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Conferences

Combinatorial Coverage Measurement of Test Vectors used in Cryptographic Algorithm Validation (Presentation)

September 28, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Deep Silicon Etching for X-Ray Diffraction Devices Fabrication

September 28, 2017

Author(s)

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...

A Network Measurement Framework for Named Data Networks

September 26, 2017

Author(s)

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...

NDN-Trace: A Path Tracing Utility for Named Data Networking

September 26, 2017

Author(s)

Siham Khoussi, Davide Pesavento, Lotfi Benmohamed, Abdella Battou

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...

Local measurements of photocurrent and band gap in CdTe solar cells

September 25, 2017

Author(s)

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...

The UT1 and UTC Time Services Provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology

September 25, 2017

Author(s)

Judah Levine

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...

Methods for Channel Sounder Measurement Verification

September 23, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Industrial Wireless: Problem Space, Success Considerations, Technologies, and Future Direction

September 22, 2017

Author(s)

Richard Candell, Mohamed T. Hany

The use of wireless technologies within factories demands a comprehensive understanding of the problems and potential solutions associated with the rigors of...

High-efficiency superconducting detectors and their applications in quantum optics

September 21, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas Gerrits

High efficiency single-photon detection resides at the heart of many quantum information applications. Our efforts towards high efficiency, fast single photon...

Evaluating the Effects of Cyber-Attacks on Cyber Physical Systems using a Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Testbed

September 21, 2017

Author(s)

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...

An Integrated Simulation Study on Reliable and Effective Distributed Energy Resources in Smart Grid

September 21, 2017

Author(s)

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)...

Quantum Randomness from Probability Estimation with Classical Side Information

September 20, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Bound Electron Nonlinearity Beyond the Ionization Threshold

September 18, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Conceptual System for Evaluating the Impact on Residential Life Safety of New Fire Protection Technology

September 18, 2017

Author(s)

Paul A. Reneke, Morgan Bruns, Richard D. Peacock, Thomas G. Cleary, Chandler P. MacLaren

Monitoring early-age shrinkage strain and temperature distributions in full-scale steel-concrete composite beams with distributed fiber optic sensors

September 14, 2017

Author(s)

Yi Bao, Matthew Hoehler, Lisa Choe, Matthew Klegseth, Genda Chen

Carbon Dioxide Generation Rates for Building Occupants

September 13, 2017

Author(s)

Andrew Persily

Black Box Measurement of System Noise in Integrated Wireless Receivers

September 13, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Behaviour of high-strength bolts at elevated temperatures under double-shear loading

September 13, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Autonomous Relocation of Mobile Base Stations in Emergency Scenarios

September 12, 2017

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian, Ladan Rabieekenari, John Baras

Limited access to communication services is one of the challenges that emergency personnel and first responders could face during environmental disasters or...

A review of current machine learning techniques used in manufacturing diagnosis

September 7, 2017

Author(s)

Michael P. Brundage, Toyosi Ademujimi, Vittaldas Prabhu

Business Process Context for Message Standards

September 7, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Environmental KPI Selection Using Criteria Value and Demonstration

September 7, 2017

Author(s)

Shaw C. Feng, Deogratias Kibira

Determining key performance indicators (KPI) is a first step in achieving environmen-tal sustainability of manufacturing operations. KPI selection is a multi...

Molecular engineering with artificial atoms: designing a material platform for scalable quantum spintronics and photonics

September 7, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Production System Identification with Genetic Programming

September 6, 2017

Author(s)

Peter O. Denno, Charles Dickerson, Jenny Harding

Modern system identification methodologies use artificial neural nets, integer linear programming, genetic algorithms, and swarm intelligence to discover system...

A DOMAIN DRIVEN APPROACH TO METAMODELING IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

September 6, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Evaluation of a Formaldehyde Emissions Reference Material

September 5, 2017

Author(s)

Dustin Poppendieck, Mengyan Gong

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...

Low-NEP pyroelectric detectors for calibration of UV and IR sources and detectors

September 5, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Phase Retrieval Using Unitary 2-Designs

September 4, 2017

Author(s)

Yi-Kai Liu, Shelby Kimmel

We consider a variant of the phase retrieval problem, where vectors are replaced by unitary matrices, i.e., the unknown signal is a unitary matrix U, and the...

Bond Enhancement of Repair Mortar via Biodeposition

September 4, 2017

Author(s)

Didier Snoeck, Jianyun Wang, Dale P. Bentz, Nele De Belie

The bond between repair mortars and existing concrete substrates is critical for the long-term performance and durability of the repaired structure. The...

Using Cs and Rb Rydberg Atoms Simultaneously to Perform SI-Traceable RF Electric Field Measurements via Electromagnetically Induced Transparency

September 3, 2017

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, Matthew T. Simons, Joshua A. Gordon

We discuss the use of cesium (Cs) and rubidium (Rb) Rydberg atoms to measure electric (E) field strengths. This work is leading to the development a...

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