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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Software Assurance Using Structured Assurance Case Models

May 1, 2009

Author(s)

Thomas R. Rhodes, Frederick E. Boland Jr., Elizabeth N. Fong, Michael J. Kass

Software assurance is an important part of the software development process to reduce risks and ensure that the software is dependable and trustworthy. Software...

Directions in Security Metrics Research

April 30, 2009

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen

More than 100 years ago, Lord Kelvin insightfully observed that measurement is vital to deep knowledge and understanding in physical science. During the last...

Super-Resolution Enhancement of Flash LADAR Range Data

April 30, 2009

Author(s)

Gavin Rosenbush, Tsai H. Hong, Roger D. Eastman

Flash LADAR systems are becoming increasingly popular for robotics applications. However, they generally provide a low-resolution range image because of the...

Markov Chain Analysis for Large-Scale Grid Systems

April 20, 2009

Author(s)

Christopher E. Dabrowski, Fern Y. Hunt

In large-scale grid systems with decentralized control, the interactions of many service providers and consumers will likely lead to emergent global system...

Biometric Quality The last 1% - Biometric quality assessment for error suppression

April 6, 2009

Author(s)

Elham Tabassi, Patrick J. Grother

Performance of biometric recognition systems degrades substantially as quality of the input samples drops. Although only a small fraction of input data are of...

An Independent Measurement System for Testing Automotive Crash Warning Systems

April 2, 2009

Author(s)

Sandor S. Szabo, Joseph A. Falco, Richard J. Norcross

This report describes the National Institute of Standards and Technology's role in the Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) program, a four-year...

An Evaluation of Automated Latent Fingerprint Identification Technology (Phase II)

April 2, 2009

Author(s)

Michael D. Indovina, Vladimir N. Dvornychenko, Elham Tabassi, George W. Quinn, Patrick J. Grother, Stephen Meagher, Michael D. Garris

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with the cooperation of eight technology providers, performed a test of accuracy for searching latent...

Thermal Performance of Fire Resistive Materials III. Fire Test on a Bare Steel Column

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, Leonard M. Hanssen, Boris Wilthan

This report is part III in an ongoing series concerning the characterization and modeling of the thermal performance of fire resistive materials (FRMs). In part...

Evaluation of Oral Fluid Testing Devices

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

Lorna T. Sniegoski, Jocelyn L. Prendergast, Michael J. Welch, Alim A. Fatah, M Gackstetter, R. Q. Thompson

Several point-of-collection (POC) devices for detection of drugs of abuse in oral fluid were studied. The ability of the devices to meet the manufacturers'...

EEEL Technical Accomplishments

March 30, 2009

Author(s)

Erik M. Secula

This document describes the technical work of the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory. In this report, you will find that EEEL researchers are...

Computer Security Division 2008 Annual Report

March 16, 2009

Author(s)

Patrick O'Reilly

This annual report covers the work conducted within the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division during Fiscal Year 2008. It...

Analysis of Ventilation Data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) Study

March 10, 2009

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, J Gorfain

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) study included a range of measurements in 100 randomly selected...

Fast Iterative Solver for Convection-Diffusion Systems with Spectral Elements

March 5, 2009

Author(s)

Aaron Lott, Howard Elman

We introduce a solver and preconditioning technique based on Domain Decomposition and the Fast Diagonalization Method that can be applied to tensor product...

Manufacturing Interoperability Program, a Synopsis

February 24, 2009

Author(s)

Sharon J. Kemmerer

Started in 2005, the Manufacturing Interoperability Program has seen an investment of roughly 25-30 full-time staff who have researched, developed, and deployed...

SEABIRD TISSUE ARCHIVAL AND MONITORING PROJECT: Egg Collections and Analytical Results for 2002-2005

February 5, 2009

Author(s)

Stacy S. Schuur, Paul R. Becker, Russell D. Day, Michael B. Ellisor, Aurore Guichard, Amanda J. Moors, David Point, Rebecca S. Pugh, David G. Roseneau

The Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) has continued to collect and bank murre and gull eggs to obtain new information on chlorinated...

Best Practice Guidelines for Structural Fire Resistance Design of Concrete and Steel Structures DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (for Final Version see NIST TN 1681)

February 4, 2009

Author(s)

Long T. Phan

** DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (for Final Version see NIST TN 1681) ** This document is intended to provide practicing engineers and building code officials with a...

Selected Impacts of Documentary Standards Supported by NIST

January 15, 2009

Author(s)

Erik Puskar

This report reflects the results of a survey that canvassed the National Institute of Standards and Technology s (NIST) Operating Units (OUs) for instances...

Study of interaction of the cyclin-dependent kinase 5 with its activator, p25 and with the p25-derived inhibitor, CIP

January 15, 2009

Author(s)

Antonio Cardone, Ram D. Sriram, Wayne Albers, Harish C. Pant

A high-affinity inhibitor protein called CIP, which can be produced by small truncations of p35, was earlier identified by Amin, Albers, and Pant. P35 is one of...

Slap Fingerprint Segmentation Evaluation II - Procedures and Results

January 12, 2009

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson

In 2004, NIST conducted a fingerprint slap segmentation study [1] to assess the state-of-the-art in fingerprint segmentation technology. Given the development...

Instrumented Impact Test: Impact Machine Variables and Specimen Position

January 5, 2009

Author(s)

Christopher N. McCowan

An investigation has been conducted on the influence of impact machine variables and specimen positioning on characteristic forces and absorbed energies from...

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

January 5, 2009

Author(s)

Eyvon Petty

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

SRM NIST Standard Reference Materials Catalog, January 2009

January 2, 2009

Author(s)

Joan C. Sauerwein, Regina R. Montgomery

NIST Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) are used by industry, government, and academia to ensure the highest quality measurements. This catalog lists over 1100...

A rational methodology for estimating the luminous flux based upon color primaries from digital projection displays

January 1, 2009

Author(s)

Edward F. Kelley, Karl Lang, Louis D. Silverstein, Michael H. Brill

A standard methodology exists for estimating the flux from front projection displays by sampling the projected illuminance of a white source signal. With the...

Symmetric Key Injection onto Smart Cards

December 22, 2008

Author(s)

David Cooper, William I. MacGregor

This paper describes architectures for securely injecting secret keys onto smart cards. Specifically, this paper details key injection architectures based on...

A Threat Analysis on UOCAVA Voting Systems

December 19, 2008

Author(s)

Andrew Regenscheid, Nelson Hastings

This report contains the results of NIST s research into technologies to improve the voting process for United States citizens living overseas. It splits the...

SRM Spotlight

December 17, 2008

Author(s)

Regina R. Montgomery

The SRM Spotlight is a newsletter published by the Measurement Services Division for users of NIST standard reference materials. The Spotlight announces new...

NDRProfile Schema Version 1.0 User Guide

December 16, 2008

Author(s)

Joshua Lubell, Betty Harvey, Puja Goyal, Katherine C. Morris

The NDRProfile schema provides a common syntax for exchanging, managing, and reusing XML Schema naming and design rules (NDRs). NDRProfile, used by NIST's...

Determination of Wave Motion Correction Values Required for Comparison Calibrations of a New Working Standard Microphone.

December 11, 2008

Author(s)

Randall P. Wagner, Victor Nedzelnitsky

Comparison calibrations of microphones based on the reciprocity method are performed with both the microphone under test and a reference standard microphone...

User's Guide for the Quality of Design Testing Tool and the Content Checker

November 5, 2008

Author(s)

Katherine C. Morris, Simon P. Frechette, Puja Goyal, Joshua Lubell, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Salifou Sidi Malick, Nicolas Brayard, Severin Tixier

This document describes the operation and usage of the Quality of Design and the Content Checker Testing Tools. These tools were developed at the National...

Standards Development for Gas Phase Air Cleaning Equipment in Buildings

November 3, 2008

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, Cynthia H. Reed, Stephanie S. Watson, Nicos Martys, Edward J. Garboczi, Heather Davis

Concerns about building security have resulted in increasing interest in gas phase air cleaning (GPAC) and the need for standard methods to determine the...

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