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Smart Connected Systems Division

The Smart Connected Systems Division advances measurement science, standards, and test methods to support communications networks, trustworthy Internet of Things (IoT) systems, and critical applications including smart manufacturing, industrial control systems, automated vehicles, energy systems, and smart cities and communities.

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WHO WE ARE: 

NIST CTL’s Smart Connected Systems Division researches, develops, and deploys advances in measurement science, standards, and test methods for core communications networks, trustworthy IoT systems, and critical applications including smart manufacturing, industrial control systems, automated vehicles, energy systems, and smart infrastructures including smart cities and communities. The Division applies knowledge about communications, networks, controls, automation, data science, and applications to understand complexity and inform design and optimization of trustworthy systems; and enables innovation and engineering to enhance IoT systems operations, agility, resilience, reliability, safety, security, and privacy. The Smart Connected Systems Division contributes to three of CTL’s major programs: Smart Infrastructure and Manufacturing, Core Networks, and Next Generation Wireless Systems.

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Awards

Software

STEP File Analyzer and Viewer

The free STEP File Viewer supports parts, assemblies, dimensions, tolerances, and more. The Analyzer generates a spreadsheet of all entity and attribute

SimPROCESD

SimPROCESD is a discrete event simulation package written in Python that is designed to model the behavior of discrete manufacturing systems. Specifically, it

QIF PMI Report Software

The QIF PMI Report (QPR) software generates a spreadsheet from a QIF file containing Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI). "The Quality Information

Contacts

Smart Connected Systems Division

Networked Control Systems Group

Smart Connected Manufacturing Systems Group

IoT Devices and Infrastructure Group

Smart Grid Group

Transformational Networks and Services