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Conferences

Wafer Level EDMR with Spatial Resolution Capabilities: Magnetic Resonance in a Probing

January 31, 2018

Author(s)

Duane J. McCrory, Mark A. Anders, Jason Ryan, Pragya Shrestha, Kin (Charles) Cheung, Patrick M. Lenahan, Jason Campbell

Implementation of SDR TWSTFT in UTC Computation

January 30, 2018

Author(s)

Zhiheng Jiang, Felicitas Arias, Victor S. Zhang, Yi-Jiun Huang, Joseph Ackhar, Dirk Piester, Shinn-Yan Lin, Wenjun Wu, Andrey Naumov, Sung-hoon Yang, Jerzy Nawrocki, Ilaria Sesia, Christian Schlunegger, Kun Liang

Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer (TWSTFT or TW for short) is a primary technique for the realization of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which is...

Metrological and legal traceability of time signals

January 30, 2018

Author(s)

Demetrios Matsakis, Judah Levine, Michael A. Lombardi

Metrological traceability requires an unbroken chain of calibrations that relate to a reference, with each calibration having a documented measurement...

Improving packet synchronization in an NTP server

January 29, 2018

Author(s)

Andrew N. Novick, Michael A. Lombardi, Kevin Franzen, John Clark

A computer or dedicated client can use the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to synchronize an internal clock to a server that is synchronized by a 1 pulse-per-second...

Flammability: A Continuum Vs. Discrete Boundary

January 24, 2018

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris

The goals of this talk are: 1.) Understand that flammability behavior is device/configuration dependent, and 2.) Understand the features that influence the...

Fragility Risks of Low Latency Dynamic Queuing in Large-Scale Clouds: Complex System Perspective

January 23, 2018

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

Economic, reliability, and low latency benefits of cloud computing model are the result of high level of dynamic resource sharing, made possible by high degree...

Parametric resonance in linear microresonators using analog feedback

January 21, 2018

Author(s)

Jason J. Gorman, Vikrant J. Gokhale

This paper reports on the design and implementation of an analog feedback controller for generating parametric resonance in linear microresonators that do not...

Identifying spurious modes in RF-MEMS resonators using photoelastic imaging

January 21, 2018

Author(s)

Vikrant J. Gokhale, Jason J. Gorman

This paper reports the first use of dynamic photoelastic imaging for identifying in-plane vibration modes in high-frequency MEMS resonators. In a set of width...

Thermodynamic Analysis of Classical and Quantum Search Algorithms

January 19, 2018

Author(s)

Ray A. Perlner, Yi-Kai Liu

We analyze the performance of classical and quantum search algorithms from a thermodynamic perspective, focusing on resources such as time, energy, and memory...

How to extract distributed circuit parameters from the scattering parameters of a transmission line

January 15, 2018

Author(s)

Nathan D. Orloff, Jasper A. Drisko, Angela C. Stelson, Charles A. Little, James C. Booth, Jordi Mateu, Christian J. Long

Distributed circuit parameters parameterize the transmission and reflection off a given transmission line in terms of a distributed resistance, inductance...

Qualitative Multidimensional Calibration Comparison

January 15, 2018

Author(s)

Aric W. Sanders, Ronald A. Ginley, Christian J. Long, Jasper A. Drisko, Nathan D. Orloff, Richard A. Chamberlin

We present a technique for the visual comparison of any two vector network analyzer calibrations. This method visualizes the comparative action of the...

Hybrid Datafication of Maintenance Logs from AI-Assisted Human Tags

January 15, 2018

Author(s)

Thurston B. Sexton, Michael P. Brundage, Michael L. Hoffman, Katherine C. Morris

One of the main challenges of applying AI to some datasets derives from the datasets themselves being unstructured, unclear, and ambiguous. Furthermore, the...

Manufacturing and Contract Service Networks: Composition, Optimization and Tradeoff Analysis based on a Reusable Repository of Performance Models

January 15, 2018

Author(s)

Alexander Brodsky, Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Mohomad O. Nachawati, William Z. Bernstein, Daniel A. Menasce

In this paper we report on the development of a software framework and system for composition, optimization and trade-off analysis of manufacturing and contract...

G-band Reflectivity Results of Conical Blackbody for Radiometer Calibration

January 14, 2018

Author(s)

Derek A. Houtz, Dazhen Gu

Two hollow conical cavities have been developed and built for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for use as radiometric brightness...

Enhanced Transmission Algorithm for Dynamic Device-to-Device Direct Discovery

January 12, 2018

Author(s)

Aziza Ben Mosbah, David W. Griffith, Richard A. Rouil

In order to support the increasing demand for capacity in cellular networks, Long Term Evolution (LTE) introduced Proximity Services (ProSe) enabling Device-to...

The role of data analysis in uncertainty quantification: case studies for materials modeling

January 7, 2018

Author(s)

Paul N. Patrone, Anthony J. Kearsley, Andrew M. Dienstfrey

On the Susceptibility of Coded OFDM to Interference: A Simulation Study

January 3, 2018

Author(s)

Jason Coder, Yao Ma

The susceptibility of broadband wireless communications signals (e.g., LTE, IEEE 802.11) to interference has been a topic of significant research. In this paper...

On the Impacts of In-Band LTE Emissions

January 3, 2018

Author(s)

Azizollah Kord

Abstract—With the introduction of low-power internet of things (IoT) and device to device (D2D) communications in the long time evolution (LTE) system protocol...

Identification of harmful and potentially harmful contaminants in tobacco smoke produced from low- and high-nicotine cigarette tobacco fillers

January 1, 2018

Author(s)

Walter B. Wilson, Lane C. Sander

Under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) all tobacco manufacturers and importers are required to report the levels of harmful and potentially harmful...

Determination of nicotine, NNN, and NNK in a new cigarette tobacco filler Standard Reference Material (SRM 3222) and its smoke

January 1, 2018

Author(s)

Walter B. Wilson, Jeanita Pritchett, Lane C. Sander

The United States has an annual production of approximately 800 million pounds of tobacco with estimated domestic sales of around 260 billion cigarettes/year...

The Case for Technical-Performance Standards for Radiation Inspection Systems

January 1, 2018

Author(s)

Lawrence T. Hudson

Technical-performance standards operate within the homeland-security enterprise to save significant time and money while increasing safety to the public. This...

The Multi-Robot Large Antenna Positioning System for Over-The-Air Testing at the National Institute of Standards and Technology1

December 31, 2017

Author(s)

David R. Novotny, Josh Gordon, Michael S. Allman, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Alexandra Curtin, Kim Hassett, George McAdams, Quang Ton

To address dynamic testing requirements of new communications systems and RF processes that use non-static beam forming, NIST proposed the Large Antenna...

Cryptography Classes in Bugs Framework (BF): Encryption Bugs (ENC), Verification Bugs (VRF), and Key Management Bugs (KMN)

December 25, 2017

Author(s)

Irena Bojanova, Paul E. Black, Yaacov Yesha

Abstract—Accurate, precise, and unambiguous definitions of software weaknesses (bugs) and clear descriptions of software vulnerabilities are vital for building...

Total Break of the SRP Encryption Scheme

December 23, 2017

Author(s)

Ray A. Perlner, Albrecht R. Petzoldt, Daniel C. Smith-Tone

Multivariate Public Key Cryptography (MPKC) is one of the main candidates for secure communication in a post-quantum era. Recently, Yasuda and Sakurai proposed...

A Layered Graphical Model for Mission Attack Impact Analysis

December 21, 2017

Author(s)

Changwei Liu, Anoop Singhal, Duminda Wijesekera

In this paper, we describe a layered graphical model to analyze the mission impacts of attacks for forensic investigation. Our model has three layers: the upper...

THE ROLE OF PERFORMANCE-BASED ENGINEERING IN ACHIEVING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: A FIRST STEP

December 17, 2017

Author(s)

Bruce Ellingwood, Naiyu Wang, James Harris, Therese P. McAllister

The resilience of communities depends on the performance of the built environment and on supporting social, economic and public institutions on which the...

Identifying and Quantifying the Resilience Dividend using Computable General Equilibrium Models: A Methodological Overview

December 14, 2017

Author(s)

Jennifer F. Helgeson, Juan F. Fung, Cheyney M. O'Fallon, David H. Webb, Harvey Cutler

This paper introduces the concept of accounting for the net co-benefits (the resilience dividend) associated with community-level resilience planning. Two...

SHREC'17 Track: Point-Cloud Shape Retrieval of Non-Rigid Toys

December 14, 2017

Author(s)

Afzal A. Godil

In this paper, we present the results of the SHREC'17 Track: Point-Cloud Shape Retrieval of Non-Rigid Toys. The aim of this track is to create a fair benchmark...

Numerical study of the initial particle parking structure of cement/geopolymer pastes and dissolution of amorphous silica using real-shape particles

December 12, 2017

Author(s)

Edward Garboczi, Yibing Zuo, Zhiwei Qian, Guang Ye

Many particle-based numerical models have been used to simulate the hydration process of cementitious materials. But most of these models employ regular shape...

Automatic Localization of Casting Defects with Convolutional Neural Networks

December 11, 2017

Author(s)

Ronay Ak, Max Ferguson, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Kincho H. Law

Automatic localization of defects in metal castings is a challenging task, owing to the rare occurrence and variation in appearance of defects. Convolutional...

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