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Nithyananda Bhat Kumbla, Jeremy Marvel, Satyandra K. Gupta
High volume manufacturing use custom made fixtures during assembly operations. Small volume manufacturing cannot use fixtures in order to keep setup time and
Cloud computing provides several benefits to organizations such as increased flexibility, scalability and reduced cost. However, it provides several challenges
Craig Copeland, Craig McGray, Jon Geist, James Alexander Liddle, Robert Ilic, Samuel Stavis
We fabricate and test subresolution aperture arrays as calibration devices for optical localization microscopy. An array pitch with a relative uncertainty of
Houxun Miao, Mona Mirzaeimoghri, Lei Chen, Han Wen
We report deep reactive ion etching of silicon gratings via cryogenic and Bosch processes. An aspect ratio of > 50 is achieved for 400 nm period gratings with
Dimitris Simos, Stavros Mekesis, D. Richard Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker
We measured the combinatorial coverage of test vectors provided by the NIST Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP). Input models were defined and
Davide Pesavento, Omar Ilias El Mimouni, Eric E. Newberry, Lotfi Benmohamed, Abdella Battou
In this poster, we propose a network measurement framework for NDN. We define the goals of network measurement and discuss how these goals can be achieved by
In this paper we propose NDN-Trace, a path tracing utility to determine the characteristics of the available paths to reach a given name prefix in NDN-based
I will describe the network-based time services provided by the Time and Frequency Division of NIST. The network service is realized with approximately 20
Yohan Yoon, Jungseok Chae, Aaron M. Katzenmeyer, Heayoung Yoon, Joshua D. Schumacher, Sang M. An, Andrea Centrone, Nikolai B. Zhitenev
Polycrystalline thin film technology has shown great promise for low cost, high efficiency photovoltaics. To further increase the power efficiency, a firm
Kate Remley, Camillo Gentile, Alenka Zajic, Jeanne Quimby
We describe an activity of the 5G mmWave Channel Sounder Alliance to verify the hardware performance of channel sounders operating at mmWave frequencies. Such
The use of wireless technologies within factories demands a comprehensive understanding of the problems and potential solutions associated with the rigors of
High efficiency single-photon detection resides at the heart of many quantum information applications. Our efforts towards high efficiency, fast single photon
Bradley Potteiger, William Emfinger, Himanshu Neema, Xenofon Koutsoukos, CheeYee Tang, Keith A. Stouffer
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) consist of embedded computers with sensing and actuation capability, and are integrated into and tightly coupled with a physical
Sriharsha Mallapuram, Wei Yu, Paul Moulema, David W. Griffith, Nada T. Golmie, Fan Liang
The smart grid, as a cyber-physical system, consists of both cyber subsystems (e.g., control, communication networks) and physical subsystems (e.g., power grid)
Emanuel H. Knill, Yanbao Zhang, Peter L. Bierhorst
We develop a framework for certifying randomness from Bell test trials based on directly estimating the probability of the measurement outcomes with adaptive
Jared K. Wahlstrand, Sina Zahedpour, H M. Milchberg
Using supercontinuum spectral interferometry, we measure the ionization induced optical phase shift in three noble gases and nitrogen and oxygen. Results
Daniel G. Kuester, Duncan A. McGillivray, Sheryl M. Genco, Dazhen Gu
Tightly-integrated antennas and inaccessible radio frequency (RF) outputs are common barriers to measuring system noise in integrated wireless receive systems
Mina S. Seif, Jonathan M. Weigand, Rafaela Peixoto, Luiz Vieira
During fire events, connections in steel structures may be subjected to large unanticipated deformations and loads. Those fire effects can produce failures of
Limited access to communication services is one of the challenges that emergency personnel and first responders could face during environmental disasters or
Nenad Ivezic, Miroslav Ljubicic, Marija Jankovic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Scott Nieman, Garret Minakawa
Despite unrelenting increase in complexity of message standards for enterprise systems integrations, there are no effective means to address this complexity
Determining key performance indicators (KPI) is a first step in achieving environmen-tal sustainability of manufacturing operations. KPI selection is a multi
Matthew Doty, Xiangyu Ma, Joshua Zide, Garnett W. Bryant
Self-assembled InAs Quantum Dots (QDs) are often called artificial atoms" and have long been of interest as components of quantum photonic and spintronic
Peter O. Denno, Yan Lu, Paul Witherell, Sundar Krishnamurty, Ian Grosse, Douglas Eddy
Recent studies have shown advantages to utilizing metamodeling techniques to mimic, analyze, and optimize system input-output relationships in Additive
Modern system identification methodologies use artificial neural nets, integer linear programming, genetic algorithms, and swarm intelligence to discover system
The development and use of low-volatile organic compounds (VOCs) building materials and products is a key strategy to reduce ventilation and energy use in
George P. Eppeldauer, Vyacheslav B. Podobedov, Leonard Hanssen, P. Yvonne Barnes
Pyroelectric radiometers with spectrally constant response have been developed at NIST with the cooperation of a few detector manufacturers. The new devices