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Selected Impacts of Documentary Standards Supported by NIST

January 15, 2009
Author(s)
Erik Puskar
… that canvassed the National Institute of Standards and Technology s (NIST) Operating Units (OUs) for instances where NIST has played an active role in the development or implementation of documentary standards … economic or social benefits. It is part of a broader Technology Services effort to assess the impact of standards …

Creating and Validating a Large Database for METTREC

December 1, 1997
Author(s)
W Klein, Michael D. Garris
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST] is in the process of setting up a new series of conferences … image quality, and verifying correct page sequences. In order to reduce the cost of validation, we minimized human …

Immersive ParaView: An Immersive Scientific Workflow for the Advancement of Measurement Science

December 15, 2022
Author(s)
Simon Su, William Sherman, Israel Lopez Coto, Kamran Sayrafian, Judith E. Terrill
… We present ongoing work in enhancing ParaView with new immersive visualization … display virtual reality. By adding support of immersive technology into ParaView, researchers can more naturally … by the need to advance measurement science, standards, and technology. To make these tools more broadly accessible and …

Mission Critical Voice Quality of Experience Access Time Measurement Method Addendum

December 1, 2020
Author(s)
Chelsea Greene, Jesse Frey, Zainab O. Soetan, Jaden Pieper, Silas Thompson
… as a key component of quality of experience (QoE) in voice communications. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research … time measurement method [1]. Improvements were implemented in the access delay measurement method to better handle the …

10986-1 IEEE P4001-Progress Towards a Hyperspectral Standard

May 14, 2019
Author(s)
David Allen
… Hyperspectral imaging is an innovative and exciting technology that holds incredible diagnostic, scientific and … of the diverse community seeking to optimize this technology. However, fundamental instrument performance is … achieve its true altruistic and economic market potential. In 2018 the IEEE P4001 was formed to facilitate consistent …

An All-Metal, 3-D-Printed CubeSat Feed Horn: An assessment of performance conducted at 118.7503 GHz using a robotic antenna range

February 20, 2017
Author(s)
Josh Gordon, David R. Novotny, Ronald C. Wittmann, Michael Francis, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Alexandra Curtin, Miranda L. Butler, Albin Gasiewski, Lavanya Periasamy
… finding applications across many areas and may be a useful technology for antenna fabrication for cube satellites … produced using 3-D printing must be considered if this technology can be relied upon. We present gain and far-field … Robotic Millimeter-Wave Antenna (CROMMA) facility in Boulder, Colorado. A comparison of these measurements to …

Wireless Network Deployment in the Smart Grid: Design and Evaluation Issues

November 30, 2012
Author(s)
Camillo A. Gentile, David W. Griffith, Michael R. Souryal
… regarding network performance, suitability, and security. In this article, we present an overview of Smart Grid … far. We categorize available wireless technologies and, in order to help the network designer determine where and how … issues which must be considered when evaluating a wireless technology against the communication requirements. …

Metrology and Characterization Challenges for Emerging Research Materials and Devices

December 28, 2011
Author(s)
Yaw S. Obeng, C. M. Garner, Dan Herr
… The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) Emerging … Materials (ERM) and Emerging Research Devices (ERD) Technology Workgroups have identified materials and devices that could enable continued increases in the density and performance of future integrated …

The Role of Competitions in Advancing Intelligent Systems: A Practitioner's Perspective

May 5, 2010
Author(s)
Elena R. Messina, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Rajmohan Madhavan
… In recent years, the number of competitions in the robotic domain has increased tremendously. This growth … that is immature. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has supported a variety of competitions to help … The Role of Competitions in Advancing Intelligent Systems: A Practitioner's Perspective …

Performance Analysis of 10 kV, 100 A SiC Half-Bridge Power Modules

March 3, 2008
Author(s)
Allen R. Hefner Jr.
… Abstract: The DARPA Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Technology (WBGS) High Power Electronics (HPE) Phase II … high-voltage, high-frequency SiC device and package technology needed to meet the specific program objectives for … being developed by the DARPA WBGS-HPE Phase III program. In this paper, the performance of the HPE Phase II SiC device …

Usability Testing of Ten-Print Fingerprint Capture

October 8, 2007
Author(s)
Brian C. Stanton, Mary F. Theofanos, Shahram Orandi, Ross J. Micheals, Nien F. Zhang
… Despite the increased deployment of biometric technologies in United States government applications, not enough … who may neither understand nor be comfortable with the technology. Currently, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers are critical in communicating and training users in the acquisition of …

A proposed laser frequency comb based wavelength reference for high resolution spectroscopy

September 12, 2007
Author(s)
Steve Osterman, Scott A. Diddams, Matthew Beasley, Cynthia Froning, Leo W. Hollberg, Phillip MacQueen, Vela Mbele, Andrew Weiner
… long term RV observations. The two wavelength references in wide use for visible wavelengths, iodine absorption cells … the possibility of adapt emerging laser frequency comb technology in development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado, to the needs of high …

Guide to Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)

February 20, 2007
Author(s)
Karen A. Scarfone, Peter M. Mell
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed this document in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities under the … 107-347. This publication seeks to assist organizations in understanding intrusion detection system (IDS) and …

Uncertainty Associated With Virtual Measurements From Computational Quantum Chemistry Models Using the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement

September 1, 2004
Author(s)
Karl K. Irikura, Russell D. Johnson III, Raghu N. Kacker
… a statement of its associated uncertainty. The science and technology of making high quality physical measurements and … has matured over many decades. The science and technology of making virtual measurements is evolving. In this paper we propose an approach for quantifying the …

Web-Based Annotation Collaboration Tool

February 1, 2000
Author(s)
Wo L. Chang
… tool, ACTS, which utilizes the W3C standard Web content technology, Synchronized Multimedia Integrated Language … ACTS is a National Institute of Standards and Technology, Information Technology Laboratory (NIST/ITL) prototype which is based on …

Reliable, High-Performance Wireless Systems for Factory Automation

September 17, 2020
Author(s)
Kang B. Lee, Rick Candell, Hans-Peter Bernhard, Dave Cavalcanti, Zhibo Pang, Inaki Val
… Wireless has emerged as an enabling technology to improve operational flexibility and efficiency for factory automation. The latest wireless technology, standardization activities, and research issues … the examination of different relevant wireless use cases in a workshop. Some key points, standardization challenges, …

NIST Measurement Services That Support Optoelectronics

July 1, 2002
Author(s)
Sally S. Bruce, Christopher L. Cromer
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) offers a variety of hundreds of measurement … education, health care and transportation rely on this technology. Miltitary applications include imaging, sensors, … portion of the $1.5 Trillion global information industry. In the United States, we export an estimated $27B of …

Terahertz imaging and spectroscopy based on hot electron bolometer (HEB) heterodyne detection

January 23, 2008
Author(s)
Eyal Gerecht, Lixing You
… to energy level transitions of important molecules in biology and astrophysics. Terahertz radiation (T-rays) can … of a two-pixel focal plane array (FPA) based on HEB technology. Furthermore, we have demonstrated a fully … scanning, passive, imaging system based on our HEB technology operating at 0.85 THz. Our high spectral …
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