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NIST Pubs

Periodic Table of the Elements

Author(s)
Karen Olsen
The periodic table contains NIST's latest critically evaluated data for atomic properties of the elements.

NIST Scientific Integrity Program Annual Report

Author(s)
Anne Andrews
This report summarizes the findings of the NIST Scientific Integrity Program assessment of the program for the period between 1 January 2020 and 31 May 2022. It

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

Author(s)
Gorjan Alagic, Daniel Apon, 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
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of selecting public-key cryptographic algorithms through a public, competition-like process

2021 Cybersecurity and Privacy Annual Report

Author(s)
Patrick D. O'Reilly, Kristina Rigopoulos, Greg Witte, Larry Feldman
During Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021) – from October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021 – the NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Cybersecurity and

NIST Conference Papers Fiscal Year 2020

Author(s)
Kathryn Miller, Karen Arcamonte
This Special Publication represents the work of researchers at professional conferences, as reported by NIST employees in Fiscal Year 2020 (October 1, 2019

Profile of the IoT Core Baseline for Consumer IoT Products

Author(s)
Katerina N. Megas, Michael Fagan, Jeffrey Marron, Paul Watrobski, Barbara Bell Cuthill
This publication documents the consumer profile of NIST's Internet of Things (IoT) core baseline and identifies cybersecurity capabilities commonly needed for

Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind

Author(s)
Alexander Maranghides, Shonali Nazare, Eric Link, Matthew Bundy, Matthew Hoehler, Steven Hawks, Frank Bigelow, William (Ruddy) Mell, Anthony Bova, Derek McNamara, Tom Milac, Faraz Hedayati, Daniel Gorham, Xareni Monroy, Murray Morrison, Bob Raymer, Frank Frievalt, William Walton
This report describes the experiments conducted during the first phase of a multi-phase project designed to assess structure-to-structure fire spread for

The Strategy for American Leadership in High-Consequence Additive Manufacturing

Author(s)
Mark Benedict, Shawn P. Moylan, Souhail Al-Abed, Cindy Ashforth, Y. Kevin Chou, Matthew Di Prima, Alaa Elwany, Michael Gorelik, Astrid Lewis, Todd Luxton, Blake Marshall, William Mullins, Linda Sapochak, Richard Russell, James A. Warren, Douglas Wells
Over the past decade, a consistent theme in enhancing U.S. global competitiveness has been the need for U.S. leadership in critical advanced manufacturing

Advanced Communications Technologies Standards

Author(s)
Chris Greer, Robert B. Bohn, Tao Zhang
This report of the Advanced Communications Technologies Working Group of the Interagency Committee on Standards Policy (ICSP) provides an overview of Federal

NIST Conference Papers Fiscal Year 2021

Author(s)
Kathryn Miller, Karen Arcamonte
This Special Publication represents the work of researchers at professional conferences, as reported by NIST employees in Fiscal Year 2021 (October 1, 2020

Diffuse Visual Transmission Density

Author(s)
Clarence Zarobila, Robert E. Vest, Maria E. Nadal
This document, SP250-99 (2022), NIST Measurement Services: Diffuse Visual Transmission Density, describes the instrument used to measure diffuse visual