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We present a classification framework of testing environments that support conformance and interoperability testing of distributed systems. We describe each
Sylvere I. Krima, Allison Barnard Feeney, Sebti Foufou
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has always required robust solutions for representing product data models. Product data models enable in-formation exchange
Jin Chu Wu, Alvin F. Martin, Craig S. Greenberg, Raghu N. Kacker
The National Institute of Standards and Technology conducts an ongoing series of Speaker Recognition Evaluations (SRE). Speaker detection performance is
William C. Swann, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Ian R. Coddington, Esther Baumann, Jean-Daniel Deschenes, Laura C. Sinclair, Alexander M. Zolot, Nathan R. Newbury
We demonstrate a method to compare optical clocks approaching 10 -17 uncertainties through the exchange of optical pulses from phase-locked frequency combs. We
Dean C. Ripple, William E. Murdock, Gregory F. Strouse, Keith A. Gillis, Michael R. Moldover
We have successfully conducted highly-accurate, primary acoustic thermometry at 600 K using a sound source and a sound detector at room temperature. We describe
Paul D. Hale, Dylan F. Williams, Andrew M. Dienstfrey, Chih-Ming Wang, Jeffrey A. Jargon, David Humphreys, Matthew Harper, Heiko Fuser, Mark Bieler
Instruments for measuring high-speed waveforms typically require calibration to obtain accurate results. The national metrology institutes of the United States
Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic1, Jae M. Yoo, Nicholas Dagalakis, Rae Duk Lee
This paper describes the design of a nano displacement sensor that detects the presence of a moving platform by using fringing electric field. Its electrodes
At the National Institute of Standards and Technology a new watt balance, NIST-4, is currently being designed. This apparatus will be used to realize the base
Michael A. Lombardi, J. Mauricio Lopez-Romero, Nelida Diaz-Munoz, Eduardo de Carlos Lopez
Within the Sistema Interamericano de Metrologia (SIM) region, a time comparison network, SIMTN, has been developed. The SIMTN continuously compares the time
Thomas M. Wallis, Atif A. Imtiaz, Alexandra Curtin, Pavel Kabos, H. P. Huber, Joseph J. Kopanski, F. Kienberger
Two techniques are described for calibrating a scanning microwave microscope (SMM). The first technique enables spatially-resolved absolute capacitance
Darine El Haddad, Stephan Schlamminger, David B. Newell, Ruimin Liu, Edwin R. Williams, Jon R. Pratt
The scientific community is presently engaged in a historic attempt to fix the value of the Planck constant h so that it might ultimately serve as a base
Jon R. Pratt, David B. Newell, Zeina J. Kubarych, Stephan Schlamminger, Darine El Haddad, Ruimin Liu, Edwin R. Williams, Dave Inglis, Barry M. Wood, Carlos Sanchez, Richard Green
We report preparations underway at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States and at the National Research Council (NRC) in
As the electric power grid is changing to a smarter more dynamically controlled system, there is increasing need for measurements that show the global status of
As the electric power grid is changing to a smarter more dynamically controlled system, there is increasing need for measurements that show the global status of
Charles J. Burroughs, Alain Rufenacht, Samuel P. Benz, Paul D. Dresselhaus
The amplitudes of stepwise-approximated sine waves produced by programmable Josephson voltage standards (PJVSs) are not intrinsically accurate because the
Dazhen Gu, Derek A. Houtz, James P. Randa, Dave K. Walker
We report a verification method for noise-temperature (NT) measurements on cryogenic low noise amplifiers (LNAs) at liquid helium temperature. The method uses
Thomas M. Wallis, Thomas P. Crowley, Denis X. LeGolvan, Ronald A. Ginley
A direct comparison system for calibration of power sensors with 1.85 mm precision coaxial connectors up to 67 GHz has been developed. The comparison is
Alessio Pollarolo, Tae H. Jeong, Samuel Benz, Horst Rogalla
In 2010 NIST measured the Boltzmann constant k by use of an electronic technique that measured the Johnson noise of a 100 Ohm resistor at the triple point of
Jifeng Qu, Samuel Benz, Yang Fu, Jianqiang Zhang, Horst Rogalla, Alessio Pollarolo
A new quantum voltage calibrated Johnson noise thermometer (JNT) was developed at NIM to demonstrate the electrical approach that determines the Boltzmann
Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel Benz, Paul Dresselhaus
A 10 V programmable Josephson voltage standard has enabled sine waves with rms voltages up to 7 V to be accurately measured with differential sampling methods
Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel Benz, Paul Dresselhaus
Commercially available 20-bit digital to analog converters (DACs) have the potential to impact the field of low frequency voltage metrology. We measured a
Thomas Hagen, Ilya F. Budovsky, Samuel Benz, Charles J. Burroughs
A pulse driven ac Josephson voltage standard (ACJVS) has been set up at the National Measurement Institute, Australia (NMIA) with the help of the National
Vladimir V. Marbukh, Kamran Sayrafian, Hamid Mahboubi, Amir G. Aghdam, Walid Masoudimansour
In this paper, an energy-efficient technique is proposed for tracking a target in a field using a network of mobile sensors while maximizing the life span of
Roger V. Bostelman, William P. Shackleford, Geraldine S. Cheok, Kamel S. Saidi
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Intelligent Systems Division has been researching several areas leading to safe control of manufacturing
Ionenes are polyelectrolytes with the charge along the polymer backbone. These polymers possess a precisely-defined charge density, making them ideal as
Peter M. Johnson, Edwin Chan, Jun Y. Chung, Junghyun Lee, Christopher Stafford
Reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes are comprised of a dense active layer supported by a porous support. Commercial active layer are highly
Jeffrey A. Jargon, Dylan F. Williams, Thomas M. Wallis, Denis X. LeGolvan, Paul D. Hale
We present a method for providing traceability to a commercial electronic calibration unit for vector network analyzers by characterizing its scattering