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Conferences

Applications of machine learning at the limits of form-dependent scattering for defect metrology

March 26, 2019

Author(s)

Mark Alexander Henn, Hui Zhou, Richard M. Silver, Bryan M. Barnes

Undetected patterning defects on semiconductor wafers can have severe consequences, both financially and technologically. Industry is challenged to find

Soft MUD: Implementing Manufacturer Usage Descriptions on OpenFlow SDN Switches

March 25, 2019

Author(s)

Mudumbai Ranganathan

Manufacturer Usage Descriptions are generalized network Access Control Lists (ACL) that allow manufacturers to declare intended communication patterns for

R-152a/air and R-134a/oxygen constant volume spherical flame burning velocity measurements

March 25, 2019

Author(s)

Robert R. Burrell, Gregory T. Linteris, Donald R. Burgess Jr., Michael J. Hegetschweiler, Jeffrey A. Manion, Valeri I. Babushok

Many presently used refrigerants are non-flammable but are being phased out due to concerns about their strong global warming potential (GWP). Replacements with

The Design and Development of a Tabletop Kibble Balance at NIST

March 20, 2019

Author(s)

Leon S. Chao, Frank C. Seifert, Darine El Haddad, Stephan Schlamminger

A global paradigm shift to redefine the International System of Units (SI) from a system based on seven fundamental units to seven fundamental constants is well

Mechanical Property Characterization of Single Scan Laser Tracks of Nickel Superalloy 625 by Nanoindentation

March 14, 2019

Author(s)

Jordan S. Weaver, Meir Kreitman, Jarred C. Heigel, M A. Donmez

Laser based additive manufacturing of metals relies on many micro-sized welds to build a part. A simplified, well studied case of this process is a single scan

A-UGV Capabilities - Recommended Guide to Autonomy Levels

February 27, 2019

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, Elena R. Messina

A-UGV has been defined by ASTM Committee F45 as an "Automatic, Automated, or Autonomous vehicle that operates while in contact with the ground without a human

Case Study Exploring Childrens Password Knowledge and Practices

February 24, 2019

Author(s)

Yee-Yin Choong, Mary F. Theofanos, Karen Renaud, Suzanne Prior

Children use technology from a very young age, and often have to authenticate themselves. Yet very little attention has been paid to designing authentication

A Phish Scale: Rating Human Phishing Message Detection Difficulty

February 24, 2019

Author(s)

Michelle P. Steves, Kristen Greene, Mary F. Theofanos

A Deep Learning-Based Weather Forecast System for Data Volume and Recency Analysis

February 18, 2019

Author(s)

Jarrett Booz, Wei Yu, Guobin Xu, David W. Griffith, Nada T. Golmie

Accurate weather forecast is important to our daily life. Through physical atmospheric models, the weather can be accurately forecasted in a short period time.

Performance Assessment of Smart Meter Traffic over LTE Network Using SDR Testbed

February 18, 2019

Author(s)

Amirshahram Hematian, Wei Yu, David W. Griffith, Nada T. Golmie

In the smart grid, a variety of smart meters will be deployed to support diverse services, such as energy distribution management, grid monitoring and

A programmable dark-field detector for imaging two-dimensional materials in the scanning electron microscope

February 7, 2019

Author(s)

Benjamin W. Caplins, Jason D. Holm, Robert R. Keller

Unit cell orientation information is encoded in electron diffraction patterns of crystalline materials. Traditional transmission electron detectors implemented

A Layered Graphical Model for Cloud Forensic and Mission Impact Analysis

February 1, 2019

Author(s)

Changwei Liu, Anoop Singhal, Duminda Wijesekera

In this paper, we describe a layered graphical model to analyze the impact of cyber attacks on business processes and services. Our model has three layers: the

Parallel Self-Testing of the GHZ State with a Proof by Diagrams

January 31, 2019

Author(s)

Spencer J. Breiner, Amir Kalev, Carl A. Miller

Quantum self-testing addresses the following question: is it possible to verify the existence of a multipartite state even when one's measurement devices are

A Method Level Test Generation Framework for Debugging Big Data Applications

January 24, 2019

Author(s)

Huadong Feng, Jagan Chandrasekaran, Yu Lei, Raghu N. Kacker, David R. Kuhn

When a failure occurs in a big data application, debugging with the original dataset can be difficult due to the large amount of data being processed. This

Three-Port Vector-Network-Analyzer Calibrations using the NIST Microwave Uncertainty Framework

January 19, 2019

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Jargon, Dylan F. Williams, Aric W. Sanders

We developed methods for calibrating three-port vector network analyzers (VNAs) and propagating correlated uncertainties using the NIST Microwave Uncertainty

An Ultra-fast Multi-level MoTe2-based RRAM

January 17, 2019

Author(s)

Albert Davydov, Leonid A. Bendersky, Sergiy Krylyuk, Huairuo Zhang, Feng Zhang, Joerg Appenzeller, Pragya R. Shrestha, Kin P. Cheung, Jason P. Campbell

We report multi-level MoTe2-based resistive random-access memory (RRAM) devices with switching speeds of less than 5 ns due to an electric-field induced 2H to

MFC Datasets: Large-Scale Benchmark Datasets for Media Forensic Challenge Evaluation

January 11, 2019

Author(s)

Haiying Guan, Mark Kozak, Eric Robertson, Yooyoung Lee, Amy N. Yates, Andrew P. Delgado, Daniel F. Zhou, Timothée N. Kheyrkhah, Jeff Smith, Jonathan G. Fiscus

We provide a benchmark for digital media forensic challenge evaluations. A series of datasets are used to assess the progress and deeply analyze the performance

V3C -- a Research Video Collection

January 10, 2019

Author(s)

George M. Awad, Asad A. Butt, Luca Rossetto, Heiko Schuldt

With the widespread use of smartphones as recording devices and the massive growth in bandwidth, the number and volume of video collections has increased

Characterization of graphene conductance using a microwave cavity

January 10, 2019

Author(s)

Jan Obrzut, Keith White, Yanfei Yang, Randolph E. Elmquist

Surface conductance of graphene films is investigated in a non-contact microwave cavity operating at 7.4543 GHz. This cavity technique characterizes specimens

An Overset Mesh Framework for an Isentropic ALE Navier-Stokes HDG Formulation

January 6, 2019

Author(s)

Justin A. Kauffman, William L. George, Jonathan S. Pitt

Fluid-structure interaction simulations where solid bodies undergo large deformations require special handling of the mesh motion for Arbitrarily Lagrangian

Near-Surface Elemental Analysis of Solids by Neutron Depth Profiling

January 1, 2019

Author(s)

Jamie L. Weaver, Robert G. Downing

Neutron Depth Profiling (NDP) is an analytical nuclear technique for the determination of elemental mass as a function of depth into a samples surface. It is

On the use of time-resolved 3D diagnostics to characterize firebrand showers in the WUI

January 1, 2019

Author(s)

Nicolas Bouvet, Eric D. Link, Stephen A. Fink, Erica D. Kuligowski

NIST is currently developing a time-resolved, three-dimensional particle tracking and sizing diagnostic (a.k.a an emberometer) that will be applied to

Toward a New Mathematical Definition of Datums in Standards to Support Advanced Manufacturing

December 20, 2018

Author(s)

Craig M. Shakarji, Vijay Srinivasan

Recent advances in the digitization of manufacturing have prompted ASME and ISO standards committees to reexamine the definition of datums. Any new definition

ENABLING CONTROL SYSTEM AND CLOUD-BASED SIMULATION SERVICE INTEROPERABILITY

December 12, 2018

Author(s)

Albert W. Jones, Guodong Shao, Frank H. Riddick

The latest innovations in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) will change manufacturing and simulation forever. Ideas such as Industry 4.0,

DIGITAL MANUFACTURING: REQUIREMENTS AND CHALLENGES FOR IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL SURROGATES

December 12, 2018

Author(s)

Guodong Shao, Deogratias Kibira

A key challenge for many manufacturers today is efficiently producing and delivering their products on time. Issues include demand for customized products,

COMPARISON OF DATA ANALYTICS APPROACHES USING SIMULATION

December 10, 2018

Author(s)

Sanjay Jain, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Yung-Tsun T. Lee

Selecting the right data analytics (DA) approach for an application is rather complex. Obtaining sufficient and right kind of data for evaluating these

Exact Moments of Mutual Information of Jacobi MIMO Channels in High-SNR Regime

December 10, 2018

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

In this paper, we propose an analytical framework to derive all positive integer moments of MIMO mutual information in high-SNR regime. The approach is based on

A Possible Advantage of Using Bi-directional S-Parameters in Antenna Measurements

December 1, 2018

Author(s)

Alexey J. Yuffa, Ronald C. Wittmann, Michael H. Francis, Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny

the unknown-thru calibration technique is being used to achieve a system level calibration at milli-meter frequencies (>50 GHz) on the robotic ranges at NIST.

Gradient-Based Solution of Maximum Likelihood Angle Estimation for Virtual Array Measurements

November 28, 2018

Author(s)

Peter G. Vouras

This paper derives a gradient based implementation of maximum likelihood angle estimation for virtual planar arrays used to sound millimeter wave channels.

The New Randomness Beacon Format Standard: An Exercise in Limiting the Power of a Trusted Third Party

November 27, 2018

Author(s)

John M. Kelsey

We discuss the development of a new format for beacons-- servers which provide a sequence of digitally signed and hash-chained public random numbers on a fixed