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NIST Pubs

Recommendations for Voting System Interoperability

Author(s)
John Dziurłaj, Benjamin Long
There is currently no common data format for ballot styles and associated use-cases. This white paper investigates this and other potential interoperability

Strategic Opportunities for U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing

Author(s)
Anita Balachandra, David Gundlach, Paul D. Hale, Kevin K. Jurrens, R Joseph Kline, Tim McBride, Ndubuisi George Orji, Sanjay (Jay) Rekhi, Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder, David G. Seiler
Semiconductors are critical to our Nation's economic growth, national security, and public health and safety. Revolutionary advances in microelectronics

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 1568c Rice Flour

Author(s)
Chuck Barber, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Monique Johnson, Shaun Kotoski, Rick L. Paul, Nicholas Sharp, Maria Isabel Vega Martinez, James H. Yen, Lee L. Yu, Laura Wood, John Sieber, Stephen Long
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released SRM 1568c Rice Flour which has value assignments for over 30 analytes, including

Forensic Iris: A Review, 2022

Author(s)
James Matey, George W. Quinn, Patrick J. Grother
John Daugman correctly summarized the state of forensic iris recognition circa 2006 for the book Forensic Human Identification: an Introduction [1]: Iris

Status Report on the Third Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process

Author(s)
Gorjan Alagic, David Cooper, Quynh Dang, Thinh Dang, John M. Kelsey, Jacob Lichtinger, Yi-Kai Liu, Carl A. Miller, Dustin Moody, Rene Peralta, Ray Perlner, Angela Robinson, Daniel Smith-Tone, Daniel Apon
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of selecting public-key cryptographic algorithms through a public, competition-like process

Report of the 105th & 106th National Conference on Weights and Measures

Author(s)
Shelby Bowers, Yvonne Branden, Tina G. Butcher, Richard A. Harshman, Gloria Diane Lee, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield
The 105th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held virtually July 12 - 16, 2020. The 106th Annual Meeting of the

Smart Cities and Communities: A Key Performance Indicators Framework

Author(s)
David A. Wollman, Edward Griffor, Chris Greer, Michael Dunaway, Martin Serrano, Martin Burns, Sokwoo Rhee
This publication presents research findings and scientific work that advance the development and progression of smart city and community measurement methodology

Agile Robotic Planning with Gwendolen

Author(s)
John L. Michaloski, Craig I. Schlenoff, Rafael Cardoso, Michael Fisher
The future of robotics foresees autonomous behavior that can complete tasks intelligently, with a focus on adaptability, flexibility, and versatility. In such