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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 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...

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...

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...

CALIBRATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A SEAPRISM RADIOMETER FOR AERONET-OC

June 19, 2015

Author(s)

Bettye C. Johnson, Steven W. Brown, John T. Woodward IV, Keith R. Lykke, Giuseppe Zibordi

The global Aerosol Robotic Network for Ocean Color (AERONET-OC) program utilizes AERONET CE-318 sun photometers (termed SeaPRISMs) modified for in-air...

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...

Dedicated NOAA/JPSS VIIRS Ocean Color Calibration/Validation Cruise

June 12, 2015

Author(s)

Bettye C. Johnson, Michael Ondrusek, Eric Stengel, Veronica P. Lance, Menghua Wang, Kenneth Voss, Giuseppe Zibordi, Marko Talone, Zhongping Lee, Jianwei Wei, Junfang Lin, Chuanmin Hu, David English, Charles Kovach, Jennifer Cannizzaro, Alex Gilerson, Sam Ahmed, Ahmed El-Habashi, Robert Foster, Robert Arnone, Ryan Vandermeulen, Sherwin Ladner, Wesley Goode, Joaquim I. Goes, Helga de Rosario Gomes, Alex Chekalyuk, Kali McKee, Scott Freeman, Aimee Neeley, Amir Ibrahim

The NOAA/STAR Ocean Color team is focused on end-to-end production of ocean color satellite products. In situ validation of satellite data is essential to...

Digital Forensics: or Your trail is easier to follow than you think

May 22, 2015

Author(s)

James R. Lyle

An overview of the digital forensics process. A 90 minute lecture on digital forensics for an Introduction to Forensics course, given at the University of...

Transitioning from mercury thermometers to alternative thermometers

May 14, 2015

Author(s)

Christina D. Cross, W Wyatt Miller, Gregory F. Strouse

The presentation discusses approaches to effectively transition from mercury thermometers to alternative thermometers with the goal of reducing the level of...

Tap On, Tap Off: Onscreen Keyboards and Mobile Password Entry

May 1, 2015

Author(s)

Kristen Greene, Joshua M. Franklin, John M. Kelsey

Password entry on mobile devices significantly impacts both usability and security, but there is a dearth of usable security research in this area, specifically...

Nanoscale Spin Valve Josephson Junction Devices

April 14, 2015

Author(s)

Burm Baek, William H. Rippard, Matthew R. Pufall, Samuel P. Benz, Stephen E. Russek, Horst Rogalla, Paul D. Dresselhaus

Traditionally, superconductivity and magnetism have had a mutually exclusive relationship. However, the physics of superconductor-ferromagnet hybrid structures...

Towards a "Periodic Table" of Bugs

April 8, 2015

Author(s)

Irena Bojanova

Our vision for a "periodic table" of bugs is a "natural" organization of a catalog or dictionary or taxonomy to describe software weaknesses and vulnerabilities...

Analysis of VAES3 (FF2)

April 2, 2015

Author(s)

Morris J. Dworkin, Ray A. Perlner

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) specified three methods for format-preserving encryption (FPE) in Draft NIST Special Publication (SP)...

TRECVID 2014 -- An Overview of the Goals, Tasks, Data, Evaluation Mechanisms, and Metrics

March 26, 2015

Author(s)

Paul D. Over, Jonathan G. Fiscus, Gregory A. Sanders, David M. Joy, Martial Michel, George Awad, Alan Smeaton, Wessel Kraaij, Georges Quenot

The TREC Video Retrieval Evaluation (TRECVID) 2014 was a TREC-style video analysis and retrieval evaluation, the goal of which remains to promote progress in...

Draining Test Measures and Provers

March 26, 2015

Author(s)

Gloria D. Lee

This article reviews the correct procedures for draining 5-gallon test measures and truck mounted provers, frequently asked questions concerning the test...

User's Guide to Running the Draft NIST SP 800-90B Section 9 Entropy Estimation Tests

March 10, 2015

Author(s)

Timothy Hall, 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...

The Office of Weights and Measures Proposes Revisions to the Method of Sale for Animal Bedding and Recommends New Test Procedures and Test Measures for Use in Verifying the Quantity Declarations on Packages of Peat Moss and Animal Bedding

February 19, 2015

Author(s)

Kenneth S. Butcher

Animal Bedding (bedding), also called pet or stall bedding, litter or simply bedding, is generally sold by dry volume in compressed or uncompressed packages...

Effect of Installation Faults on Air-to-Air Heat Pump Performance

January 20, 2015

Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski

Numerous studies and surveys indicate that typically-installed HVAC equipment operate inefficiently and waste considerable energy due to different installation...

SCATMECH: Polarized Light Scattering C++ Class Library and the Modeled Integrated Scattering Tool (MIST)

January 15, 2015

Author(s)

Thomas A. Germer

SCATMECH is an object-oriented C++ class library developed to distribute models for light scattering applications. Included in the library are models for...

Streamlining the Additive Manufacturing Digital Spectrum: A Systems Approach

January 1, 2015

Author(s)

Paul W. Witherell

U.S. National Working Group on Alternative Test Methods, Field Task Group Activities

December 10, 2014

Author(s)

Gloria D. Lee

The NIST, Office of Weights and Measures established the U.S. National working group (USNWG) on Alternative Test Methods (ATMs) for Commercial Measuring Devices...

Testing Compressed Natural Gas Retail Motor-Fuel Dispensers/Arriving Prepared to Test

December 10, 2014

Author(s)

Richard A. Harshman

As the developing infrastructure for fueling vehicles that use compressed natural gas (CNG) as an engine fuel continues to unfold, some weights and measures...