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Conferences

What 4,500+ people can tell you Employees' Attitudes toward Organizational Password Policy Do Matter

August 2, 2015

Author(s)

Yee-Yin Choong, Mary F. Theofanos

Organizations establish policies on how employees should generate, maintain, and use passwords to authenticate and gain access to the organizations information

Evaluation of ASCE 7-10 Wind Velocity Pressure Coefficients on the Components and Cladding of Low-rise Buildings Using Recent Wind Tunnel Testing Data

August 2, 2015

Author(s)

Dat Duthinh

In the USA, wind loads for building design are specified in a publication of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE 7). The current version, ASCE 7-10

Ensemble Neural Network Model for Predicting the Energy Consumption of a Milling Machine

July 31, 2015

Author(s)

Ronay Ak, Moneer M. Helu, Sudarsan Rachuri

Accurate prediction of the energy consumption is critical for energy-efficient production systems. However, the majority of the existing prediction models aim

Understanding the ramifications of important proposed changes to decision rules in three standards within ISO and ASME

July 31, 2015

Author(s)

Craig M. Shakarji, Steven D. Phillips

Decision rules define how measurement uncertainty is used (in conjunction with measured values and specification zones) to make acceptance or rejection

ANALYSES OF ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH PHOTOMETRIC DISTANCE IN GONIOPHOTOMETRY

July 31, 2015

Author(s)

Yoshihiro Ohno, V. Jacobs, Peter Blattner, Tony Bergen, Udo Krueger, P. Rombauts, F. Schmidt, Peter Hanselaer

In lighting calculations and simulations, the emission of a light source is conventionally modelled using the far-field intensity, also termed luminous

VISION EXPERIMENT ON CHROMA SATURATION FOR COLOR QUALITY PREFERENCE

July 31, 2015

Author(s)

Yoshihiro Ohno, Carl C. Miller, Mira Fein

Color Rendering Index (CRI) often does not correlate well with visual evaluation of color rendering of light sources at real illuminated scenes. The main reason

Analysis of Network Segmentation Techniques in Cloud Data Centers

July 30, 2015

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli

Cloud Data centers are predominantly made up of Virtualized hosts. The networking infrastructure in a cloud (virtualized) data center, therefore, consists of

SIMULATIONS TO CHARACTERIZE A PASSIVE MICROWAVE BLACKBODY DESIGN

July 29, 2015

Author(s)

Derek A. Houtz, Dave K. Walker, Dazhen Gu

This paper discusses the design of a microwave blackbody to be used as a primary laboratory standard for passive remote sensing applications. The design is

Conformance Testing of Healthcare Data Exchange Standards for EHR Certification

July 27, 2015

Author(s)

Robert D. Snelick

Seamlessly sharing and using healthcare data as intended among distributed healthcare information systems is difficult. The adoption and adherence to clear and

Atom-Based RF Field Probe: From Self-Calibrated Measurements to Sub-Wavelength Imaging

July 27, 2015

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway

In this presentation, we discuss a fundamentally new approach for an electric (E) field probe design. This new approach is significantly different than

Self-referencing a CW laser with efficient nonlinear optics

July 26, 2015

Author(s)

Scott B. Papp, Katja M. Beha, Daniel C. Cole, Pascal P. Del'Haye, Aurelien C. Coillet, Scott A. Diddams

We phase-coherently measure the frequency of continuous-wave (CW) laser light by use of optical-phase modulation and 'f-2f' nonlinear interferometry. Periodic

Measuring Systematic and Random Error in Digital Forensics

July 24, 2015

Author(s)

Alexander J. Nelson, Simson L. Garfinkel

Recognized sources of error in digital forensics include systematic errors arising from implementation errors, and random errors resulting from faulty equipment

A Differential Form of the Kramers-Kronig Relation for Determining a Lorentz-Type of Refractive Index

July 22, 2015

Author(s)

Sung Kim, David R. Novotny, Joshua A. Gordon, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri

The integral forms of the Kramers-Kronig (KK) relations that relate the real and imaginary parts, n' and n", of a refractive index require the integral to be

Privacy and Security in the Brave New World: The Use of Multiple Mental Models

July 21, 2015

Author(s)

Susanne M. Furman, Mary F. Theofanos, Brian C. Stanton, Sandra S. Prettyman

We live in a world where the flow of electronic information and communication has become a ubiquitous part of our everyday life. While our lives are enhanced in

Robotic Spherical Near-Field Measurements at 183 GHz

July 21, 2015

Author(s)

Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, David R. Novotny, Joshua A. Gordon

We describe millimeter-wave near-field measurements made with the new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) robotic scanning system. This system

Password policy languages: usable translation from the informal to the formal

July 21, 2015

Author(s)

Michelle P. Steves, Mary F. Theofanos, Celia Paulsen, Athos Ribeiro

Password policies documents which regulate how users must create, manage, and change their passwords can have complex and unforeseen consequences on

Personalized Voting: The Intersection of Cloud and Mobility

July 21, 2015

Author(s)

Shanee T. Dawkins, Sharon J. Laskowski

Current research and development being conducted by the international Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure Consortium (GPII) is to create technology for cloud

PFLASH - Secure Asymmetric Signatures on Smart Cards

July 21, 2015

Author(s)

Ming-Shing Chen, Bo-Yin Yang, Daniel Smith-Tone

We present PFLASH, an asymmetric digital signature scheme appropriate for smart card use. We present parameters for several security levels in this low resource

Traceability Considerations for the Characterization and Use of Measuring Systems

July 19, 2015

Author(s)

Charles D. Ehrlich

There are several different ways that measuring systems (which include measuring instruments) can be characterized, including calibration, adjustment, and

OVERVIEW OF NIST ACTIVITIES ON SUB-SIZE AND MINIATURIZED CHARPY SPECIMENS: CORRELATIONS WITH FULL-SIZE SPECIMENS AND VERIFICATION SPECIMENS FOR SMALL-SCALE PENDULUM MACHINES

July 19, 2015

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon, Christopher N. McCowan, Raymond L. Santoyo

NIST in Boulder Colorado investigated the correlations between impact test results obtained from standard, full-size Charpy specimens (CVN) and specimens with

High Performance IAQ Specification for Net Zero Energy Homes

July 19, 2015

Author(s)

Anthony Bernheim, Alred Hodgson, Andrew K. Persily

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) constructed a Net Zero Energy Residential Test Facility (NZERTF) to support the development and

Defensive Resource Allocations with Security Chokepoints in IPv6 Networks

July 15, 2015

Author(s)

Assane Gueye, Peter M. Mell, Richard Harang, Richard J. La

Securely configured Internet Protocol version 6 networks can be made resistant to network scanning, forcing attackers to propagate following existing benign

Finite Element Modeling of Deformation Behavior of Steel Specimens under Various Loading Scenarios

July 15, 2015

Author(s)

Dilip K. Banerjee, Mark A. Iadicola, Adam A. Creuziger, Timothy J. Foecke

Lightweighting materials (e.g., advanced high strength steels, aluminum alloys etc.) are increasingly being used by automotive companies as sheet metal

A Framework to Develop Community Resilience Performance Goals and Assessment Metrics for Decision Making

July 15, 2015

Author(s)

Therese P. McAllister

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting research to develop a Community Disaster Resilience Framework and quantitative science

IMPROVED SEAM CARVING FOR IMAGE RETARGETING WITH SIFT FEATURE PRESERVATION

July 14, 2015

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

This paper presents an effective and simple image resizing method. Our method is an improved version of seam carving that changes the backtracking basis of seam

Strategies for Parallel Markup

July 12, 2015

Author(s)

Bruce R. Miller

Cross-referenced parallel markup for mathematics allows the combination of both presentation and content representations while associating the components of

MEMS optomechanical accelerometry standards

July 8, 2015

Author(s)

Felipe Guzman, Yiliang Bao, Jason J. Gorman, John R. Lawall, Jacob M. Taylor, Thomas W. LeBrun

Current acceleration primary standards reach relative uncertainties of the order of 0.001 and consist of complex test facilities, typically operated at National

Optomechanical Motion Sensors

July 8, 2015

Author(s)

Felipe Guzman, Oliver Gerberding, John T. Melcher, Julian Stirling, Jon R. Pratt, Gordon A. Shaw, Jacob M. Taylor

Compact optical cavities can be combined with motion sensors to yield unprecedented resolution and SI-traceability in areas such as acceleration sensing and

Interferometric measurement of large sphere radii using holograms

July 8, 2015

Author(s)

Ulf Griesmann, Quandou (. Wang, Johannes A. Soons, Kate Medicus

We describe a new interferometric method for the measurement of large sphere radii in which the converging test beam is replaced by a pair of test beams with

Aging of Polymeric Films used in Protective Glazing Systems

July 7, 2015

Author(s)

Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston, Kar T. Tan

The toughness of polymer and glass laminates or win-dow glazing, are used to protect buildings and occupants from shattered glass resulting from natural

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