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Conferences

Simplified Ray Tracing for the Millimeter Wave Channel: A Performance Evaluation

February 14, 2020

Author(s)

Mattia Lecci, Paolo Testolina, Marco Giordani, Michele Polese, Tanguy Ropitault, Camillo Gentile, Neeraj Varshney, Michele Zorzi

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is one of the cornerstone innovations of fifth- generation (5G) wireless networks, thanks to the massive bandwidth...

TMPS: Ticket-Mediated Password Strengthening

February 14, 2020

Author(s)

John M. Kelsey, Dana Dachman-Soled, Meltem Sonmez Turan, Sweta Mishra

We introduce the notion of Ticket-Mediated Password Strengthening (TMPS), a technique for allowing users to derive keys from passwords while imposing a strict...

First Direct Measurement of Sub-Nanosecond Polarization Switching in Ferroelectric Hafnium Zirconium Oxide

February 13, 2020

Author(s)

Pragya R. Shrestha, xiao Lyu, Mengwei Si, Kin P. Cheung, Pei D. Ye

In this work, we report on an ultrafast direct measurement on the transient ferroelectric polarization switching in hafnium zirconium oxide with a crossbar...

Development and Applications of a Four-Volt Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer

February 13, 2020

Author(s)

Nathan E. Flowers-Jacobs, Alain Rufenacht, Anna E. Fox, Steven B. Waltman, Robert E. Schwall, Justus A. Brevik, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz

We have recently created a 4 V rms cryocooled JAWS (Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer) using 204,960 nearly identical Josephson junctions (JJs) that are...

Modeling and Improving Named Data Networking over IEEE 802.15.4

February 10, 2020

Author(s)

Amar Abane, Paul Muhlethaler, Samia Bouzefrane, Abdella Battou

Enabling NDN in real-world IoT deployments becomes essential to benefit from ICN/NDN features in current IoT systems. To design realistic NDN-based...

Ray-based classification framework for high-dimensional data

February 3, 2020

Author(s)

Justyna Zwolak, Jacob Taylor, Sandesh Kalantre, Thomas McJunkin, Brian Weber

While classification of arbitrary structures in high dimensions may require complete quantitative information, for simple geometrical structures, low...

EFFECTS OF ALKALI-SILICA REACTION ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURAL CAPACITIES OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

January 31, 2020

Author(s)

Long T. Phan, Fahim Sadek, Travis E. Thonstad, Hai S. Lew, Sorin Marcu, Jacob Philip

This paper describes an ongoing, comprehensive research program being conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the...

Developing Models for a 0.8 mm Coaxial VNA Calibration Kit within the NIST Microwave Uncertainty Framework

January 28, 2020

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Jargon, Christian J. Long, Ari D. Feldman, Jon Martens

We developed models for a 0.8 mm coaxial vector network analyzer (VNA) calibration kit within the NIST Microwave Uncertainty Framework. First, we created...

DARPA Organic Interconnect Characterization

January 27, 2020

Author(s)

Dylan Williams, Richard Chamberlin, Jerome Cheron, Sam Chitwood, Ken Willis, Brad Butler, Farhang Yazdani

We report on a study of interconnects fabricated on organic and silicon interposers used to connect state-of-the art digital, analog and RF chiplets...

On Characterizing Uncertainty Sources in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Models

January 21, 2020

Author(s)

Tesfaye M. Moges, Paul W. Witherell, Gaurav Ameta

Tremendous effort has been dedicated to computational models and simulations of Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes to better understand process complexities...

Particle Tracking of a Complex Microsystem in Three Dimensions and Six Degrees of Freedom

January 18, 2020

Author(s)

Craig Copeland, Craig McGray, Robert Ilic, Jon Geist, Samuel Stavis

We exploit the intrinsic aberrations of an optical microscope to track single particles in three dimensions. We combine information from multiple particles on a...

Key Considerations for Microbial Viability Measurements

January 14, 2020

Author(s)

Joy Dunkers, Sandra M. Da Silva, Stephanie Servetas, James J. Filliben, Guilherme L. Pinheiro, Nancy Lin

Making reliable measurements of antimicrobial killing efficacy requires careful consideration of the sources of biological variability, measurement bias and...

Standards, Metrology and Technology to Minimize Healthcare-Associated Infections: Novel approaches to measure efficacy

January 14, 2020

Author(s)

Brian J. Nablo, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Dianne L. Poster, Michael T. Postek, Yaw S. Obeng

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) impose great burdens on public health, making HAIs the strongest contender as the most pressing healthcare problem in...

Phononic Frequency Combs For Engineering MEMS/NEMS Devices With Tunable Sensitivity

January 13, 2020

Author(s)

Adarsh V. Ganesan, Ashwin Seshia, Jason J. Gorman

Over the past two decades, MEMS resonators have received considerable attention for physical, chemical and biological sensing applications. Typically, the...

A Science Gateway for Atomic and Molecular Physics

January 7, 2020

Author(s)

Barry I. Schneider, Klaus Bartschat, Oleg Zatsarinny, Igor Bray, Fernando Martin, Armin Scrinzi, Sudhakar Pamidighantam, Jonathan Tennyson, Jimena Gorfinkiel, Markus Klinker

We describe the creation of a new Atomic and Molecular Physics science gateway (AMPGateway). The gateway is designed to bring together a subset of the AMP...

Forensic Analysis of Advanced Persistent Threat Attacks in Cloud Environments

January 6, 2020

Author(s)

Changwei Liu, Anoop Singhal, Duminda Wijesekera

Due to the increasing cyber-activities and the use of diverse devices offered on cloud environments, post-attack cloud forensic investigations must deal with...

BowTie - a deep learning feedforward neural network for sentiment analysis

January 3, 2020

Author(s)

Apostol T. Vassilev

How to model and encode the semantics of human-written text and select the type of neural network to process it are not settled issues in sentiment analysis...

Effect of Federal Incumbent Activity on CBRS Commercial Service

December 19, 2019

Author(s)

Michael R. Souryal, Thao Nguyen

Federal Communications Commission rules for the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service permit commercial systems to share 150 MHz of bandwidth with federal...

Dynamic Compression Tests of Alumina Dumbbells Using a Spherical Joint

December 19, 2019

Author(s)

Richard Rhorer, George D. Quinn, Steven Mates

The dynamic compressive strength of ceramic armor materials is difficult to obtain experimentally due to the sensitivity of fracture strength to even small...

Performance Study of a GAA-GAA Coexistence Scheme in the CBRS Band

December 19, 2019

Author(s)

Weichao Gao, Anirudha Sahoo

The General Authorized Access (GAA) users in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band are the lowest priority users who not only have to make sure that...

A Joint Admission Control & Resource Management Scheme for Virtualized Radio Access Networks

December 16, 2019

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian, Vladimir V. Marbukh, Behnam Rouzbehani

A virtualization platform is responsible for allocation and/or aggregation of radio resources from different access technologies owned by the Infrastructure...

Enhancing LAA Co-existence Using MIMO Under Imperfect Sensing

December 13, 2019

Author(s)

Somayeh Mosleh, Yao Ma, Jason B. Coder, Erik Perrins, Lingjia Liu

To meet the ever growing wireless network demands, in terms of subscribers and data throughput, operating long term evolution (LTE) in unlicensed bands, also...

Verifying the Performance of a Correlation-Based Channel Sounder in the 3.5 GHz Band with a Calibrated Vector Network Analyzer

December 12, 2019

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Jargon, Jeanne T. Quimby, Catherine A. Remley, Amanda A. Koepke, Dylan F. Williams

We verified the performance of a correlation-based channel sounder in the 3.5 GHz band with a calibrated vector network analyzer by comparing measurements in a...

DIGITAL TWIN FOR SMART MANUFACTURING: THE SIMULATION ASPECT

December 11, 2019

Author(s)

Guodong Shao, Sanjay Jain, Christoph Laroque, Loo Hay Lee, Peter Lendermann, Oliver Rose

The purpose of this panel is to discuss the state of the art in digital twin for manufacturing research and practice from the perspective of the simulation...

A Strategy for Handling Aberration in Spherical Neutron Polarimetry

December 11, 2019

Author(s)

Jacob Tosado, Wangchun Chen, Efrain E. Rodriguez

We present a strategy for identifying and correcting for aberration effects in Spherical Neutron Polarimetry. The transformation of the neutron beam...

Optimization of a Magnetostatic Cavity for a ³He Spin Analyzer on the CANDOR Polychromatic Reflectometer

December 11, 2019

Author(s)

Md. T. Hassan, Wangchun Chen

A New instrument, the CANDOR (Chromatic Analysis Neutron Diffractometer or Reflectometer) polychromatic beam reflectometer is being built at the National...

A Framework for Identifying and Prioritizing Data Analytics Opportunities in Additive Manufacturing

December 9, 2019

Author(s)

Hyunseop Park, Hyunwoong Ko, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Hyunbo Cho, Paul W. Witherell

Many industries, including manufacturing, are adopting data analytics (DA) in making decisions to improve quality, cost, and on-time delivery. In recent years...

Analysis of Generalized CCA Errors and Mitigation in LTE-LAA Spectrum Sharing System

December 9, 2019

Author(s)

Yao Ma, Jason B. Coder

Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) procedures have been specified for medium access control (MAC) in several incumbent and...

An Assistive Learning Workflow on Annotating Images for Object Detection

December 9, 2019

Author(s)

Vivian W. Wong, Max K. Ferguson, Kincho H. Law, Yung-Tsun Lee

We present an end-to-end workflow to generate annotated image datasets for object detection. With this workflow, which we call assistive learning, we are able...

Moisture Transfer in Commercial Buildings due to the Air Leakage: A New Feature in the Online Airtightness Savings Calculator

December 9, 2019

Author(s)

Som Shrestha, Andre Desjarlais, Laverne Dalgleish, Lisa Ng, Diana Hun, Steven Emmerich, Gina Accawi

Air leakage through the building envelope is responsible for a large amount of energy use. The US Department of Energy Windows and Building Envelope Research...

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