U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Information Technology

Search Publications

Search Title, Abstract, Conference, Citation, Keyword or Author
  • Published Date
Displaying 1801 - 1825 of 2294

Software Standards Development - Wherever - However - The Bugs are Free

March 1, 2000
Author(s)
Michael D. Hogan
The perceived tradeoff between the speed of development and the technical soundness of the resulting standards may not be relevant to the development of complex software standards. The market shelf life of a software standard tends to be more dependent

A Comparison of the SSE-CMM and NVLAP IT Security Testing

February 16, 2000
Author(s)
R J. Medlock
This paper describes the general accreditation requirements of the NIST National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) and the specific accreditation requirements for the Cryptographic Module Testing (CMT) and Common Criteria Testing (CCT)

A Differentiated Optical Services Model for WDM Networks

February 1, 2000
Author(s)
Nada T. Golmie, T D. Ndousse, David H. Su
This paper addresses the issues of guaranteed and scalable end-to-end QoS in Metropolitan DWDM networks serving as transit networks for IP access networks. DWDM offering few wavelengths have in the past been deployed in the backbone network to upgrade

Web-Based Annotation Collaboration Tool

February 1, 2000
Author(s)
Wo L. Chang
The Web has emerged as a dominant mode of making information available and is increasingly seen as the medium to support collaboration across boundaries of geography and time. To realize this potential the Web must support viewing and manipulating of multi

A Bandwidth Guaranteed Multi-Access Protocol for WDM Local Networks

January 1, 2000
Author(s)
J S. Choi, Nada T. Golmie, David H. Su
In this paper, we propose a bandwidth guaranteed multi-access protocol for broadcast-and-select WDM local networks with a star topology. The proposed protocol is based on a combination of contention and reservation mechanisms for time slotted WDM networks

A Reliable Message Delivery Protocol for Mobile Agents

January 1, 2000
Author(s)
Mudumbai Ranganathan, M Bednarek, Douglas C. Montgomery
The abstractions and protocol mechanisms that form the basis for inter-agent communications can significantly impact the overall design and effectiveness of Mobile Agent systems. We present the design and performance analysis of a reliable communication

The NIST 1999 Speaker Recognition Evaluation - An Overview

December 31, 1999
Author(s)
Alvin F. Martin, Mark A. Przybocki
This article summarizes the 1999 NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation. It discusses the overall research objectives, the three task definitions, the development and evaluation data sets, the specified performance measures and their manner of presentation

Differentiated Services Over Cable Networks

December 5, 1999
Author(s)
Nada T. Golmie, F Mouveaux, David H. Su
The current Medium Access Control interface specifications of the Multimedia Cable Network System (MCNS) project describe a best effort access service over cable networks. In this paper, we show that even though these specifications are mainly intended to

Dynamic Power-Conscious Routing for MANETs: An Initial Approach

November 1, 1999
Author(s)
M W. Subbarao
We develop an initial dynamic power-conscious routing scheme (MPR) that incorporates physical layer and link layer statistics to conserve power, while compensating for the channel conditions and interference environments at the intended receiver. The aim

Towards a Measurement Technique for Risk Management

October 20, 1999
Author(s)
D G. Marks
The field of computer security is impeded by a lack of objective, quantitative measures. As a result, most systems, whether theoretical or actual, attempt to avoid, rather than manage, risk. Risk management requires looking at the complete protect, detect

Statistical Testing of Random Number Generators

October 19, 1999
Author(s)
D L. Banks
Random Number Generators (RNGs) are an important building block for algorithms and protocols in cryptography. They are paramount in the construction of encryption keys and other cryptographic algorithm parameters. In practice, statistical testing is

Mobile Streams: A Middleware for Reconfigurable Distributed Scripting

October 4, 1999
Author(s)
Mudumbai Ranganathan, V Schaal, V Galtier, Douglas C. Montgomery
A large class of distributed applications follow the event-driven or reactive paradigm. Such applications can benefit from Mobile Agent technology by making it easy to add re-configurability, extensibility, and failure resilience features at an application

1999 ITL Technical Accomplishments

October 1, 1999
Author(s)
Elizabeth B. Lennon, K K. Simon
The 1999 ITL Technical Accomplishments report presents the achievements and highlights of NIST's Information Technology Laboratory during FY 1999. Technical projects in eight divisions are described, followed by industry interactions, international

Air-Java: Networking for Smart Spaces

October 1, 1999
Author(s)
Kevin L. Mills
Increasingly people work and live on the move. To support this mobile lifestyle, especially as work becomes more intensely information-based, companies are producing various portable and embedded information devices. Concurrently, some interesting pico

Guest Editorial Article (Foreword)

October 1, 1999
Author(s)
Hamid Gharavi, L Hanzo
This article provides a short overview of past and present advancements in mobile communication systems, as well as identifying major challenges for the future generation of wireless technologies. Its main objective is to scan the special issue of the

Digital Video Test Collection

September 15, 1999
Author(s)
Carolyn M. Schmidt, Paul D. Over
By the end of 1999, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to release the first installment of a public-domain digital video test collection. This first installment contains a series of digitized videos and their transcripts which

A Policy Perspective on Electronic Commerce

September 1, 1999
Author(s)
E Maxwell, S A. Wakid, J A. Moline
On July 1, 1997, President Clinton issued A Framework for Global Electronic Commerce identifying nine areas in which international agreements would be needed in order to preserve the Internet as a non-regulatory medium.The implementation of global

Enforcing Integrity While Maintaining Secrecy

July 27, 1999
Author(s)
D G. Marks
We consider the role of constraints in maintaining both secrecy and integrity in a multilevel secure database. In a multilevel database, certain integrity and classification constraints create a secrecy problem since data additions, deletions or

Annotation Collaboration Tool via SMIL (ACTS)

July 26, 1999
Author(s)
Wo L. Chang
The Web has emerged as a dominant mode of making information available and is increasingly seen as the medium to support collaboration across boundaries of geography and time. To realize this potential, the Web must support viewing and manipulating of

A Unique Institution: The History of NBS, 1950-1969

June 30, 1999
Author(s)
E Passaglia, K A. Beal
A follow-on to Measures for Progress by Rexmond C. Cochrane, this work covers the history of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) from 1950-1969. While the book focuses on technical work, the management and administration of the Bureau are also discussed
Was this page helpful?