Visualization research

News and Updates

Five fragments of moon dust glow in bright colors on a black background.

Measuring the Moon’s Nano Dust Is No Small Matter

April 28, 2021

Like a chameleon of the night sky, the Moon often changes its appearance. It might look larger, brighter or redder, for example, due to its phases, its position

a forensic face examiner considers whether two images show the same person

NIST Study Shows Face Recognition Experts Perform Better With AI as Partner

May 29, 2018

Experts at recognizing faces often play a crucial role in criminal cases. A photo from a security camera can mean prison or freedom for a defendant—and

This is Not a Game: NIST Virtual Reality Aims to Win for Public Safety

May 4, 2018

Virtual reality produces entertaining video games. But it’s also a serious training and testing tool. Pilots test their skill with flight simulators, and the

Projects and Programs

Usability Standards

Voting Systems Usability and Accessibility

Visualization

ITL researchers realize that visualization of scientific data can provide an understanding of the phenomenon or data being studied. Visualization can be

Sensing and Imaging of concealed objects

Emergency response, law enforcement and military personnel must face threats and dangerous situations as part of their jobs. These threats can vary from knives

Publications

A Visual Analytics Approach for the Diagnosis of Heterogeneous and Multidimensional Machine Maintenance Data

May 10, 2021

Author(s)

Xiaoyu Zhang, Takanori Fujiwara, Senthil K. Chandrasegaran, Michael Brundage, Thurston Sexton, Alden A. Dima, Kwan-Liu Ma

Analysis of large, high-dimensional, and heterogeneous datasets is challenging as no one technique is suitable for visualizing and clustering such data in order

Optimizing optical precision of an image using curved focal plane technology

March 14, 2021

Author(s)

Sujay Swain, Sudhish Swain, Dianne L. Poster, Michael T. Postek

The quality of an image captured by the human eye is typically better than that obtained relative to artificial images created by cameras or telescopes. This is

Linking Performance Data and Geospatial Information of Manufacturing Assets through Standard Representations

August 16, 2020

Author(s)

Aaron Hanke, Teodor I. Vernica, William Z. Bernstein

Interoperability across emerging visualization modalities, including augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), remains a challenge with respect to

Leveraging standard geospatial representations for industrial augmented reality

May 1, 2020

Author(s)

Teodor I. Vernica, Aaron M. Hanke, William Z. Bernstein

Due to its tremendous potential, Augmented Reality (AR) has experienced a recent surge in adoption and integration within the manufacturing enterprise. While

Visualization research

News and Updates

Measuring the Moon’s Nano Dust Is No Small Matter

NIST Study Shows Face Recognition Experts Perform Better With AI as Partner

This is Not a Game: NIST Virtual Reality Aims to Win for Public Safety

Projects and Programs

Usability Standards

Voting Systems Usability and Accessibility

Visualization

Sensing and Imaging of concealed objects

Publications

A Visual Analytics Approach for the Diagnosis of Heterogeneous and Multidimensional Machine Maintenance Data

Optimizing optical precision of an image using curved focal plane technology

Linking Performance Data and Geospatial Information of Manufacturing Assets through Standard Representations

Leveraging standard geospatial representations for industrial augmented reality

Software

HEV: High End Visualization

Video Analytic Quality Measurement Tools

OpenSceneGraph Multi-card Scaling Test