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NIST Pubs

Ongoing Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 6B: Face recognition accuracy with face masks using post-COVID-19 algorithms

November 30, 2020

Author(s)

Mei L. Ngan, Patrick J. Grother, Kayee K. Hanaoka

This is the second of a series of reports on the performance of face recognition algorithms on faces occluded by protective face masks commonly worn to reduce...

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 1992 / ERM®-FD305 Zeta Potential - Colloidal Silica (Nominal Mass Fraction 0.15 %)

November 24, 2020

Author(s)

Yannic Ramaye, Vikram Kestens, J. Charoud-Got, S. Mazoua, G. Auclair, Tae Joon Cho, Blaza Toman, Vincent A. Hackley, T. Linsinger

This report describes the production of SRM 1992/ERM-FD305, silica particles suspended in a borate buffer, certified for electrophoretic mobility and zeta...

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 1993 / ERM®-FD306 Zeta Potential - Colloidal Silica (Nominal Mass Fraction 2.2 %)

November 24, 2020

Author(s)

Yannic Ramaye, Vikram Kestens, J. Charoud-Got, S. Mazoua, G. Auclair, Tae Joon Cho, Blaza Toman, Vincent A. Hackley, T. Linsinger

This report describes the production of SRM 1993/ERM-FD306, silica particles suspended in a borate buffer, certified for electrophoretic mobility and zeta...

Fused Filament Fabrication Printer Modified to Dispense Cement Paste for Concrete Additive Manufacturing Studies

November 24, 2020

Author(s)

Scott Z. Jones

Additive manufacturing (AM) with cement-based materials is an emerging technology that has the potential to revolutionize concrete construction. The placement...

USGv6 Capabilities Table

November 24, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas C. Montgomery, Timothy Winters

The USGv6 Capabilities Table (UCT) provides a concise tabular summary of the technical requirements of the USGv6 profile. For ease of reference, the UCT is...

NISTv6 Capabilities Table

November 24, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas C. Montgomery, Timothy Winters

The NISTv6 Capabilities Table (NCT) provides a concise tabular summary of the technical requirements of the NISTv6 profile. For ease of reference, the NCT is...

USGv6 Test Methods: General Description and Validation

November 24, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas C. Montgomery, Erica Johnson, Michayla Newcombe, Timothy Winters

This document defines the scope of accreditation for the USGv6 Test program, including test method validation procedures, laboratory accreditation process and...

USGv6 Test Program Guide

November 24, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas C. Montgomery, Erica Johnson, Michayla Newcombe, Timothy Winters

This document outlines the form and function of the USGv6 Test Program. In particular, it defines the components of the test program, their implementation and...

USGv6 Profile

November 24, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas C. Montgomery, Mark E. Carson, Timothy Winters, Michayla Newcombe, Timothy Carlin

This profile establishes a basic taxonomy of IPv6 capabilities, defined in terms of IETF specifications, resulting in specific capability labels for common...

NIST IPv6 Profile

November 24, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas C. Montgomery, Mark E. Carson, Timothy Winters, Michayla Newcombe, Timothy Carlin

This profile establishes a basic taxonomy of IPv6 capabilities, defined in terms of IETF specifications, resulting in specific capability labels for common...

USGv6 Profile Supplier's Declaration of Conformity

November 23, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas Montgomery, Michayla Newcombe

The USGv6 Profile SDoC captures the results of conformance, interoperability and functional tests conducted and provides traceability back to the accredited...

National Cybersecurity Online Informative References (OLIR) Program: Submission Guidance for OLIR Developers

November 20, 2020

Author(s)

Matthew P. Barrett, Nicole D. Keller, Stephen Quinn, Matthew Smith, Karen Scarfone

This Program is a NIST effort to facilitate subject matter experts in defining standardized Online Informative References (OLIRs), which are relationships...

National Cybersecurity Online Informative References (OLIR) Program: Program Overview and OLIR Uses

November 20, 2020

Author(s)

Nicole D. Keller, Stephen Quinn, Karen Scarfone, Matthew Smith, Vincent Johnson

This Program is a NIST effort to facilitate subject matter experts in defining standardized Online Informative References (OLIRs), which are relationships...

Developing Cost Functions for Estimating Solar Photovoltaic System Installed Using Historical Data and OLS Regression

November 20, 2020

Author(s)

David H. Webb, Joshua D. Kneifel

Solar photovoltaics (PV) continues to increase in market share. Policy decisions and the nature of solar markets continue to shift; however, it is likely that...

An Initial Look at Federal Offices of Research and Technology Applications

November 19, 2020

Author(s)

Nicole K. Gingrich, Michael J. Hall, Isaac Patterson

In Science—the Endless Frontier, Vannevar Bush wrote that reaping the potential benefits of science conducted at federal laboratories requires the discoveries...

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program: Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry

November 17, 2020

Author(s)

Derek L. Ho

NIST Handbook 150-4, NVLAP Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP...

Research Report: User Perceptions of Smart Home Privacy and Security

November 17, 2020

Author(s)

Julie M. Haney, Susanne M. Furman, Yasemin Acar

Smart home technologies may expose adopters to increased risk to network security, information privacy, and physical safety. However, users may lack...

Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework)

November 16, 2020

Author(s)

Rodney Petersen, Danielle Santos, Karen Wetzel, Matthew Smith, Greg Witte

This publication from the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) describes the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework), a...

2018 Media Forensics Challenges (MFC18): Summary and Results

November 12, 2020

Author(s)

Yooyoung Lee, Amy Yates, Haiying Guan, Jonathan G. Fiscus, Daniel Zhou

The interest of forensic techniques capable of detecting many different manipulation types has been growing, and system developments with machine learning...

Twenty-Second Annual Report on Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and Conformity Assessment Activities

November 12, 2020

Author(s)

Nathalie M. Rioux

The FY 2018 summary, prepared by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), compiles the reports provided by 23 participating agencies listed in...

Parallel Generalized Real Symmetric-Definite Eigenvalue Problem

November 6, 2020

Author(s)

James S. Sims, Maria B. Ruiz

A computationally fast Fortran 90+ quadruple precision portable parallel GRS- DEP (generalized real symmetric-definite eigenvalue problem) package suitable for...

Large Outdoor Fires and the Built Environment (LOF&BE): Summary of Virtual Workshop

November 4, 2020

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki, Sara McAllister, Brian Lattimer, Daniel Gorham, Alexander Filkov, Maria Theodori, Xinyan Huang

Two virtual workshops of the permanent working group, sponsored by the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS), entitled Large Outdoor Fires...

Certification and Extension of the Period of Validity for Standard Reference Material® 2393 CAG Repeat Length Mutation in Huntingtons Disease

October 29, 2020

Author(s)

Margaret C. Kline, Carolyn R. Steffen, David L. Duewer

Standard Reference Material® (SRM®) 2393 is intended for use in the value assignment of the number of Huntington's Disease CAG trinucleotide repeats contained...

Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations

October 29, 2020

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross, Victoria Y. Pillitteri

This publication provides security and privacy control baselines for the Federal Government. There are three security control baselines (one for each system...

Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes

October 29, 2020

Author(s)

David Cooper, Daniel Apon, Quynh H. Dang, Michael S. Davidson, Morris Dworkin, Carl Miller

This recommendation specifies two algorithms that can be used to generate a digital signature, both of which are stateful hash-based signature schemes: the...

Twenty-Third Annual Report on Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and Conformity Assessment Activities

October 28, 2020

Author(s)

Nathalie Rioux

The FY 2019 summary, prepared by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), compiles the reports provided by 22 participating agencies listed in...

Annual Report on U.S. Manufacturing Industry Statistics: 2020

October 27, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

This report provides a statistical review of the U.S. manufacturing industry. There are three aspects of U.S. manufacturing that are considered: (1) how the U.S...

Security Guidelines for Storage Infrastructure

October 26, 2020

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Doron Pinhas

Storage technology, just like its computing and networking counterparts, has evolved from traditional storage service types, such as block, file, and object...

A Simple Numerical Model for LPBF AM Powder Reuse and Experimental Design for Model Verification

October 26, 2020

Author(s)

Aniruddha Das, Jordan Weaver, Shawn P. Moylan, Alkan Donmez

Powder reuse is an integral part of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing (AM). A mathematical series expression is proposed to quantify powder...

Media Forensics Challenge Image Provenance Evaluation and State-of-the-Art Analysis on Large-Scale Benchmark Datasets

October 26, 2020

Author(s)

Xiongnan Jin, Yooyoung Lee, Jonathan G. Fiscus, Haiying Guan, Amy Yates, Andrew Delgado, Daniel F. Zhou

With the development of storage, transmission, editing, and sharing tools, digital forgery images are propagating rapidly. The need for image provenance...

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