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Conferences

Perspectives on the quantum Zeno paradox

Author(s)
Wayne M. Itano
As of October 2006, there were approximately 535 citations to the seminal 1977 paper of Misra and Sudarshan which pointed out the quantum Zeno paradox (more

A Versatile Gradient Substrate for Biofunctionalization

Author(s)
Nathan D. Gallant, Matthew Becker, Eric J. Amis
NIST has developed numerous platforms for characterizing the physical properties of sample libraries with orthogonal gradients using combinatorial methodologies

Design of an On-Chip Micro-Scale Nanoassembly System

Author(s)
Jason J. Gorman, Yong Sik Kim, Andras Vladar, Nicholas Dagalakis
In this paper, the design and proposed operation of a MEMS-based nanoassembly system is presented. The nanoassembly system is comprised of four nanomanipulators

VAST 2006 Contest - A tale of Alderwood

Author(s)
Georges Grinstein, Theresa O'Connell, Sharon J. Laskowski, Catherine Plaisant, 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

Development of Hyperspectral Image Projectors

Author(s)
Joseph P. Rice, Steven W. Brown, Jorge E. Neira
We present design concepts for calibrated hyperspectral image projectors (HIP) and related sources intended for system-level testing of instruments ranging from

RFID Security: A Taxonomy of Risk

Author(s)
A Karygiannis, T. Phillips, A. Tsibertzopoulos
Radio Frequency Indentification (RFID) and other automated identification technologies (AIT) are being used by government and industry to replace barcodes and

High Accuracy Calibration of Photon-Counting Detectors

Author(s)
Sergey V. Polyakov, Michael Ware, Alan L. Migdall
We discuss a practical implementation of a photon-counting detector calibration using correlated photon pairs produced by parametric down-conversion. In this

SIM Time and Frequency Comparison Network in Near Real Time

Author(s)
Jose M. Lopez, Michael A. Lombardi, Andrew N. Novick, Jean-Simon Boulanger, Raymond Pelletier, Carlos Donado
A network for time and frequency comparisons within the Inter-American Metrology System (SIM) has been developed. The SIM time and frequency network uses the

Modeling MEMS Microhotplate Structures With SystemC

Author(s)
Ankush Varma, Muhammad Afridi, Akin Akturk, Paul Klein, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Bruce Jacob
Designers of SoCs with non-digital components, such as analog or MEMS devices, can currently use highlevel system design languages, such as SystemC, to model

Adaptive Channel Scanning for IEEE 802.16e

Author(s)
Richard A. Rouil, Nada T. Golmie
In this article we propose an adaptive algorithm that determines the duration and frequency of channel scanning in order to facilitate the discovery of

Overview of the TREC 2005 Robust Retrieval Track

Author(s)
Ellen M. Voorhees
The robust retrieval track explores methods for improving the consistency of retrieval technology by focusing on poorly performing topics. The retrieval task in

Overview of the TREC-2005 Enterprise Track

Author(s)
Nick Craswell, Arjen P. Vries, Ian Soboroff
The goal of the enterprise track it to conduct experiments with enterprise data-- intranet pages, email archives, document repositories -- that reflect the