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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Virtual Museum

Author(s)

Mary D. Coraggio

The NIST Virtual Museum is an online repository of information related to the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. It is intended for a general

Six Jacob Rabinow's Inventions -- WEB Pages for NIST Virtual Museum

Author(s)

J Rabinow

Jacob Rabinow holds 230 U.S. patents on a variety of mechanical and electrical devices. Among these are the automatic letter-sorting machine used by the U.S

Comments on PHMSA-2016-0049: Background for Regulating the Transportation of Carbon Dioxide in a Gaseous State

August 19, 2016

Author(s)

Brandi N. Clark, Allan H. Harvey, Joseph D. McColskey, Jeffrey W. Sowards

Comparing Variant Call Files for Performance Benchmarking of Next-Generation Sequencing Variant Calling Pipelines

August 3, 2016

Author(s)

Justin Zook, John G. Cleary, Len Trigg, Francisco De La Vega

To evaluate and compare the performance of variant calling methods and confidence scores, comparisons between a test call set and a "gold standard" need to be

Multi-Fingered Robotic Grasping: A Primer

July 22, 2016

Author(s)

Stefano Carpin, Shuo Liu, Joseph Falco, Karl Van Wyk

Grasping and manipulation has generated significant interest in the robotics community, and robotic grasping emerged as an autonomous area of research since the

Radio Frequency Measurements for Selected Manufacturing and Industrial Environments

July 21, 2016

Author(s)

Richard Candell

Volatile Data Stream (VDS) for the Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) Test Bed using MTConnect

July 15, 2016

Author(s)

Moneer M. Helu, Thomas D. Hedberg, Allison Barnard Feeney, Mark E. Luce

Data is collected from the Manufacturing Lab using the MTConnect standard. That data is aggregated and published internally and externally of NIST via web

Documentation for ROC Baseline 2016

July 13, 2016

Author(s)

James R. Matey, Su L. Cheng, Patrick J. Grother, Mei L. Ngan, George W. Quinn, Elham Tabassi, Craig I. Watson

We present ROC baseline data to support the recommendations in Matey et al [6].

Is the Factor of 10 Still Applicable Today?

July 13, 2016

Author(s)

Simone N. Gittelson, John S. Buckleton

The assignment of the weight of DNA evidence depends on a number of factors (allele probability estimates, the population genetic model used, the value of the

Visualizing the Impact of a Publication: "The Protein Data Bank" in Nucleic Acids Research, 2000

July 6, 2016

Author(s)

Talapady N. Bhat, Susan L. Makar, Amanda J. Malanowski

The Protein Data Bank (PDB) was established at Brookhaven National Laboratories in 1971 as an archive for biological macromolecular crystal structures

Technical Data Packages (TDPs) from the Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) Test Bed

July 1, 2016

Author(s)

Thomas D. Hedberg, Moneer M. Helu, Allison Barnard Feeney

Data is collected from the Manufacturing Lab using the MTConnect standard. That data is aggregated and published internally and externally of NIST via web

Uncertainties in Nanometer-Scale Dimensional Metrology

July 1, 2016

Author(s)

John S. Villarrubia

These are slides used for an oral presentation made at the NIST "Workshop on Quantification of Uncertainties in Material Science." In nanometer-scale

EVAP-COND, Version 4.0; Simulation Models for Finned-Tube Heat Exchangers with Circuitry Optimization

June 28, 2016

Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski, David A. Yashar, Janusz Wojtusiak

EVAP-COND is a software package that contains NIST's simulation models for a finned-tube evaporator and condenser. The tube-by-tube modeling scheme allows for

Green's function modeling of response of two-dimensional materials to point probes for scanning probe microscopy

June 13, 2016

Author(s)

Vinod K. Tewary, Rebecca C. Quardokus, Frank W. DelRio

A Green's function (GF) method is developed for interpreting scanning probe microscopy (SPM) measurements on new two-dimensional (2D) materials. GFs for the

Integration of CodeSynthesis and QIF

May 30, 2016

Author(s)

John L. Michaloski

This paper describes using CodeSynthesis "XSD" tool and Xerces C++ XML tools in basic Quality Information Framework (QIF) applications. The targeted platforms

First Article Inspection Requirement Report Generation from QIF Using C++, CodeSynthesis, and Mozilla Xerces

May 30, 2016

Author(s)

John L. Michaloski

This document details an automated approach to generating AS9102 reports from inspection material represented in Quality Information Framework XML. AS9102 is an

Summary of results from the 2014/2015 Hydrocarbon Intercalibration Experiment (HIE)

May 27, 2016

Author(s)

Christopher Reddy, Stephen Wise, Lane C. Sander, Jacolin Murray

Following an open meeting entitled, "Hydrocarbon Chemistry QA/QC," at the 2014 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference in Mobile, Alabama, the

User's Guide to Running the Draft NIST SP 800-90B Entropy Estimation Suite

May 12, 2016

Author(s)

Kerry A. McKay

This is a brief introduction on how to run the Python command-line programs (hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/usnistgov/SP800-90B_EntropyAssessment) that

Reclamation-NIST Exploratory Research Symposium Summary Report

April 6, 2016

Author(s)

Nicholas Barbosa, Jessica Torrey

The Reclamation-NIST Exploratory Research Symposium was held on August 4-5, 2015, at the Reclamation Denver Federal Center facility in Lakewood, CO, and the

Transition to Low-GWP Refrigerants: Options and Tradeoffs

April 6, 2016

Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are commonly used as refrigerants in air-conditioning equipment, are potent greenhouse gases and will need to be replaced. In

Consumer Exposure Studies I: General Products Consumer Exposure Studies I: General Products

March 28, 2016

Author(s)

Keana C. Scott, Marina Vance

INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP FOR SEMICONDUCTORS 2015 EDITION OUTSIDE SYSTEM CONNECTIVITY

December 27, 2015

Author(s)

Herbert S. Bennett

Identify and assess capabilities needed to connect most elements of the internet of everything (IoE) and highlight technology needs and gaps. This includes

Hopper Scales - Selecting the Appropriate Device

December 15, 2015

Author(s)

John W. Barton

The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) over time have received a number of inquiries regarding the suitability, use, and testing of hopper-type scales

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR URINE ALBUMIN?

November 24, 2015

Author(s)

Ashley Beasley Green

The Number of Boolean Functions with Multiplicative Complexity 2

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

Magnus G. Find, Daniel C. Smith-Tone, Meltem Sonmez Turan

Multiplicative complexity is a complexity measure, which is defined as the minimum number of AND gates required to implement a given primitive by a circuit over

Scientific Software Sustainability: The Numerical Reproducibility Challenge

October 15, 2015

Author(s)

Walid Keyrouz, Michael V. Mascagni

Experimental reproducibility is a cornerstone of the scientific method. The ease of achieving its counterpart in computing, numerical reproducibility, was one

Scientific Software Sustainability for Stochastic Codes---ZENO, an Example from NIST

October 15, 2015

Author(s)

Walid Keyrouz, Michael V. Mascagni

We consider the unique issues related to software sustainability that accompany scientific codes that employ stochastic algorithms. These are codes that often

ASTM E2938-15 Putting Laser Scanners to the Test

September 23, 2015

Author(s)

Kamel S. Saidi

Multiplicative Complexity of Vector Value Boolean Functions

September 21, 2015

Author(s)

Magnus G. Find, Joan Boyar

We consider the multiplicative complexity of Boolean functions with multiple bits of output, studying how large a multiplicative complexity is necessary and

Towards a Periodic Table of Bugs

June 19, 2015

Author(s)

Paul E. Black, Irena V. Bojanova, Yaacov Yesha, Yan Wu

High-confidence systems must not be vulnerable to attacks that reduce the security, reliability, or availability of the system as a whole. One collection of

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