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Conferences

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A New Cold Neutron Imaging Instrument at NIST

July 6, 2015

Author(s)

Daniel S. Hussey, Christoph W. Brocker, David L. Jacobson, Thomas R. Gentile, Wangchun Chen, Elias M. Baltic, DV Baxter, J. Doskow, Muhammad D. Arif

The NIST neutron imaging program will build a new imaging instrument in the NCNR guide hall at the end of the neutron guide NG-6, beginning operation in summer...

Using Check Standard Data to Simplify Uncertainty Estimates

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

Theodore D. Doiron

Uncertainty has proven difficult to implement in calibrations labs. The subject has mathematics and statistics that are part of normal scientific research but...

Fiber Optic Graphene Sensors for Dynamic Pressure Measurements.

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

Douglas A. Olson, Kevin O. Douglass, Miao Yu, Haijun H. Liu

We have constructed a fiber optical sensor using graphene with four monolayers that demonstrates similar performance to a traditional high-precision acoustic...

Fabry-Perrot cavity-based silicon photonic thermometers with ultra-small footprint and high-sensitivity

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

Nikolai N. Klimov, Thomas P. Purdy, Zeeshan Ahmed

In this work we report on the development of silicon photonic temperature sensors with ultra-small foot print and high temperature sensitivity as an alternative...

Clearing the fog for best in the world air-wavelength

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

Patrick F. Egan, Jack A. Stone Jr.

Laser interferometry, the basis for modern length metrology, achieves very high accuracies as a consequence of the stable, well-known frequencies of laser...

Fabrication and Characterization of On-Chip Integrated Silicon Photonic Bragg Grating and Photonic Crystal Cavity Thermometers

June 30, 2015

Author(s)

Nikolai Klimov, Thomas P. Purdy, Zeeshan Ahmed

We report on the fabrication and characterization of photonic-based nanothermometers, a silicon photonic Bragg grating and photonic crystal cavity. When cladded...

PIXEL FUSION BASED STEREO IMAGE RETARGETING

June 29, 2015

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

Image retargeting attempts to adapt images to different devices while preserving the salient contents. Most existing methods address retargeting of a single...

Evolution of gamma/gamma-prime Microstructure in Ternary Co-Al-W Alloys

June 29, 2015

Author(s)

Eric Lass, Yaakov S. Idell, Carelyn E. Campbell, Ursula R. Kattner

The discovery of a two-phase γ (FCC)-γ' (L12) field in the ternary Co-Al-W phase diagram has sparked significant research interest into possible Co-based...

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