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Conferences

Identification of an Alternate Substrate for Testing Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarettes

July 1, 2013

Author(s)

Amanda P. Robbins, Richard Gann, William F. Guthrie

Results from ASTM E2187, ISO 12863 and NZS/AS4830 for testing the ignition propensity of cigarettes have limitations that include sensitivity to mass, moisture...

Measurement Science for 6DOF object pose ground truth

June 28, 2013

Author(s)

Roger D. Eastman, Jeremy Marvel, Joseph Falco, Tsai H. Hong

Users of perception systems in industrial manufacturing applications need standardized, third party ground truth procedures to validate system performance...

3D Ground-Truth Systems for Object/Human Recognition and Tracking

June 28, 2013

Author(s)

Afzal A. Godil, Roger V. Bostelman, Kamel Saidi, William P. Shackleford, Geraldine Cheok, Michael O. Shneier, Tsai H. Hong

We have been researching 3D ground-truth systems for performance evaluation of vision and perception systems in the fields of smart manufacturing and robotics...

Standard Reference Materials for Medical CT

June 27, 2013

Author(s)

Zachary H. Levine, Huaiyu H. Chen-Mayer, Adam L. Pintar, Daniel S. Sawyer

NIST Standard Reference Materials 2087 and 2088 for medical computed tomography (CT) have become available. The materials allow CT reconstructions to be tied to...

On the Field Evaporation Behavior of c-axis GaN Nanowires in Laser-Pulsed Atom Probe Tomography

June 26, 2013

Author(s)

Matthew D. Brubaker, Kristine A. Bertness, Norman A. Sanford, Brian Gorman, David R. Diercks, R Kirchofer

GaN has seen use in many applications such as photovoltaics, blue and ultraviolet lasers, and light-emitting diodes with additional research into expanded and...

The impact of turbulence on high accuracy time-frequency transfer across free space

June 26, 2013

Author(s)

Laura C. Sinclair, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, William C. Swann, Esther Baumann, Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury

Atmospheric optical path-length variations are measured across a 2-km optical link through a frequency comb-based system with femtosecond-level precision...

The Challenge of Face Recognition From Digital Point-and-Shoot Cameras

June 25, 2013

Author(s)

P J. Phillips, J. R. Beveridge, David Bolme, Bruce A. Draper, Geof H. Givens, Yui M. Lui, Hao Zhang, W T. Scruggs, Kevin W. Bowyer, Patrick J. Flynn, Su L. Cheng

Face recognition is appearing in personal and commercial products at an astonishing rate, yet reliable face recognition remains challenging. Users expect a lot...

Evaluation of dome-input geometry for pyroelectric detectors

June 24, 2013

Author(s)

Jinan Zeng, Leonard M. Hanssen, George P. Eppeldauer

Dome-input pyroelectric radiometers with different black coatings were developed to extend the spectral responsivity scale from near infrared (NIR) to 20 μm...

Quantifying Network Topology Robustness Under Budget Constraints

June 24, 2013

Author(s)

Assane Gueye, Aron Lazska

To design robust network topologies that resist strategic attacks, one must first be able to quantify robustness. In a recent line of research, the theory of...

OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENERATION OF TOXIC PRODUCTS IN THE ISO/TS 19700 CONTROLLED EQUIVALENCE RATIO TUBE FURNACE AND THE CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE CONE CALORIMETER

June 24, 2013

Author(s)

Nathan D. Marsh, Richard G. Gann, John R. Shields, Marc R. Nyden

Efforts are underway in several research groups to adapt existing flammability test methods for the determination of yields of toxic compounds such as CO, HCN...

FIREBRANDS GENERATED FROM FULL-SCALE BUILDING COMPONENTS AND STRUCTURES UNDER AN APPLIED WIND-FIELD

June 24, 2013

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki, Junichi Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hayashi

Firebrand production from a real-scale structure under well-controlled laboratory conditions was investigated. The structure was fabricated using wood studs and...

Harnessing 3D Scattered Optical Fields for sub-20 nm Defect Detection

June 24, 2013

Author(s)

Bryan M. Barnes, Martin Y. Sohn, Francois R. Goasmat, Hui Zhou, Richard M. Silver, Abraham Arceo

Experimental imaging at =193 nm of sub-resolved defects performed at several focus positions yields a volume of spatial and intensity data. Defects are located...

A New Metric for Latent Fingerprint Image Preprocessing

June 23, 2013

Author(s)

Mary Frances Theofanos, Andrew Dienstfrey, Brian Stanton, Haiying Guan

Although fingerprint recognition is a well-studied area, forensic fingerprint preprocessing based on computational theory is still a relatively new domain in...

3-D Optical Metrology of Finite sub-20nm Dense Arrays With sub-nanometer Parametric Uncertainties

June 23, 2013

Author(s)

Jing Qin, Hui Zhou, Bryan M. Barnes, Ronald G. Dixson, Richard M. Silver

A new approach that involves parametric fitting of 3-D scattered field with electromagnetic simulation, Fourier domain normalization, and uncertainties analysis...

Four Measures of Nonlinearity

June 23, 2013

Author(s)

Joan Boyar, Magnus Find, Rene Peralta

Cryptographic applications, such as hashing, block ciphers and stream ciphers, make use of functions which are simple by some criteria (such as circuit...

A Classification of Differential Invariants for Multivariate Post-Quantum Cryptosystems

June 21, 2013

Author(s)

Ray A. Perlner, Daniel C. Smith-Tone

Multivariate Public Key Cryptography (MPKC) has become one of a few options for security in the quantum model of computing. Though a few multivariate systems...

Exposing Software Security and Availability Risks For Commercial Mobile Devices

June 21, 2013

Author(s)

Ryan Johnson, Zhaohui Wang, Angelos Stavrou, Jeff Voas

In this manuscript, we present our efforts towards a framework for exposing the functionality of a mobile application through a combination of static and...

Of Massive Static Analysis Data

June 20, 2013

Author(s)

Aurelien M. Delaitre, Vadim Okun, Elizabeth N. Fong

Static analysis produces large amounts of data. The volume of data allows for new developments in research. Practical observations of the effectiveness of...

VULCAN: Vulnerability Assessment Framework for Cloud Computing

June 20, 2013

Author(s)

Patrick Kamongi, Srujan Kotikela, Krishna Kavi, Mahadevan Gomathisankaran, Anoop Singhal

Assessing security of software services on Cloud is complex because the security depends on the vulnerability of infrastructure, platform and the software...

Distributed Coverage Optimization in a Network of Static and Mobile Sensors

June 17, 2013

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian, Hamid Mahboubi, Jalal Habibi, Amir Aghdam

This paper proposes efficient schemes to increase sensing coverage in a network composed of both mobile and static sensors. The proposed deployment techniques...

A Thermodynamic Analysis of Refrigerants. II. Possibilities and Tradeoffs for Low-GWP Refrigerants

June 17, 2013

Author(s)

Mark McLinden, Andrei Kazakov, J. Steven Brown, Piotr Domanski

We explore the possibilities for refrigerants having low global warming potential (GWP) by use of two distinct approaches. In a companion paper (Domanski et al...

Thermodynamic Analysis of Cascade Microcryocoolers with Low Pressure Ratios

June 17, 2013

Author(s)

Ray Radebaugh

The vapor-compression cycle for refrigeration near ambient temperature achieves high efficiency because the isenthalpic expansion of the condensed liquid is a...

Full-spectrum optical-beam-induced current for solar cell microscopy and multi-junction characterization

June 16, 2013

Author(s)

Tasshi Dennis

The design and application of a novel solar simulator based on a high-power, super-continuum laser is described in this work. The simulator light was focused to...

Radio-Frequency and DC Electrical Characterization on a Modular MEMS Mechanical Test Platform for Nanomaterials

June 16, 2013

Author(s)

J. J. Brown, Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis, Pavel Kabos, Kristine A. Bertness, Norman Sanford, Victor Bright

In order to enable radio frequency (RF) data collection from a micromechanical system designed to strain nanomaterials, a coplanar electrical waveguide has been...

Incorporating Adult Learning Methods and Project Based Learning in Laboratory Metrology Courses

June 15, 2013

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris

Measurement scientists work in calibration laboratories throughout the world. Yet, there are few university level courses available that cover the critical...

CHARACTERIZING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF THE INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS

June 14, 2013

Author(s)

Jatinder Madan, Mahesh Mani, Kevin W. Lyons

Presently available systems for sustainability assessment do not fully account for aspects related to a products manufacturing. In an effort to make more...

SemEval-2013 Task 7: The Joint Student Response Analysis and 8th Recognizing Textual Entailment Challenge

June 14, 2013

Author(s)

Myroslava Dzikovska, Rodney Nielsen, Chris Brew, Claudia Leacock, Danilo Giampiccolo, Luisa Bentivogli, Peter Clark, Ido Dagan, Hoa T. Dang

We present the results of the Joint Student Response Analysis and 8th Recognizing Textual Entailment Challenge, aiming to bring together researchers in...

MEMS Device for Fatigue Testing of 25 µm Thick Aluminum Specimens

June 13, 2013

Author(s)

Li-Anne Liew, David T. Read, Nicholas Barbosa

We report the development and demonstration of a MEMS test instrument to perform fatigue testing on 25 µm thick aluminum 1145 H19 foil. Both the foil material...

Automatic Clustering of Multipath Arrivals in Radio-Frequency Channels using Kurtosis

June 9, 2013

Author(s)

Camillo A. Gentile

In wireless propagation, the multipath arrivals of a transmitted signal appear clustered at the receiver. Because the notion of clusters tends to be intuitive...

Free-space optical time-frequency transfer over 2 km

June 9, 2013

Author(s)

William C. Swann, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Laura C. Sinclair, Esther Baumann, Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury

Precision free-space time-frequency transfer could advance fields where present microwave-based transfer is inadequate. We demonstrate an optical free-space...

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