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Conferences

A High Dynamic Range Imaging Method for the Characterization of Periodic Errors in Diffraction Gratings

September 4, 2018

Author(s)

Sofia C. Corzo Garcia, Muhammad I. Afzal, Benjamin Kidder, michelle Grigas, Ulf Griesmann

We report on recent progress in the development of our focal plane imaging system for the detection and characterization of small fabrication errors in...

Characterization and operation optimization of large field-of-view optical interferometers using binary pseudorandom array test standards

September 4, 2018

Author(s)

Valeriy V. Yashchuk, Sergey Babin, Stefano Cabrini, Ulf Griesmann, Ian Lacey, Keiko Munechika, Carlos Pina Hernandez, Quandou Wang

Recently, a technique for calibration of the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) of a broad variety of metrology instrumentation has been established. The...

Toward a Classification of Partitioning Operations for Standardization of Geometrical Product Specifications and Verification

September 3, 2018

Author(s)

Vijay Srinivasan, Nabil Anwer, Paul J. Scott

Partitioning is one of the four major operations used in the international standards issued by ISO/TC 213 on geometrical product specifications and...

Tolerancing and Verification of Additive Manufactured Lattice with Supplemental Surfaces

September 3, 2018

Author(s)

Gaurav Ameta, Jason C. Fox, Paul W. Witherell

Additive manufacturing (AM) has enabled the production of complex geometries such as conformal lattices, topology optimized shapes, and organic structures...

A Brief Analysis of Recent ISO Tolerancing Standards and Their Potential Impact on Digitization of Manufacturing

September 3, 2018

Author(s)

Ed Morse, Craig M. Shakarji, Vijay Srinivasan

The publication of the latest edition of ISO 1101 in 2017 is a landmark event in the development of ISO tolerancing standards. It represents an important...

Performance Analysis of the 2017 NIST Language Recognition Evaluation

September 2, 2018

Author(s)

Omid Sadjadi, Timothée N. Kheyrkhah, Craig Greenberg, Douglas A. Reynolds, Elliot Singer, Lisa Mason, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero

The 2017 NIST language recognition evaluation (LRE) was held in the autumn of 2017. Similar to the past LRE's, the basic task in LRE17 was language detection...

Network Formation by Contagion Averse Agents: Modeling Bounded Rationality with Logit Learning

August 31, 2018

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

Economic and convenience benefits of interconnectivity drive current explosive emergence and growth of networked systems. However, as recent catastrophic...

RHEOLOGICAL CONTROL OF 3D PRINTED CEMENT PASTE

August 30, 2018

Author(s)

Scott Z. Jones, Dale P. Bentz, Nicos Martys, William L. George, Austin Thomas

On Algorithms and Heuristics for Constrained Least-Squares Fitting of Circles and Spheres to Support Standards

August 28, 2018

Author(s)

Craig M. Shakarji, Vijay Srinivasan

Constrained least-squares fitting has gained considerable popularity among national and international standards committees as the default method for...

Quantum Probability Estimation for Randomness with Quantum Side Information

August 27, 2018

Author(s)

Emanuel Knill, yanbao zhang, Honghao Fu, Peter L. Bierhorst

No abstract, this is an extended abstract itself, three pages.

Measurement of Radio-Frequency Radiation Pressure: The Quest for a NEW SI Traceable Power Measurement

August 27, 2018

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse, Ivan Ryger, John H. Lehman

In the quest for a new SI traceable power measurement, we performed measurements of the radiation pressure of a radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic field...

The Reach and Impact of the Remote Frequency and Time Calibration Program at NIST

August 27, 2018

Author(s)

Michael A. Lombardi

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has offered and provided remote frequency and time calibration services to customers for more than...

Statistical Considerations for Total Isotropic Sensitivity of Wireless Devices Measured in Reverberation Chambers

August 26, 2018

Author(s)

Rob Horansky, Thomas B. Meurs, Chih-Ming Wang, Maria G. Becker, Kate Remley

The vast array of wireless device form factors being developed for internet-of-things applications necessitates a flexible test environment for determining...

The Industrial Ontologies Foundry Proof-of-Concept Project

August 26, 2018

Author(s)

Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Evan K. Wallace, Dimitris Kiritsis, Barry Smith, Chris Will

The current industrial revolution is said to be driven by the digitization of manu-facturing that exploits connected information across all aspects of...

SELF-IMPROVING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

August 26, 2018

Author(s)

Yan Lu, Zhuo Yang, Douglas Eddy, Sundar Krishnamurty

The current AM development environment is far from being mature. Both software applications and workflow management tools are very limited due to the lack of...

Development and Applications of a Fiber-Coupled Atom-Based Electric Field Probe

August 26, 2018

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, Matt Simons, Josh Gordon

We are developing a fundamentally new atom-based approach for electric (E) field measurements. This new approach will lead to a self-calibrated, SI traceable, E...

High-resolution near-field imaging and far-fieldantenna measurements with atomic sensors

August 26, 2018

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, Matt Simons, Dave Anderson, Georg Raithel

—Measurements of radio-frequency (RF) electric fields using atomic sensors based on quantum-optical spectroscopy of Rydberg states in vapors has garnered...

A SUPER-METAMODELLING FRAMEWORK TO OPTIMIZE SYSTEM PREDICTABILITY

August 25, 2018

Author(s)

Yan Lu, Douglas Eddy, Sundar Krishnamurty, Ian Grosse

Statistical metamodels can robustly predict manufacturing process and engineering systems design results. Various techniques, such as Kriging, polynomial...

TOWARDS MAKING NIST-QUALITY MEASUREMENTS OF RADIATION AND RADIOACTIVITY USING COMMERCIAL ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS

August 25, 2018

Author(s)

Ryan P. Fitzgerald, Denis E. Bergeron

Precision measurements of radiation and radioactivity are carried out in laboratories across the US for many important applications: to make sure the tens of...

Metrics-Driven Evaluation of Cybersecurity for Critical Railway Infrastructure

August 23, 2018

Author(s)

Himanshu Neema, Bradley Potteiger, Xenofon Koutsoukos, CheeYee Tang

In the past couple of years, railway infrastructure has been growing more connected, resembling more of a traditional Cyber-Physical System [1] model. Due to...

White Rabbit-Based Time Distribution at NIST

August 21, 2018

Author(s)

Joshua J. Savory, Jeffrey A. Sherman, Stefania Romisch

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is responsible for ensuring the quality of its international and domestic time and frequency...

EnergyPlus Integration into Co-Simulation Environment to Improve Home Energy Saving Through Cyber-Physical Systems Development

August 21, 2018

Author(s)

Thomas Roth, Cuong Nguyen, Joe Singer, Chenli Wang, Hohyun Lee

This paper presents a co-simulation platform which combines a building simulation tool with a Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) approach. Residential buildings have...

Towards a Platform for Smart Manufacturing Improvement Planning

August 20, 2018

Author(s)

Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Sangsu Choi, Thorsten Wuest

The manufacturing industry is transitioning towards smart manufacturing systems (SMS). Small and medium size manufacturers (SMMs) are particularly be-hind in...

Traceable Characterization of Broadband Pulse Waveforms Suitable for Cryogenic Josephson Voltage Applications

August 20, 2018

Author(s)

Alirio De Jesus Soares Boaventura, Dylan F. Williams, Gustavo Avolio, Paul D. Hale

We characterize broadband pulse waveforms using a large signal network analyzer (LSNA) and a sampling-oscilloscope, both calibrated to the same reference plane...

Condition-based Real-time Production Control for Smart Manufacturing Systems

August 19, 2018

Author(s)

Yan Lu, Feifan Wang, Feng Ju

In this paper, we present condition-based real-time production control for smart manufacturing which is aimed at improving system performance by automatically...

Anisotropy of dynamic disorder and mobility in single crystal tetracene transistors.

August 19, 2018

Author(s)

Emily G. Bittle, Adam J. Biacchi, Lisa Fredin, Andrew A. Herzing, Thomas C. Allison, Angela R. Hight Walker, David J. Gundlach

Pseudorandom Quantum States

August 19, 2018

Author(s)

Yi-Kai Liu, Zhengfeng Ji, Fang Song

We propose the concept of pseudorandom quantum states, which appear random to any quantum polynomial-time adversary. It offers a computational approximation to...

Net-Zero Homes - It's About More than Energy: A Case Study of Power Performance

August 17, 2018

Author(s)

William M. Healy, Wenqi Guo

Numerous demonstrations of net-zero energy homes show that these houses are technically feasible, yet the approach to generating that annual energy balance...

Oblique Incidence Reflectivity of Microwave Radiometer Calibration Targets in G-band

August 13, 2018

Author(s)

Derek A. Houtz, Dazhen Gu

High emissivity temperature-controlled microwave blackbodies, or calibration targets, are often used as brightness temperature reference sources for radiometer...

"We make it a big deal in the company": Security Mindsets in Organizations that Develop Cryptographic Products

August 13, 2018

Author(s)

Julie M. Haney, Mary F. Theofanos, Yasemin Acar, Sandra S. Prettyman

Unfortunately, implementing cryptography correctly is a non-trivial undertaking. Past studies have supported this observation by revealing a multitude of errors...

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