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Learning to Recognize Distributional Functions

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

J E. Devaney, L Hunter, James J. Filliben

This paper introduces a novel methodology that enables recognition of distributional functions without doing a fit of the data to the distribution. This...

Automated Image Processing Tools for High Throughput Measurements of Polymer Coatings; Initial Report on Software to Quantify Features

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

Isabel M. Beichl, J B. Bernstein, Alamgir Karim

We have developed a series of Matlab programs to analyze photographs of polymer dewetting. This internal report provides details of how the program works, what...

Energy-Based Design Approach for Seismic Design: Energy Spectra

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

P Khashaee, B Mohraz, Fahim H. Sadek, Hai S. Lew, John L. Gross

Among the approaches that the Structural Engineers Association of California has recommended for performance based seismic design is the energy approach. In...

Standard Reference Photometer for the Assay of Ozone in Calibration Atmospheres

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

R J. Paur, A M. Bass, James E. Norris, T J. Buckley

A photometric instrument for the assay of ozone from 0 ppbv to 1000 ppbv in calibration atmospheres as been designed, constructed, and evaluated. The absorption...

Measuring and Assessing the Consequences of Technology and Innovation for Affordability of Housing: Proceedings of the NIST-PATH Workshop

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

W I. Whiddon, D B. Hattis, C J. Leng

On June 4-5, 2003, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH), a program of the U...

Wireless Ad-hoc Network for Trades Tracking

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

D P. Starin, William C. Stone

The NIST Construction Metrology and Automation Group (CMAG), at the suggestion of various members of the CII FIATECH consortium, investigated the possibility of...

Interlaboratory Results: Candidate Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) Reference Materials

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

Jessica Reiner, Benjamin Place

Guidelines on Minimum Standards for Developer Verification of Software

October 6, 2021

Author(s)

Paul E. Black, Vadim Okun, Barbara Guttman

Executive Order (EO) 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity, 12 May 2021, directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to recommend...

Four Principles of Explainable Artificial Intelligence

September 29, 2021

Author(s)

P. Jonathon Phillips, Carina Hahn, Peter Fontana, Amy Yates, Kristen K. Greene, David A. Broniatowski, Mark A. Przybocki

Open Media Forensics Challenge (OpenMFC) 2020-2021: Past, Present, and Future

September 29, 2021

Author(s)

Haiying Guan, Yooyoung Lee, Lukas Diduch, Jesse Zhang, Ilia Ghorbanian Bajgiran, Timothee Kheyrkhah, Peter Fontana, Jonathan G. Fiscus

This document describes the online leaderboard public evaluation program, Open Media Forensics Challenge (OpenMFC) 2021-2022. In the report, first, the...

Sensitivity to X-Ray Computed Tomography Instrument Geometry Errors as a Function of Rotation Stage Position, Detector Position, and Detector Size

September 28, 2021

Author(s)

Bala Muralikrishnan, Prashanth Jaganmohan, Meghan Shilling, Ed Morse

In two prior National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Journal of Research publications (Parts I and II) [1,2], we presented test procedures to...

Evaluating the Impact of Contactless Fingerprint Imagery Spatial Loss on Matcher Performance

September 23, 2021

Author(s)

Shahram Orandi, John M. Libert, Bruce Bandini, Kenneth Ko, John Grantham, Brian J. Cochran, Craig I. Watson

Observations in previous studies have shown that contactless capture devices may be prone to capturing superfluous data (e.g., fingernail or finger background)...

Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 6 Final Report

September 20, 2021

Author(s)

Chuck Barber, Carolyn Burdette, Hugh Hayes, Monique Johnson, Shaun Kotoski, Jacolin Murray, Melissa M. Phillips, Kate Rimmer, Laura J. Wood, Andrea Yarberry

The Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program (HAMQAP) was launched in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of...

Machine Learning for Access Control Policy Verification

September 16, 2021

Author(s)

Vincent C. Hu

Access control policy verification ensures that there are no faults within the policy that leak or block access privileges. As a software test, access control...

Summary Report for the Virtual Workshop Addressing Public Comment on NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Guidance

September 9, 2021

Author(s)

Michael Fagan, Katerina N. Megas, 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 conducted April...

IoT Non-Technical Supporting Capability Core Baseline

August 25, 2021

Author(s)

Michael Fagan, Katerina N. Megas, Jeffrey Marron, Kevin Gerard Brady, Barbara Bell Cuthill, Rebecca Herold

Non-technical supporting capabilities are actions a manufacturer or third-party organization performs in support of the cybersecurity of an IoT device. This...

Approaches for Federal Agencies to Use the Cybersecurity Framework

August 17, 2021

Author(s)

Jeffrey Marron, Victoria Yan Pillitteri, Jon M. Boyens, Stephen Quinn, Gregory Witte

The document highlights examples for implementing the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (known as the Cybersecurity Framework) in a...

Statistics of Visual Features in the Human Iris

August 16, 2021

Author(s)

George W. Quinn, James Matey, Patrick J. Grother, Edward Watters

In most current applications of iris recognition, matching is done by computer algorithms. The dominant algorithms are based on the work of John Daugman and are...

Method Assessment for Non-Targeted Analyses (MANTA) Program: Interlaboratory Study 1 Results

July 30, 2021

Author(s)

Benjamin Place, Kate Rimmer

Non-targeted analysis is the determination of the chemical composition of a complex mixture without a priori knowledge regarding the identities or quantities of...

Cannabis Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 1 Final Report

July 27, 2021

Author(s)

MARYAM ABDUL-RAHMAN, Melissa M. Phillips, Walter Brent Wilson

NIST launched a CannaQAP in 2020 to improve the comparability of the analytical measurements in forensic and Cannabis (hemp and marijuana) testing laboratories...

Review of the Advanced Encryption Standard

July 23, 2021

Author(s)

Nicky Mouha, Morris Dworkin

The field of cryptography continues to advance at a very rapid pace, leading to new insights that may impact the security properties of cryptographic algorithms...

Status Report on the Second Round of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process

July 20, 2021

Author(s)

Meltem Sonmez Turan, Kerry McKay, Donghoon Chang, Cagdas Calik, Lawrence E. Bassham, Jinkeon Kang, John M. Kelsey

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is in the process of selecting one or more authenticated encryption and hashing schemes suitable for...

Standard Errors and Significance Testing in Data Analysis for Testing Classifiers

July 19, 2021

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Raghu N. Kacker

The one-classifier and two-classifier significance testing for evaluation and comparison of classifiers are conducted to investigate the statistical...

Aerial LTE Demonstration Report

July 14, 2021

Author(s)

Maxwell Maurice, Sam Ray

In this paper, we investigate a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network mounted on an airborne small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) to provide broadband connectivity...

Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 7: Identification for Paperless Travel and Immigration

July 13, 2021

Author(s)

Patrick J. Grother, Austin Hom, Mei Lee Ngan, Kayee Hanaoka

One-to-many biometric search systems are discussed in their role of positive and negative identification - the former refers to the expectation that person in a...

NIST Fingerprint Image Quality 2

July 13, 2021

Author(s)

Elham Tabassi, Martin Olsen, Oliver Bausinger, Christoph Busch, Andrew Figlarz, Gregory Fiumara, Olaf Henniger, Johannes Merkle, Timo Ruhland, Christopher Schiel, Michael Schwaiger

NIST Fingerprint Image Quality (NFIQ 2) is open source software that links image quality of optical and ink 500 pixel per inch fingerprints to operational...

Model of Operational Control of Discrete Event Logistics Systems (DELS)

July 8, 2021

Author(s)

Timothy A. Sprock, Conrad Bock

Operations management systems manage flows of work, resources, and information through production and logistics systems, ensuring the correct and efficient...

User Guide for NIST Media Forensic Challenge (MFC) Datasets

July 6, 2021

Author(s)

Haiying Guan, Andrew Delgado, Yooyoung Lee, Amy Yates, Daniel Zhou, Timothée N. Kheyrkhah, Jonathan G. Fiscus

NIST released a set of Media Forensic Challenge (MFC) datasets developed in DARPA MediFor (Media Forensics) project to the public in the past 5 years. More than...

Accessing Inclusivity of Women at NIST: A Comprehensive Examination of HR Data, In-Depth Interviews and Survey Data

July 6, 2021

Author(s)

Mary Frances Theofanos, Sandra Spickard Prettyman

In the fall of 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) funded three studies to better understand equity and inclusivity. This report is...

Mapping employee networks through the NIST Interactions Survey

June 21, 2021

Author(s)

Laura Espinal, Camila Young, Justyna Zwolak

As we begin to adopt approaches to help the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) become a more inclusive organization, we need a way to...

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