Numerical methods & software

News and Updates

Smart City Holistic Key Performance Indicators Support Community Benefits

NIST International Collaboration Develops New Framework for Smart Cities and Communities

February 28, 2022

Have you ever wondered what it is about a smart city or community that makes it ‘smart?’ In an international collaboration with Dr. Martin Serrano of the

NIST Researchers Develop Algorithm for Assuring Quality-of-Service in 5G/6G Networks

February 19, 2022

5G and 6G networks will differ greatly in composition and services, compared to one-size-fits-all 4G networks. 5G and 6G networks must provide varying services

Not Just a Pretty Facet: New NIST algorithm for NV center diamond magnetometry speeds up experiments by an order of magnitude

February 19, 2021

Some might call it a diamond in the rough: NV center magnetometry, which uses specially adapted diamonds to make sensitive measurements of magnetic signals, is

Projects and Programs

Understanding Confined Fluids using Theory, Simulation, and Data-Driven Methods

Ongoing

Theory and simulation are used to advance our understanding of pure and multicomponent fluids confined in tight spaces, such as the pores of a zeolite, metal

Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory

Ongoing

The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) project develops and integrates state-of-the-art computational materials science tools into a user

Simulation Management Tools

Ongoing

An important part of the MGI effort is providing infrastructure and tools to enable reproducible research in computational materials science. For reproducible

Computational Micromagnetics

Ongoing

NIST researchers develop simulation tools to support modeling, measurement and fundamental understanding of micromagnetic physics.

Publications

NIST Alternatives for Resilient Communities (NIST ARC) Software Tool: Mathematical Programming Model

March 9, 2023

Author(s)

Kenneth Harrison, Tasnim Ibn Faiz, Zeinab Farahmandfar, Shane Crawford, Jarrod Loerzel

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Alternatives for Resilient Communities (NIST ARC) software is an interactive tool for developing

Colloquium: Advances in automation of quantum dot devices control

February 17, 2023

Author(s)

Justyna Zwolak, Jacob Taylor

Arrays of quantum dots (QDs) are a promising candidate system to realize scalable, coupled qubit systems and serve as a fundamental building block for quantum

Registering Particle Data Sets Using a Rotation and Translation Invariant Nearest-Neighbor Algorithm

February 10, 2023

Author(s)

Nicholas Ritchie, Scott A. Wight, Diana Ortiz-Montalvo, Abigail P. Lindstrom

It can be useful to register (or overlay) two sets of particle data measured from the same physical sample. However, if the two data sets were collected at

Optimal Cybersecurity Investments Using SIS Model: Weakly Connected Networks

January 11, 2023

Author(s)

Van Sy Mai, Richard La, Abdella Battou

Software

HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems (HVACSIM+)

May 11, 2021

The first version of HVACSIM+, which stands for “HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems”, was introduced by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in

NIST's Integrated Colony Enumerator (NICE)

January 4, 2021

Enumeration of bacterial colonies on an agar plate is simple in concept, but automated colony counting is difficult due to variations in colony color, size

Limits of Detection - ASTM E2677

September 12, 2018

ASTM subcommittee E54.01 has developed a Standard Test Method for the determination of Limit of Detection (LOD) in trace explosive detectors. The Method was

Custom Lifetime Imaging Platform (CLIP)

CLIP is an analysis program for fluorescence lifetime images. It provides the user with the ability to fit or calculate the phasor plots for lifetime decays

Tools and Instruments

Automated Scanning Electron Microscope

The ASPEX Personal SEM (PSEM) is a tungsten filament scanning electron microscope optimized for automated particle analysis. The system was designed with

Awards

Xiao Tang - 2016 Fellow of the American Physical Society

For outstanding contributions in optical technologies and systems, with application to quantum communications, spectrometry, and digital