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Conferences

Channel De-embedding and Measurement System Characterization for MIMO at 75 GHz

October 14, 2017

Author(s)

Alexandra Curtin, David R. Novotny, Alex Yuffa

Abstract—We explore the development of a sparse set of measurements for array calibration, relying on coherent multi- channel data acquisition of wideband...

Applying Measurement Science to Evaluate Ground, Aerial, and Aquatic Robots

October 12, 2017

Author(s)

Adam S. Jacoff, Rick Candell, Anthony Downs, Hui-Min Huang, Kenneth Kimble, Kamel Saidi, Ann Virts

This paper reports on three measurement science field exercises for evaluating ground, aerial, and aquatic robots. These events, conducted from February to June...

Cloud Security Automation Framework

October 12, 2017

Author(s)

Cihan Tunc, Salim hariri, Mheni Merzouki, Charif Mahmoudi, Frederic J. de Vaulx, Jaafar Chbili, Robert B. Bohn, Abdella Battou

Cloud services have gained tremendous attention as a utility paradigm and have been deployed extensively across a wide range of fields. However, Cloud security...

vPROM: vSwitch Enhanced Programmable Measurement in SDN

October 10, 2017

Author(s)

An Wang, Yang Guo, Songqing Chen, Fang Hao, T.V. Lakshman, Douglas C. Montgomery, Kotikalapudi Sriram

Network programmability is a salient feature of Software Defined Networking (SDN), which allows users to program network applications with the perception that...

Investigation of complementary use of optical metrology and x-ray computed tomography for surface finish in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

October 10, 2017

Author(s)

Jason Fox, Felix Kim, Zachary Reese, Christopher Evans

The development of additive manufacturing (AM) has allowed for increased complexity of designs over traditional manufacturing; however, increased design...

Organizational Practices in Cryptographic Development and Testing

October 9, 2017

Author(s)

Julie Haney, Simson L. Garfinkel, Mary Theofanos

Organizations developing cryptographic products face significant challenges, including usability and human factors, that may result in decreased security...

Adaptive synchronization reference selection for out-of-coverage Proximity Services (ProSe)

October 8, 2017

Author(s)

Samantha M. Gamboa Quintiliani, Fernando J. Cintron, David W. Griffith, Richard A. Rouil

Proximity services (ProSe) is a Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) feature that allows User Equipments (UEs) to communicate without the need of routing the...

Cryptocurrency Smart Contracts for Distributed Consensus of Public Randomness

October 7, 2017

Author(s)

Peter M. Mell, John M. Kelsey, James Shook

Most modern electronic devices can produce a random number. However, it is dicult to see how a group of mutually distrusting entities can have con dence in any...

Model-based Dynamic Scheduling for Multicore Implementation of Image Processing Systems

October 5, 2017

Author(s)

Timothy J. Blattner, Walid Keyrouz, Jiahao Wu, Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya

In this paper, we present a new software tool, called HTGS Model-based Engine (HMBE), for the design and implementation of multicore signal processing...

Identification of Industrial Robot Arm Work Cell Use Cases and a Test Bed to Promote Monitoring, Diagnostic, and Prognostic Technologies

October 4, 2017

Author(s)

Brian A. Weiss, Alexander S. Klinger

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is performing research to advance the state of the art in monitoring, diagnostic, and prognostic...

Diagnostics of machine tool linear axes via separation of geometric error sources

October 4, 2017

Author(s)

Gregory W. Vogl, Michael Sharp

Manufacturers need automated, efficient, and robust methods to diagnose the condition of their machine tool linear axes with minimal disruptions to production...

MRI Birdcage RF Coil Resonance with Uncertainty and Relative Error Convergence Rates

October 4, 2017

Author(s)

Jeffrey T. Fong, Nathanael A. Heckert, James J. Filliben, Pedro V. Marcal, Robert Rainsberger, Karl F. Stupic, Stephen E. Russek

In a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, it is necessary to excite the nuclei of a patient into coherent precession for imaging. This requires a coupling...

Electronic and Chemical Structure of 2D materials

October 3, 2017

Author(s)

Sujitra Pookpanratana

The drive to produce smaller, faster, lower power electronic components for computing is pushing the semiconductor industry to nanometer-scale device structures...

Si-traceable top-of-the-atmosphere lunar irradiance: Potential tie-points to the output of the ROLO Model

October 3, 2017

Author(s)

Steven W. Brown, Robert E. Eplee, Xiaoxiong Xiong

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has developed an empirical model, known as the Robotic Lunar Observatory (ROLO) Model, that predicts the reflectance...

Quantifying Thermophoretic Deposition of Soot on Surfaces

October 2, 2017

Author(s)

Amy E. Mensch, Thomas G. Cleary

Quantitative data on deposition of soot agglomerate particles in the literature is needed to advance fire forensic analysis as well as fire model predictions of...

Compressed Volume Rendering using Deep Learning

October 2, 2017

Author(s)

Wesley N. Griffin, Afzal A. Godil, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Judith E. Terrill, Amitabh Varshney, Somay Jain

Scientific simulations often generate large amounts of multivariate time varying volumetric data. Visualizing these volumes is essential for understanding the...

Polarized Light Scattering of Smoke Sources and Cooking Aerosols

October 1, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas Cleary, Amy Mensch

Light scattering data was gathered during experiments conducted in an ANSI/UL 217 test room constructed at NIST to assess the performance of currently available...

A Comparison of Carbon Monoxide Gas Sensing to Particle Smoke Detection in Residential Fire Scenarios

October 1, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas Cleary, Amy Mensch

Recent research has suggested that carbon monoxide (CO) sensing might be better than photoelectric detectors for detecting smoldering fires in dwellings...

Temperature dependence of nonlinearity in high-speed, high-power photodetectors

September 30, 2017

Author(s)

Josue Davila-Rodriguez, Holly Leopardi, Tara Fortier, Xiaojun Xie, Joe C. Campbell, James Booth, Nate Orloff, Scott Diddams, Franklyn Quinlan

We present an experimental study of the nonlinearity of modified uni-traveling carrier (MUTC) photodiodes at cryogenic temperatures. At 120 K, the amplitudeto...

The Role of Filtering Higher Order Reflections in Antenna Extrapolation Measurements

September 30, 2017

Author(s)

Rob Horansky, Mohit S. Mujumdar, Dylan Williams, Kate Remley, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis

With more and more wireless devices being made with no test ports, and with the need to test these devices in real-world scenarios with no cable interference...

Using Sensor Feedback to Accurately Estimate Part Pose in Gripper

September 28, 2017

Author(s)

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...

Identifying Evidence for Implementing a Cloud Forensic Analysis Framework

September 28, 2017

Author(s)

Changwei Liu, Anoop Singhal, Duminda Wijesekera

Cloud computing provides several benefits to organizations such as increased flexibility, scalability and reduced cost. However, it provides several challenges...

Aperture Arrays for Subnanometer Calibration of Optical Microscopes

September 28, 2017

Author(s)

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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