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Guide to Bluetooth Security

January 19, 2022
Author(s)
John Padgette, John Bahr, Mayank Batra, Rhonda Smithbey, Lily Chen, Karen Scarfone
… Bluetooth wireless technology is an open standard for short-range radio …

Mechanical Quantum Sensing in the Search for Dark Matter

August 13, 2020
Author(s)
Jacob Taylor, Gadi Afek, Sunil Bhave, Daniel Carney, Gordan Krnjaic, David Moore, Robinjeet Singh, Cindy Regal, Benjamin M. Brubaker, Andrew Geraci, Jonathan D. Cripe, Sohitri Ghosh, Jack Harris, Anson Hook, Jonathan Kunjummen, Rafael Lang, Li Tongcang, Tongyan Lin, Zhen Liu, Joseph Lykken, Lorenzo Magrini, Jack Manley, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Alissa Monte, Fernando Monteiro, Thomas Purdy, C. J. Riedel, Swati Singh, Kanupriya Sinha, Juehang Qin, Dalziel Wilson, Yue Zhao
… detector technologies. Paradigmatic advances in the control and readout of massive mechanical systems, in both the classical or quantum regime, have enabled unprecedented levels of sensitivity. In this white paper, we outline recent ideas in the potential … Mechanical Quantum Sensing in the Search for Dark Matter …

Transport of NIST Graphene Quantized Hall Devices and Comparison with AIST Gallium-Arsenide Quantized Hall Devices

July 9, 2018
Author(s)
Dean G. Jarrett, Takehiko Oe, Randolph E. Elmquist, Nobu Kaneko, Albert F. Rigosi, Bi Y. Wu, Hsin Y. Lee, Yanfei Yang
… devices made at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were hand carried from the USA to the National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan in a container filled with inert gas and compared to …

The NIST IAD Data Science Evaluation Series: Part of the NIST Information Access Division Data Science Research Program

October 29, 2015
Author(s)
Bonnie J. Dorr, Craig Greenberg, Peter Fontana, Mark A. Przybocki, Marion Le Bras, Cathryn A. Ploehn, Oleg Aulov, Wo L. Chang
… Division (IAD) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched a new Data Science Research Program (DSRP) in the fall of 2015. This research program focuses on … to facilitate research collaboration, to leverage shared technology and infrastructure, and to further build and …

Roadmap for Building Commissioning Research Workshop Summary Report

September 30, 2014
Author(s)
Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, David Shipley, Walter Zalis, Steven T. Bushby
… 2014, sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This effort supports ongoing research into … a significant potential for reducing energy consumption in existing and new buildings. This report documents an assessment of research needs in the commissioning industry to provide the information …

Optically-Pumped Magnetometers for MEG

August 8, 2014
Author(s)
Svenja A. Knappe, Tillman H. Sander, Lutz Trahms
… (OPMs) have seen rapid progress over the last decade in terms of performance and technology development. As highly sensitive room-temperature … to name just a few. Certainly OPMs present a promising technology to complement existing SQUID based installations. …

Nanofluids, Heat-Transfer Equipment and Plain-Vanilla

June 3, 2013
Author(s)
Mark A. Kedzierski
… Nanoparticle materials can be very inexpensive and the technology for producing nanofluids is mature. The production … if nanofluids are to be used on a large scale in heat transfer equipment, significant research will be …

IREX III - Performance of Iris Identification Algorithms

April 3, 2012
Author(s)
Patrick J. Grother, George W. Quinn, James R. Matey, Mei L. Ngan, Wayne J. Salamon, Gregory P. Fiumara, Craig I. Watson
… has long been held as an accurate and fast biometric. In the first public evaluation of one-to-many iris identification technologies, this third activity in the Iris Exchange (IREX) program has measured the core … report documents the state-of-the art of iris recognition technology operating on archival imagery, demonstrates the …

Standard Time and Frequency Dissemination via Eqyptian Digital Satellite

November 27, 2007
Author(s)
John P. Lowe, Jason Heidecker, Mohamed A. Swidan, Ahmed Hisham, Safaa Samuel
… Company and the National Institute for Standards (NIS) in Egypt, with technical assistance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States, are collaborating to … Time and Frequency with existing antenna and receiver technology. The broadcast includes a stabilized reference …

Object-oriented Model for IEEE 1588 Standard

October 1, 2007
Author(s)
Kang B. Lee, Eugene Song
… a protocol enabling precise synchronization of clocks in measurement and control systems implemented with … (UML) tool at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The model consists of data types, …

Review of ultraviolet and high power laser measurement standards at NIST

October 25, 2006
Author(s)
John H. Lehman, Christopher L. Cromer, Shao Yang, Marla L. Dowell
… toward anticipating and meeting the measurement needs in two areas; higher power and shorter wavelengths. New … power and energy measurement challenges, identify gaps in the state-of-the-art, and describe research at NIST …

Handovers and Interference Mitigation in Healthcare Environments

October 17, 2005
Author(s)
Nicolas Chevrollier, Nicolas Montavont, Nada T. Golmie
… In this article, we consider candidate wireless technologies … the use of packet loss and retransmissions at layer 2 in order to trigger a WLAN access point handover. Performance for scenarios of interest is measured in terms of packet loss, packet retransmissions, and delay …

Handover and Interference Mitigation in Healthcare Environments

October 1, 2005
Author(s)
Nicolas Chevrollier, Nicolas Montavont, Nada T. Golmie
… In this article, we consider candidate wireless technologies … the use of packet loss and retransmissions at layer 2 in order to trigger a WLAN access point handover. Performance for scenarios of interest is measured in terms of packet loss, packet retransmissions, and delay …

Standards of time and frequency at the outset of the 21st century

November 19, 2004
Author(s)
Scott Diddams, James C. Bergquist, Steven R. Jefferts, Christopher W. Oates
… In this paper we review state-of-the-art atomic time and frequency standards and discuss some of their uses in science and technology. After fifty years of development, microwave …

Proceedings of the NIST Conformity Assessment for a Changing Government Workshop

May 1, 2003
Author(s)
Mary J. DiBernardo
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sponsored the NIST Conformity Assessment … Government Workshop on December 3, 2001. The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) of 1995 … accreditation, and other conformity assessment activities in the United States with the goal of reducing duplication …

Critical Issues in the Characterization of Polymers for Medical Applications

June 1, 2000
Author(s)
Walter G. McDonough, Eric J. Amis, J Kohn
… Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) co-sponsored a one-day workshop on Critical Issues in the Characterization of Polymers for Medical Applications. … The workshop; defined some of the critical issues in the design and characterization of polymers for medical …

Ultrasonic Extraction/Anodic Stripping Voltammetry for Determining Lead in Household Paint: Summary of a Laboratory Study

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Walter J. Rossiter Jr, Blaza Toman, M Vangel, M E. McKnight, M Baghai Anaraki, A Signor, I Emenanjo, E Byrd
… voltammetry (UE/ASV) for determining the amount of lead in laboratory-prepared and field-sampled paint films using … or risk assessors trained to conduct the testing. In Year I, five operators each conducted UE/ASV analyses of … or interaction between these two factors played a role in the incomplete lead solubilization. In Year II, the …

Using Performance Measurements to Evaluate and Strengthen Information System Security

September 18, 2008
Author(s)
Shirley M. Radack
… This bulletin summarizes information disseminated in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-55, Revision 1, … and procedures. The bulletin summarizes the information in NIST SP 800-55, and covers performance measurement … security controls are non-productive and where to invest in additional information security resources. The bulletin …

Ultrasonic Extraction/Anodic Stripping Voltammetry for Determining Lead in Dust: A Laboratory Evaluation

October 1, 2004
Author(s)
Walter J. Rossiter Jr, Blaza Toman, M E. McKnight, I Emenanjo, M Baghai Anaraki
… analysis of dust wipes by UE/ASV are not currently used in federal programs for controlling and abating lead hazards in housing. A reservation to adopting UE/ASV is that the … field test procedure for determining the amount of lead in dust could allow for on-site extraction and analysis. …

Achieving Safer and More Economical Buildings Through Database-Assisted, Reliability-Based Design for Wind

December 1, 2003
Author(s)
Emil Simiu, Fahim Sadek, T Whalen, S Jang, L L. Lu, S M. Diniz, A Grazini, Michael A. Riley
… 1970's tests, considerable progress has been achieved in low-rise building design for wind. Nevertheless, the … can exceed 60%. We also show that significant improvements in main wind-load resisting system and component design can … illustrate DAD's capability to obtain, for the first time in a wind engineering context, realistic estimates of …
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