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Conferences

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Obstacle Detection and Avoidance from an Automated Guided Vehicle

September 18, 2014

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, William P. Shackleford, Geraldine S. Cheok

Current automated guided vehicle (AGV) technology typically provides material handling flow along single or dual opposing-flow lanes in manufacturing and...

Physics-based Electro-thermal Saber Model and Parameter Extraction for High-Voltage SiC Buffer IGBTs

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

Tam H. Duong, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Jose M. Ortiz, Sei-Hyung Ryu , Edward VanBrunt, Lin Cheng, Scott Allen, John W. Palmour

The purpose of this paper is to present a physics-based electro-thermal Saber model and parameter extraction sequence for high-voltage SiC buffer layer n...

Technique for AFM Tip Characterization

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

Ndubuisi G. Orji, Ronald G. Dixson, Hiroshi Itoh, Chumei Wang

In atomic force microscopy (AFM) metrology, the scanning tip is a major source of uncertainty. Images taken with an AFM show an apparent broadening of feature...

Scattering of microwaves in thin metallic films near the metal - non-metal transition

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

Jan Obrzut

We present measurements demonstrating significant scattering of microwaves in a thin metal films near the metal non-metal percolation transition. Gold films 3...

PMML in Manufacturing Applications

September 12, 2014

Author(s)

Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Juyeon Lee

In manufacturing, an enormous amount of data, both real and simulation data, is being continuously generated. The appropriate information, if extracted from big...

TRANSITIONING FROM RESISTANCE DEVICES TO PHOTONIC DEVICES FOR TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS

September 12, 2014

Author(s)

Zeeshan Ahmed, Gregory F. Strouse

For the past century, industrial temperature measurements have relied on resistance measurement of a thin metal wire or filament whose resistance varies with...

A Hybrid CPU-GPU System for Stitching Large Scale Optical Microscopy Images

September 12, 2014

Author(s)

Timothy Blattner, Walid Keyrouz, Joe Chalfoun, Bertrand C. Stivalet, Mary C. Brady, Shujia Zhou

Researchers in various fields are using optical microscopy to acquire very large images, 10K--200K of pixels per side. Optical microscopes acquire these images...

Modeling Network Diversity for Evaluating the Robustness of Networks against Zero-Day Attacks

September 11, 2014

Author(s)

Lingyu Wang, Meng Zhang, Sushil Jajodia, Anoop Singhal, M. Albanese

The interest in diversity as a security mechanism has recently been revived in various applications, such as Moving Target Defense (MTD), resisting worms in...

Progress toward new Reference Correlations for the Transport Properties of Carbon Dioxide

September 10, 2014

Author(s)

Allan H. Harvey, Marcia L. Huber, Arno R. Laesecke, Chris D. Muzny, Richard A. Perkins

The thermophysical properties of carbon dioxide are essential for accurate process design and optimization. While the thermodynamic properties of CO2 are...

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