Conferences

An infrared laser-based reflectometer for low reflectance measurements of samples and cavity structures

September 15, 2008

Author(s)

Leonard M. Hanssen, Jinan Zeng

An instrument, the Complete Hemispherical Infrared Laser-based Reflectometer (CHILR), has been designed and built for the accurate characterization of the total

QOS-Aware Channel Scanning for IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN

September 15, 2008

Author(s)

Nada T. Golmie, Sang-Jo Yoo

Channel scanning is an important aspect of seamless handovers since it is required in order to find a target point of attachment (PoA). In the IEEE 802.11 WLAN

Performance Evaluation of Laser Trackers

September 15, 2008

Author(s)

Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Daniel S. Sawyer, Christopher J. Blackburn, Steven D. Phillips, Bruce R. Borchardt, William T. Estler

The American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) recently released the ASME B89.4.19 Standard [1] on performance evaluation of spherical coordinate

IEEE 802.21 Transport Solution Using Cross-Layer Optimized Stream Control Transmission Protocol

September 15, 2008

Author(s)

Richard A. Rouil, Nada T. Golmie, Nicolas Montavont

The Media Independent Handover (MIH) architecture is designed to facilitate the signaling and enable seamless handovers in heterogeneous networks. In this paper

Detector-based calibration procedures for tristimulus colorimeter standards

September 15, 2008

Author(s)

George P. Eppeldauer, Carl C. Miller, Yoshihiro Ohno

Two reference and three working standard tristimulus colorimeters have been developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to utilize

Derivation of the MODIS Aqua Point-Spread Function for Ocean Color Bands

September 11, 2008

Author(s)

Gerhard Meister, Yuqin Zong, Charles R. McClain

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Earth Observing System (EOS) Aqua platform has 9 spectral bands with center wavelengths from

Lessons Learned From NIST's Two Recent Polymer MS Interlabortaory Comparisons

September 11, 2008

Author(s)

Kathleen M. Flynn, William E. Wallace, Stephanie J. Wetzel, David L. VanderHart

Lessons learned from NIST two previously-published round robins are collected in one place and examined for commonalities.

A Framework for Joint Cross-Layer and Node Location Optimization in Mobile Sensor Networks

September 10, 2008

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh, Kamran Sayrafian

This paper proposes an extension to Network Utility Maximization (NUM) framework, referred to as L-NUM (Location-aware NUM). This framework is intended to

Identity management standards for product life cycle of electronic parts

September 10, 2008

Author(s)

YaShian Li-Baboud, Eric D. Simmon, Yaw S. Obeng

The high profit opportunities, the diffused outsourcing of manufacturing and the structure of distribution networks make the electronics and its components

Usability Testing of Face Image Capture for US Ports of Entry

September 10, 2008

Author(s)

Mary F. Theofanos, Brian C. Stanton, Charles L. Sheppard, Ross J. Micheals

Abstract The requirements necessary for taking a successful face picture are arguably the least constrained of any biometric. The camera must be operational

A Robust Model-Based Approach to Indoor Positioning Using Signal Strength

September 9, 2008

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian, Dominik Kasper

A simple technique to estimate the position of a mobile node inside a building is based on the Received Signal Strength (RSS). In previous publications, we

Accuracy Considerations for Critical Dimension Semiconductor Metrology

September 9, 2008

Author(s)

Ronald G. Dixson, Ndubuisi G. Orji, B Bunday, J Allgair

As the size of integrated circuit features continues to decrease, the accuracy of measurements becomes more important. Due to greater emphasis on precision

Influence of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Length on the Optical and Conductivity Properties of Thin Buckypaper Films

September 9, 2008

Author(s)

Daneesh O. Simien, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Jack F. Douglas, Kalman D. Migler, Jan Obrzut

Thin layers of length-sorted single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) were formed in to a buckypaper sample through vacuum filtration. These length sorted samples

Application of Molecular Modeling to Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of Water with Synthesis Gas

September 8, 2008

Author(s)

Allan H. Harvey

In the Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) process for electricity generation, the hot synthesis gas may be quenched with water. The amount of water

Numerical Investigation of the Induced Voltage on a Cables Placed at Random Locations Inside a Metallic Enclosure

September 8, 2008

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, Luis Nuno, Perry F. Wilson

A very practical susceptibility problem has been analyzed in this paper. It consists of a cable of defined length and fixed terminals, but different layouts

Use of Reverberation Chamber to Simulate the Power Delay Profile of a Wireless Environment

September 8, 2008

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, E Genender, Catherine A. Remley, John M. Ladbury, Galen H. Koepke, H Garbe

Multipath propagation environment effects, such as frequency-selective fading, have a strong impact on the quality of the wireless channel. For example

Source Stirring Technique for Reverberation Chambers; Experimental Investigation

September 8, 2008

Author(s)

Galen H. Koepke, Christopher L. Holloway, John M. Ladbury, David A. Hill, Valter Primiani, Paola Russo, Carlo Monteverde

The paper shows the source stirring technique from an experimental point of view. This technique exhibits good statistics for S21. The results illustrate that

Comparison of statistical consistency and metrological consistency

September 6, 2008

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, Ruediger Kessel, Klaus-Dieter Sommer, Xin Bian

The conventional concept of consistency in multiple evaluations of the same measurand is based on statistical error analysis. This concept is based on regarding

Off-line monitoring of OSNR/CD/PMD degradation effects using neural-network-based training sequences

September 1, 2008

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Jargon, Xiaoxia Wu, Alan Willner

A technique using artificial neural networks to simultaneously identify OSNR, CD, and PMD from eye-diagram parameters is demonstrated both via simulation and

Through-focus Scanning and Scatterfield Optical Methods for Advanced Overlay Target Analysis

September 1, 2008

Author(s)

Ravikiran Attota, Michael T. Stocker, Richard M. Silver, Nathanael A. Heckert, Hui Zhou, Richard J. Kasica, Lei Chen, Ronald G. Dixson, Ndubuisi G. Orji, Bryan M. Barnes, Peter Lipscomb

In this paper we present overlay measurement techniques that use small overlay targets for advanced semiconductor applications. We employ two different optical

Status of NIST Thermal Insulation Reference Materials

September 1, 2008

Author(s)

Robert R. Zarr

The current status of thermal insulation reference materials at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is presented. This paper describes an

Modeling the Effect of Finite Size Gratings on Scatterometry Measurements

September 1, 2008

Author(s)

Elizabeth Kenyon, Michael W. Cresswell, Heather Patrick, Thomas Germer

The interpretation of scatterometry measurements generally assumes that the grating extends over an area large enough to intercept all the illumination provided

On the shortest linear straight-line program for computing linear forms

August 29, 2008

Author(s)

Joan Boyar, Philip Matthews, Rene Peralta

We study the complexity of the Shortest Linear Program (SLP) problem, which is to the number of linear operations necessary to compute a set of linear forms

VAST 2008 Challenge: Introducing Mini-Challenges

August 29, 2008

Author(s)

Georges Grinstein, Catherine Plaisant, Sharon J. Laskowski, Theresa O'Connell, Jean Scholtz, Mark Whiting

Visual analytics experts realize that one effective way to push the field forward and to develop metrics for measuring the performance of various visual

The Integration of Molecular Electronic Devices with Traditional CMOS Technologies

August 28, 2008

Author(s)

Nadine E. Gergel-Hackett, Askia A. Hill, Christina A. Hacker, Curt A. Richter

This work describes the development of hybrid circuits composed of silicon-based molecular electronic devices and traditional CMOS technology. In the

Linguistic Resources and Evaluation Techniques for Evaluation of Cross-Document Automatic Content Extraction

August 27, 2008

Author(s)

S. Strassle, Mark A. Przybocki, Kay Peterson, Zhiyi Song, Kazuaki Maeda

The NIST Automatic Content Extraction (ACE) Evaluation expands its focus in 2008 to encompass the challenge of cross-document and cross-language global

NIST Microform Calibration System for Rockwell Hardness Standardization

August 25, 2008

Author(s)

Jun-Feng Song, Samuel R. Low III, Xiaoyu A. Zheng

In the uncertainty budget of Rockwell hardness tests, microform geometric errors of the diamond indenter are a major contributor. The microform calibration of

Ratio of the Al⁺ and Hg⁺ Optical Clock Frequencies to 17 Decimal Places

August 25, 2008

Author(s)

Wayne M. Itano, Till P. Rosenband, David Hume, P.O. Schmidt, Chin-Wen Chou, A. Brusch, Luca Lorini, Windell Oskay, Robert E. Drullinger, Sarah Bickman, Tara M. Fortier, Jason Stalnaker, Scott A. Diddams, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury, David J. Wineland, James C. Bergquist

Frequency standards (atomic clocks) based on narrow optical transitions in 27Al + and 199Hg + have been developed over the past several years at NIST. These two

Performance of Super-Resolution Enhancement for Flash LADAR Data

August 21, 2008

Author(s)

Tsai Hong Hong, Shuowen Hu, S. S. Young

Flash laser detection and ranging (LADAR) systems are increasingly used in robotics applications for autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance. Their compact

Ontological Perspectives for Autonomy Performance

August 21, 2008

Author(s)

Hui-Min Huang, Elena R. Messina, Tsai Hong Hong, Craig I. Schlenoff

Goals must be assigned for any unmanned systems (UMS) operation before the systems autonomous performance can be measured. In this paper, we began to