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Information Technology Laboratory

Awards

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2017 - Presidential Rank Award---Ron Ross

For his research and leadership in reducing the risk of cybersecurity threats through the creation of NIST's cybersecurity Risk Management Framework (RMF) and the development of a library of supporting NIST technical standards and technical guidelines.

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Kathryn Butler, Susanne Furman

For development of science-based guidance on the use of evacuation elevators that enhances the safety of people with mobility impairments during fire emergencies.

2017 - Safety Award---Carol Clark, Eileen Conley, Sharon Wentling

For proactive leadership of the ITL-wide Safety Clean-Up initiative and the early adoption of the OSHE Workplace Inspection Reporting System (WIRS) application.

O'Neil, Ullom, Jimenez, Alpert, Swetz, Doriese, Silverman, Miaja

2017 - Gold Medal Award---W. Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, Ralph Jimenez, Luis Miaja Avila, Galen C. O'Neil, Kevin L. Silverman, Daniel S. Swetz, Joel N. Ullom, Bradley K. Alpert

For advancing materials development by creating tabletop X-ray tools that rival or exceed those available only at massive national user facilities.

Zook, Samarov, Harris, McDaniel, Salit, Catoe

2017 - Judson C. French Award---David Catoe, Lindsay Harris, Jennifer McDaniel, Marc Salit, Justin Zook, Daniel Samarov

For development of a suite of whole-genome human reference materials designed to advance clinical applications of genome sequencing.

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Sheng Lin-Gibson, Sumona Sarkar, Steven Lund

For development of an experimental and statistical framework for comparing cell-counting measurements fundamental to biotechnology.

Joshua Lubell Receives 2017 GCN dig IT Award

Congratulations to Joshua Lubell on his 2017 GCN dig IT award! Josh won for his development of Baseline Tailor, an app designed to help

David Ferraiolo Receives 2018 IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award

Congratulations to David Ferraiolo on receiving the 2018 IEEE Innovation Award in Societal Infrastructure Award, for advancing the

Richard Kuhn Receives 2018 IEEE Innovation Award in Societal Infrastructure Award

Congratulations to Richard Kuhn for receiving the 2018 IEEE Innovation Award in Societal Infrastructure Award, for advancing the foundations

Rodney Petersen and NICE Team - Received the Exemplary International Leadership in Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development Award

Congratulations to Rodney Petersen and The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) who received an award for Exemplary

Donna Dodson - One of CyberScoop's 2017 Top Women in Cybersecurity

Congratulations to Donna Dodson, NIST’s chief cybersecurity advisor, for being named one of CyberScoop's 2017 Top Women in Cybersecurity

2016 AAAS Fellow - Ron Boisvert

Ron Boisvert is recognized for his distinguished contributions to the fields of mathematical software and computational science, excellence

Ram Sriram Named IEEE Fellow

Ram D. Sriram, Chief of ITL’s Software and Systems Division, has been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Sae Woo Nam, Lita, Shalm, Verma, Mirin, Allman, Stevens, Bierhorst, Glancy, Gerrits, Migdall, Bienfang, Wayne

2016 - Gold Medal Award---Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML), Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)

For being the first in nearly 50 years of attempts to achieve a loophole-free test of Bell’s theorem, confirming the predictions of quantum mechanics. Nearly 20 NIST employees and associates from PML and ITL contributed to this achievement.

Selepak, Kuligowski, Fernandez, Reneke, Hagwood, Peacock, Averill

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Richard Peacock, Paul Reneke, Charles Hagwood, Michael Selepak, Marco Fernandez, Jason Averill, Erica Kuligowski

For development, analysis, and dissemination of a building evacuation database to improve occupant safety during fire incidents.

2016 - Silver Medal Award---Kevin McGrattan, Randall McDermott, Glenn Forney, Craig Weinschenk, Richard Peacock, Anthony Hamins, Blaza Toman

For development of the Fire Dynamics Simulator fire model, an achievement in the practical application of science to fire-safe design of structures.

2016 - Silver Medal Award---Elaine Barker, Lawrence Bassham, Shu-jen Chang, Lidong Chen, Quynh Dang, Morris Dworkin, John Kelsey, Rene Peralta, Ray Perlner, Andrew Regenscheid

For outstanding technical achievement in developing the SHA-3 Cryptographic Hash Function Standard through a five-year worldwide competition.

2016 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---Charles Romine

For outstanding leadership and management in information technology standards, measurement and research, addressing some of the most complex IT challenges facing the United States.

2016 - Judson C. French Award---Hua-jun He, Jamie Almeida, Kenneth Cole, Steven Choquette, Steven Lund

For development of the first-ever cancer-gene copy-number Standard Reference Material for diagnosing cancers: NIST SRM 2373.

Folk, Thomson, Conrad, Densock, Fisher, Bly, Smith, Ramsburg, Flanagan, Patel

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Beth Mary Bly, Bill Fisher, Cheri Smith, Deana Ramsburg, Alex Folk, Jatin Patel, Jerome “Jay” Thomson, Kevin Conrad, Lynn Flanagan, Rob Densock

For designing and constructing an innovative facility allowing stakeholders to collaborate and solve the nation’s pressing cybersecurity challenges.