement in International Standardization to Achieve U.S. Objectives for Cybersecurity

December 23, 2015

Author(s)

Michael D. Hogan, Elaine M. Newton

This report sets out proposed United States Government (USG) strategic objectives for pursuing the development and use of international standards for...

Supplemental Information for the Interagency Report on Strategic U.S. Government Engagement in International Standardization to Achieve U.S. Objectives for Cybersecurity

December 23, 2015

Author(s)

Michael D. Hogan, Elaine M. Newton

This report provides background information and analysis in support of NISTIR 8074 Volume 1, Interagency Report on Strategic U.S. Government Engagement in...

Methods and Tools for Performance Assurance of Smart Manufacturing Systems

December 22, 2015

Author(s)

Deogratias Kibira, Katherine C. Morris, Senthilkumaran Kumaraguru

The emerging concept of smart manufacturing systems is defined in part by the introduction of new technologies that are promoting rapid and widespread...

Interlaboratory Analytical Comparison Study of Total Fatty Acid Concentrations in Human Serum: Results for Exercise 02: QA15FASER02

December 22, 2015

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and NIHs Office of Dietary...

Cloud-based Accessibility for Voting Applications

December 22, 2015

Author(s)

Shanee T. Dawkins, Sharon J. Laskowski

Since its creation, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has supported the...

Analysis and Optimization based on Reusable Knowledge Base of Process Performance Models

December 22, 2015

Author(s)

Alexander Brodsky, Guodong Shao, Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Daniel Menasc¿, Ronay Ak

In this paper, we propose an architectural design and software framework for fast development of descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics...

Predicting Robot System Performance by Measuring and Composing Subsystem Attributes

December 10, 2015

Author(s)

Michael O. Shneier

A robotic system typically consists of a number of subsystems, for example for sensing, manipulation, and motion. Performance measurements are frequently...

Electronic Health Record Design Considerations in Responding to Incidences of Highly Infectious Diseases: Clinical Workflows and Exception Handling

December 10, 2015

Author(s)

Svetlana Z. Lowry, Mala Ramaiah, Emily S. Patterson, Latkany A. Paul, Debora Simmons, David Brick, Michael C. Gibbons

Adoption of Electronic Health Record systems in all care settings has become widespread. EHRs can support and revolutionize the way that public health is...

An Industrial Control System Cybersecurity Performance Testbed

December 10, 2015

Author(s)

Richard Candell, Timothy A. Zimmerman, Keith A. Stouffer

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is developing a cybersecurity performance testbed for industrial control systems. The goal of the...

Measuring and Representing the Performance of Manufacturing Assembly Robots

December 10, 2015

Author(s)

Michael O. Shneier, Elena R. Messina, Craig I. Schlenoff, Frederick M. Proctor, Thomas Kramer, Joseph Falco

With the growth of robotic technology, there is a need for performance measures to characterize and compare robots and to help determine which features are most...

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