Uncertainty quantification

News and Updates

Where Once Were Black Boxes, NIST’s New LANTERN Illuminates

June 22, 2022

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new statistical tool that they have used to predict protein function.

A New Harmony: NIST Researchers Develop a Universal Method for Calculating the Resonances of Oscillators

September 15, 2021

The natural, or resonance, frequency at which a simple harmonic oscillator vibrates reveals with exquisite sensitivity the essential properties of the physical

Making the DNA Melt Curve More Accurate

August 18, 2020

DNA is not only the blueprint of life; it has become the backbone for making tiny structures that can be inserted into the human body to diagnose and treat

Projects and Programs

Autonomous Materials Science

Ongoing

We use autonomous experimentation (the merger of automated synthesis, characterization, AI-driven decision-making) to elucidate the role of composition

Quantifying Uncertainty in Accelerometer Sensitivity Studies

Ongoing

To compare the sensitivity of linear accelerometers.

metRology Software Project

Ongoing

The goal of the metRology software project is to provide a set of specialized functions for statistical metrology as a package for the R software environment

NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid)

Ongoing

The "first-of-its-kind" in an entirely new class of reference material, NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid) is now available! The PS

Publications

Mixture model analysis of Transition Edge Sensor pulse height spectra

December 9, 2021

Author(s)

Kevin J. Coakley, Jolene D. Splett, Thomas Gerrits

To calibrate an optical transition edge sensor, for each pulse of the light source (e.g., pulsed laser), one must determine the ratio of the expected number of

Estimation of a Minimum Allowable Structural Strength Based on Uncertainty in Material Test Data

December 7, 2021

Author(s)

Jeffrey Fong, N. Alan Heckert, James J. Filliben, Pedro V. Marcal, Stephen W. Freiman

Three types of uncertainties exist in the estimation of the minimum fracture strength of a full-scale component or structure size. The first, to be called the

Estimating Regions of Wireless Coexistence with Gaussian Process Surrogate Models

October 22, 2021

Author(s)

Jake Rezac, Noel C. Hess, Jason Coder

Simultaneous coexistence of multiple wireless communications systems sharing the same spectrum is critical for the success of modern and future communications

Fundamental limits and optimal estimation of the resonance frequency of a linear harmonic oscillator

September 15, 2021

Author(s)

Mingkang Wang, Rui Zhang, Robert Ilic, Yuxiang Liu, Vladimir Aksyuk

All physical oscillators, from optical cavities to mechanical cantilevers, are subject to thermodynamic and quantum perturbations and detection uncertainty

Tools and Instruments

Reference Ballistic Chronograph

The NIST-developed reference ballistic chronograph (RBC) provides repeatable measurements of the speed of a bullet that will impact a test article, such as