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News and Updates

NIST Publishes Review of Digital Forensic Methods

May 10, 2022

Report documents the scientific foundations of digital evidence examination and recommends ways to advance the field.

Spotlight: Solving a Pressing Puzzle With Cryptography Pro Angela Robinson

November 9, 2021

In some ways, NIST’s Angela Robinson is a born cryptographer; it just took her a while to realize it. From elementary school onward, Angela felt fascinated by

Line drawing: a woman in a store aisle examines a label while a thought bubble shows a padlock.

NIST Seeks Public Input on Consumer Software Labeling for Cybersecurity

November 1, 2021

In an effort to improve consumers’ ability to make informed decisions about software they purchase, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Events

International Face Performance Conference (IFPC) 2022

Tue, Nov 15 - Thu, Nov 17 2022

IFPC 2022 Draft Programme (last updated 2022-09-27) NIST is pleased to announce the IFPC 2022, which is focused on all

Projects and Programs

Maps of Non-hurricane Non-tornadic Extreme Wind Speeds for the Contiguous United States

Ongoing

The goal of this project is to propose a new set of maps of extreme wind speeds for the next revision of Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures

metRology for Microsoft Excel

Ongoing

The goal of the metRology for Microsoft Excel* software project is to provide a convenient user interface using Microsoft Excel for some of the specialized

Compatibility Assessment and Bias Estimation for Standard Reference Materials

Ongoing

NIST produces a number of food-matrix Standard Reference Materials. A problem that frequently occurs in their analysis is one of assessing compatibility of data

Detecting Change Points in Surface Temperature Records

Ongoing

The long records (sometimes over 100 years) of surface temperatures available from meteorological monitoring stations in the Unites States can be a valuable

Publications

From Neuron Coverage to Steering Angle: Testing Autonomous Vehicles Effectively

August 2, 2021

Author(s)

Jack Toohey, M S Raunak, Dave Binkley

A Deep Neural Network (DNN) based system, such as the one used for autonomous vehicle operations, is a "black box" of complex interactions resulting in a

Metamorphic Testing for Hybrid Simulation Validation

July 19, 2021

Author(s)

Mohammed Farhan, Caroline Krejci, Megan Olsen, M S Raunak

Proper validation of a simulation model is essential to have confidence on its accuracy and credibility. However, many of the most effective approaches for

Metamorphic Testing on the Continuum of Verification and Validation of Simulation Models

June 2, 2021

Author(s)

M S Raunak, Megan Olsen

Metamorphic testing has been shown to be useful in testing "non-testable" programs in many domains. Modeling & simulation is one such domain, where both

DADS: The On-Line Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

September 17, 2020

Author(s)

Paul E. Black

The Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures (DADS) is a publicly accessible dictionary of generally useful algorithms, data structures, algorithmic

Software

Biometric Testing Software

NIST/ITL has had a long history of supporting biometric data interchange formats by developing conformance testing software. These suites of software are

The NIST ABACUS

Providing automated, virtual assistance in statistics for chemical analysis The NIST ABACUS (App for Bayesian Analysis of Chemical quantities Using Shiny) is an

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