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Conferences

Improvements in SIM Time Network and SIM Time Scale Performance

October 10, 2014

Author(s)

Michael A. Lombardi, J. Mauricio Lopez-Romero, Nelida Diaz-Munoz, E. de Carlos-Lopez, Marina Gertsvolf, Ricardo de Carvalho

We report recent results achieved within the Sistema Interamericano de Metrología (SIM) regarding the multinational cooperation program in the field of time and...

Modeling Heat and Moisture Transport During Hydration of Cement-Based Materials in Semi-Adiabatic Conditions

October 10, 2014

Author(s)

Emilio Hernandez-Bautista, Dale P. Bentz, Sadoth Sandoval-Torres, Prisciiano Cano Barrita

The process of accelerated curing of pre-cast concrete consists in increasing the temperature within a saturated water vapor atmosphere during several hours. In...

A Cybersecurity Testbed for Industrial Control Systems

October 9, 2014

Author(s)

Richard Candell, Keith A. Stouffer, Dhananjay Anand

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

Lightweight Packing of Log Files for Improved Compression in Mobile Tactical Networks

October 8, 2014

Author(s)

Peter M. Mell, Richard Harang

Devices in mobile tactical edge networks are often resource constrained due to their lightweight and mobile nature, and often have limited access to bandwidth...

On Cascading Failures and Countermeasure based on Energy Storage in the Smart Grid

October 8, 2014

Author(s)

Xing Chen, Wei Yu, David W. Griffith, Nada T. Golmie, Guobin Xu, Chao Lu

Recently, there are growing concerns about smart grid security and resilience. The performance of smart grid may suffer from component failures or targeted...

Chemical Depth Profiling of Photovoltaic Backsheets after Accelerated Laboratory Weathering

October 8, 2014

Author(s)

Chiao-Chi Lin, Peter J. Krommenhoek, Stephanie S. Watson, Xiaohong Gu

Polymeric multilayer backsheets provide protection for the backside of photovoltaic (PV) module from the damage of moisture and ultraviolet (UV). Due to the...

Evaluating CT for Metrology: The Influence of Material Thickness on Measurements

October 7, 2014

Author(s)

Joseph Schlecht, Eric Ferley, Shaun COUGHLIN , Steven D. Phillips, Vincent Lee, Craig M. Shakarji

X-ray imaging provides a non-destructive means to measure internal features of a workpiece, and CT offers unique capabilities for internal measurements in 3-D...

Progress toward Radiation-Pressure-Based Measurement of High-Power Laser Emission - Under Policy Review

October 6, 2014

Author(s)

Paul A. Williams, Joshua A. Hadler, Daniel King, Robert Lee, Frank C. Maring, Gordon A. Shaw, Nathan A. Tomlin, John H. Lehman, Marla L. Dowell

We present an overview of our efforts toward using optical radiation pressure as a means to measure optical power from high-power lasers. Early results with...

Calibration of Accelerometers at Extended Frequencies Utilizing Piezoelectric Shakers

October 6, 2014

Author(s)

Beverly F. Payne

Piezoelectric shakers are well suited to generate motion suitable for use with laser interferometric methods at frequencies of 3 kHz and above. One advantage of...

Life-cycle Cost Implications of More Stringent State Energy Codes

October 5, 2014

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel

Estimation of uncertainty in application profiles

October 3, 2014

Author(s)

David W. Flater

Performance is an important facet of software quality, and application profiling tools are the instruments used to measure software performance at the function...

An Asymptotically Optimal Structural Attack on the ABC Multivariate Encryption Scheme

October 3, 2014

Author(s)

Dustin Moody, Ray A. Perlner, Daniel C. Smith-Tone

Historically, multivariate public key cryptography has been less than successful at offering encryption schemes which are both secure and efficient. At PQCRYPTO...

Towards a Domain-Specific Framework for Predictive Analytics in Manufacturing

October 3, 2014

Author(s)

David J. Lechevalier, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Sudarsan Rachuri

Data analytics is proving to be very useful for achieving productivity gains in manufacturing. Predictive analytics (using advanced machine learning) is...

Optimizing Information Set Decoding Algorithms to Attack Cyclosymetric MDPC Codes

October 3, 2014

Author(s)

Ray A. Perlner

The most important drawback to code-based cryptography has historically been its large key sizes. Recently, several promising approaches have been proposed to...

Progress on Vacuum-to-Air Mass Calibration System Using Magnetic Suspension to Disseminate the Planck-Constant Realized Kilogram

October 2, 2014

Author(s)

Eric Benck, Patrick J. Abbott, Zeina J. Kubarych

The kilogram is the unit of mass in the International System of units (SI) and has been defined as the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram (IPK) since...

Standards for Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Techniques within Manufacturing Operations

October 2, 2014

Author(s)

Gregory W. Vogl, Brian A. Weiss, M A. Donmez

Prognostics and health management (PHM) technologies reduce time and costs for maintenance of products or processes through efficient and cost-effective...

Predicted impact of latest h and e values on resistance and voltage traceability in the new SI (Systeme International)

October 2, 2014

Author(s)

Nick Fletcher, Gert Rietveld, James K. Olthoff, Ilya F. Budovsky

This paper considers the impact of the planned redefinition of the SI on electrical traceability, with a focus on resistance and voltage calibration. The new SI...

An improved L1 based algorithm for standardized planar datum establishment

October 1, 2014

Author(s)

Craig M. Shakarji, Vijay Srinivasan

This paper has two major goals. First, we present an algorithm for establishing planar datums suitable for a default in tolerancing standards. The algorithm is...

Differential Properties of the HFE Cryptosystem

October 1, 2014

Author(s)

Taylor Daniels, Daniel Smith-Tone

Multivariate Public Key Cryptography (MPKC) has been put forth as a possible post-quantum family of cryptographic schemes. These schemes lack provable security...

Direct Comparison of Single-Specimen Clamped SE(T) Test Methods on X100 Line Pipe Steel

September 29, 2014

Author(s)

Timothy S. Weeks, Enrico Lucon

The clamped single edge-notched tension (SE(T)) specimen has been widely used in a single-specimen testing scheme to generate fracture resistance curves for...

CURVED-WIDE PLATE TESTING OF X100 GIRTH WELDS

September 29, 2014

Author(s)

Timothy S. Weeks, Joseph D. McColskey, Mark D. Richards, Yong-Yi Wang, Marie A. Quintana

The curved-wide plate (CWP) tests are frequently used for assessing the quality of pipeline girth welds. Despite a large number of CWP tests having been...

Ten-Print Fingerprint Self-Captures: Graphics-only User Guidance without Language

September 29, 2014

Author(s)

Yee-Yin Choong, Mary F. Theofanos

Users of biometric systems have expanded from traditional law enforcement operators to the general population with diverse backgrounds. Past research has shown...

Randomized Intraclass-Distance Minimizing Binary Codes for Face Recognition

September 25, 2014

Author(s)

P J. Phillips, J. R. Beveridge, Quanyi Mo, Bruce A. Draper

Integrating real-time analytics and continuous performance management in smart manufacturing systems

September 24, 2014

Author(s)

FNU Kumaraguru, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Katherine C. Morris

This paper proposes an approach to integrate real-time analytics with continuous performance management. The proposed system exploits the increasing...

Generalizing Face Quality and Factor Measures to Video

September 23, 2014

Author(s)

Yooyoung Lee, P. Jonathon Phillips, James Filliben, J. R. Beveridge, Hao H. Zhang

Methods for assessing the impact of factors and image-quality metrics for still face images are well-understood. The extension of these factors and quality...

TESTING AND ANALYSES OF COPOLYMER FIBERS BASED ON 5-AMINO-2-(P-AMINOPHENYL)-BENZIMIDAZOLE

September 22, 2014

Author(s)

Walter G. McDonough, Joy P. Dunkers, Amanda L. Forster, Jae Hyun Kim, Scott A. Wight, Gale A. Holmes

Since the well-publicized failure of a body armor used by a police officer at a threat level the armor had been designed to survive, it has become imperative...

Performance evaluation of fingerprint open-set identification algorithms

September 22, 2014

Author(s)

Elham Tabassi, Craig I. Watson, Gregory P. Fiumara

We report performance of one-to-many fingerprint identification algorithms using one, two, four, eight or ten fingers for recognition. Performance is quantified...

Validation of Spectral Radiance Assignments to Integrating Sphere Radiance Standards for the Advanced Baseline Imager

September 22, 2014

Author(s)

Bettye C. Johnson, Stephen E. Maxwell, Eric L. Shirley, Kim Slack, Gary Graham

The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is the next generation imaging sensor for NOAAs operational meteorological satellites in geostationary orbit. One pathway...

Automated Ranking of Stem Cell Colonies by Translating Biological Rules to Computational Models

September 20, 2014

Author(s)

Adele P. Peskin, Steven P. Lund, YaShian Li-Baboud, Michael W. Halter, Anne L. Plant, Peter Bajcsy

This paper addresses the problem of automating an image ranking process for stem cell colonies. We automate the manual process in a novel way: instead of...

Toward Manufacturing System Composability Analysis: A Use Case Scenario

September 20, 2014

Author(s)

Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Evan K. Wallace, Nenad Ivezic, Yunsu Lee

One of the characteristics of a smart manufacturing system is the ability to quickly adapt to new and changing requirements. This implies that software and...

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