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Summary Report on NIST Smart Grid Testbeds and Collaborations Workshops

March 3, 2021
Author(s)
Avi Gopstein, Allen R. Goldstein, Dhananjay Anand, Paul A. Boynton
This report captures feedback from two workshops that NIST conducted to determine the challenges and opportunities in the use and design of Smart Grid Testbeds and Collaborations, which were held April 11, 2019, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Principles for Designed-In Security and Privacy for Smart Cities

April 15, 2019
Author(s)
Corey Dickens, Paul A. Boynton, Sokwoo Rhee
This paper presents the design and implementation of a process for an exploratory study that identifies a set of principles for designed-in security and privacy for smart city projects from among Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) - Smart and Secure Cities

A Calibration of Timing Accuracy in the NIST Cyber-Physical Systems Testbed

December 18, 2018
Author(s)
Marc A. Weiss, YaShian Li-Baboud, Dhananjay Anand, Kevin G. Brady, Paul A. Boynton, Cuong T. Nguyen, Martin J. Burns, Avi M. Gopstein
We propose a general methodology for assessing the time accuracy and uncertainties and report results from a project to calibrate timing in the NIST CPS and Smart Grid Testbeds. We measured clock synchronization accuracy and stability as well as latencies

A Calibration of Timing Accuracy in NIST Cyber-Physical Systems Testbed

October 3, 2018
Author(s)
Marc A. Weiss, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Dhananjay Anand, Paul A. Boynton, Kevin Gerard Brady, Martin Burns
We report results from a project to calibrate timing in the NIST CPS and Smart Grid Testbeds. We measured clock synchronization accuracy and stability as well as latencies for potential experiments in the testbeds. We determined calibrations of GPS

Interoperability Testbed for Smart Sensors in Smart Grids

July 9, 2018
Author(s)
Yuyin Song, Gerald J. FitzPatrick, Kang B. Lee, Avi M. Gopstein, Paul A. Boynton
Interoperability testing provides a means for achieving and assuring smart sensor data interoperability. Interoperability testbeds can provide the technical foundations for standards development for smart sensors in smart grids, including standards for

Universal CPS Environment for Federation (UCEF)

January 16, 2018
Author(s)
Martin J. Burns, Thomas P. Roth, Edward R. Griffor, Paul A. Boynton, Janos Sztipanovits, Himanshu Neema
NIST, in collaboration with Vanderbilt University, has assembled an open-source tool set for designing and implementing federated, collaborative and interactive experiments with cyber- physical systems (CPS). These capabilities are used in our research on

NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0

October 1, 2014
Author(s)
Chris Greer, David A. Wollman, Dean Prochaska, Paul A. Boynton, Jeffrey A. Mazer, Cuong Nguyen, Gerald FitzPatrick, Thomas L. Nelson, Galen H. Koepke, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Victoria Yan Pillitteri, Tanya L. Brewer, Nada T. Golmie, David H. Su, Allan C. Eustis, David Holmberg, Steven T. Bushby
Section 1305 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-140) directs NIST ‘‘to coordinate the development of a framework that includes protocols and model standards for information management to achieve interoperability of

Color Error in the Digital Camera Image Capture Process

April 1, 2014
Author(s)
John Penczek, Paul A. Boynton, Jolene Splett
The color error of images taken by digital cameras is evaluated with respect to its sensitivity to the image capture conditions. A parametric study was conducted to investigate the dependence of image color error on camera technology, illumination spectra

NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 2.0

February 16, 2012
Author(s)
George W. Arnold, Gerald FitzPatrick, David A. Wollman, Thomas L. Nelson, Paul A. Boynton, Galen H. Koepke, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Cuong Nguyen, Jeffrey A. Mazer, Dean Prochaska, Marianne M. Swanson, Tanya L. Brewer, Victoria Yan Pillitteri, David H. Su, Nada T. Golmie, Eric D. Simmon, Allan C. Eustis, David Holmberg, Steven T. Bushby, Michael D. Janezic, Ajitkumar Jillavenkatesa
The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 requires that NIST develop a framework of standards for the Smart Grid. This document is the second release of the framework first published in January, 2010. It covers the activities and outputs of

NIST COORDINATION OF SMART GRID INTEROPERABILITY STANDARDS

August 9, 2010
Author(s)
David A. Wollman, Gerald FitzPatrick, Paul A. Boynton, Thomas L. Nelson
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has efforts underway to accelerate the development of interoperability standards to support the future modernized "Smart Grid" electric grid or energy delivery network characterized by a two-way flow of

NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0

January 10, 2010
Author(s)
George W. Arnold, David A. Wollman, Gerald FitzPatrick, Dean Prochaska, David Holmberg, David H. Su, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Nada T. Golmie, Tanya L. Brewer, Mark Bello, Paul A. Boynton
Under the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is assigned "primary responsibility to coordinate development of a framework that includes protocols and model standards for

Character contrast under uniform ambient conditions

May 1, 2009
Author(s)
Edward F. Kelley, John Penczek, Paul A. Boynton
The measurement of small-area black regions on a white screen (such as a character stroke) can be subject to large errors because of veiling glare in the detector. Using replica masks can enable more accurate measurements of small-area-black and character

A Color Gamut Assessment Standard: An Inter-Laboratory Measurement Comparison

May 11, 2005
Author(s)
Paul A. Boynton, Libert M. John, Edward F. Kelley
In earlier papers, NIST proposed a standard illumination source and optical filter targets to with which to assess the state-of-the-art of display measurement. The Gamut Assessment Standard (GAS) was present the display metrologist with a set of

Display Metrology Concerns International Standards

May 11, 2005
Author(s)
Paul A. Boynton
An alphabet soup of display standards addresses the various needs and applications of display manufactures, integrators, and users. Unfortunately, when it comes to display metrology, many of these standards suffer. Assumptions are made about the

Display Metrology Concerns in International Standards

May 12, 2004
Author(s)
Paul A. Boynton
The display metrologist often assumes that all one needs is a calibrated, well characterized instrument to obtain accurate assessment of display quality. However, measurement procedures can be ambiguous, complicated, and not robust, introducing errors to

Seamless Frusta Creation for Stray-Light Management in Optical Devices

December 1, 2003
Author(s)
Edward F. Kelley, Paul A. Boynton
Optical devices such as luminance meters and digital cameras used for light measurement often suffer from stray light corrupting the accurate measurement of light particularly when they are used to measure dark areas of high-contrast scenes. A method of

Current Projects in Display Metrology at the NIST Flat Panel Display Laboratory

February 1, 2003
Author(s)
Paul A. Boynton, Edward F. Kelley, John M. Libert
The NIST Flat Panel Display Laboratory (FPDL) is operated through the Display Metrology Project (DMP) of the Electronic Information Technology Group in the Electricity Division of the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory of NIST. The DMP works

NIST Stray Light Elimination Tube Prototype

March 1, 2002
Author(s)
Paul A. Boynton, Edward F. Kelley
Electronic projection displays involve the projection of an image, usually through a lens system, onto a viewing screen. Metrics such as light output, contrast, non-uniformity, and color gamut are used to describe the resultant image quality. although

Microdisplay Metrology Research at NIST

September 14, 2001
Author(s)
Paul A. Boynton
Measuring the optical characteristics of a microdisplay produces challenges to traditional display metrology. When using light-measuring devices to measure scenes having high contrasts or wide color variations, the instruments suffer the effects of veiling

Compensation for Stray Light in Projection Display Metrology

June 30, 2001
Author(s)
Paul A. Boynton, Edward F. Kelley
Electronic projection display specifications are often based on measurements made in ideal darkroom conditions and assume ideal measurement instrumentation. However, not everyone has access to such a facility, and not always will the light-measuring