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Conferences

Bias Corrections in Primary Frequency Standards

Author(s)
Steven R. Jefferts, F Levi
Corrections to Primary Frequency Standards (PFS) or Secondary Frequency Standards (SFS) for offsets caused by various physical phenomena, e.g. Zeeman shifts or

NIST's Fully Dynamic Gravimetric Liquid Flowmeter Standard.

Author(s)
Jodie G. Pope, Aaron N. Johnson, Bernard J. Filla, Joey T. Boyd, Vern E. Bean, Christopher J. Crowley
We describe a new dynamic, gravimetric, liquid flow standard (LFS) that determines flow by measuring the rate of change of the liquid mass accumulating in a

A New Modem for Two Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer

Author(s)
Shengkang Zhang, Xueyun Wang, Haifeng Wang, Hongbo Wang, Yuan Yuan, Keming Feng
Two Way Satellite Time Frequency Transfer (TWSTFT) is a highly precise time & frequency remote comparison technique, which is widely used in time metrology

Bias Corrections in Primary Frequency Standards

Author(s)
Thomas E. Parker, Thomas P. Heavner, Steven R. Jefferts
Primary frequency standards serve the function of calibrating the rate of International Atomic Time, TAI, and therefore play a critical role in the accuracy of

Configurable Robotic Millimeter-Wave Antenna Facility

Author(s)
Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Miranda L. Butler
This paper introduces the Configurable Robotic Millimeter-Wave Antenna (CROMMA) facility by the Antenna Metrology Lab at the National Institute of Standards and

Time Signals Converging within Cyber-Physical Systems

Author(s)
Marc A. Weiss, Sundeep Chandhoke, Hugh Melvin
Time is central to predicting, measuring and controlling properties of the physical world, and is one of the most important constraints distinguishing Cyber

Practical Limitations of NTP Time Transfer

Author(s)
Andrew N. Novick, Michael A. Lombardi
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is commonly utilized to synchronize computer clocks in packet-switched, wide area networks (WANs) such as the public Internet

Password Entry Errors: Memory or Motor?

Author(s)
Kristen Greene, Frank Tamborello
As we increasingly rely upon our computer information systems to store and operate on sensitive information, the methods we use to authenticate user identity

ACT-R Modeling of Password Entry Errors

Author(s)
Kristen Greene, Franklin Tamborello
Validated predictive models of human error for password-related tasks could better inform password requirements for both government and civilian systems. Here

Report on the FG 2015 Video Person Recognition Evaluation

Author(s)
P J. Phillips, J. R. Beveridge, Hao Zhang, Bruce A. Draper, Patrick J. Flynn, Zhenhua Feng, Patrik Huber, Josef Kittler, Zhiwu Huang, Shaoxin Li, Yan Li, Meina Kan, Ruiping Wang, Shiguang Shan, Xilin Chen, Haoxiang Li, Hua Gang, Vitomir Struc, Janez Krizaj, Changxing Ding, Dacheng Tao
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