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Projects/Programs

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Digital Thread for Manufacturing

Ongoing
Purpose and Goals This project will provide research advances in product-definition standardization, conformance testing, and cybersecurity of data assets. Digital thread standards capabilities and infrastructure - Smart connected manufacturing requires the effective communication of the product

Digital Video Exchange Standards

Ongoing
NIST is working to develop a data export standard in conjunction with the stakeholder community. The goal of standardization is to increase evidentiary value and timeliness of CCTV video data; and to facilitate interoperable data sharing between CCTV/DVR owners and Law Enforcement; as well as among

E-Authentication

Ongoing
Information regarding recent work can be found at our IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT page.

Edge AI

Ongoing
This project: Develops edge learning and edge-enabled collaborative learning algorithms. Develops measurement methods for testing the performance and robustness of edge-learned, and more generally collaboratively learned, AI/ML models. Collaborates with other projects (e.g., 5G/6G Core Network

Emerging Hardware for Artificial Intelligence

Ongoing
Here is a brief description of our work with links to recent papers from our investigations, broadly classified as experimental and modeling. A brief overview of Josephson junction-based bio-inspired computing can be found in our review article. Experimental We have facilities to develop our devices

Emerging Technologies in Healthcare

Ongoing
It is hard to imagine a world now without sophisticated medical devices, efficient electronic data transfer of real-time health information and high-tech operating rooms – health IT solutions that are improving outcomes and transforming healthcare delivery. Over the past several decades, NIST has

Explainable Artificial Intelligence Based Modeling Applied to OMICS Problems

Ongoing
The goal of the project is to produce billions of certified values from multiple measurement methods with well-characterized uncertainty in the “’omics” field (genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics). These values are prepared by a joint effort between human experts and trained AI based models for

Face Challenges

Ongoing
Introduction In cooperation with IARPA, NIST is currently running three challenges related to processing of unconstrained in-the-wild face images. These are intended to drive research and development into face detection, verification, identification, and identity clustering. A secondary goal is to

Face and Ocular Challenge Series (FOCS)

Completed
Overview The goal of the Face and Ocular Challenge Series (FOCS) is to engage the research community to develop robust face and ocular recognition algorithms along a broad front. Currently the FOCS consists of three tracks: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (GBU); Video; and Ocular. These

Face Projects

Ongoing
Face Technology Evaluations - FRTE/FATE To bring clarity to our testing scope and goals, what was formerly known as FRVT has been rebranded and split into FRTE (Face Recognition Technology Evaluation) and FATE (Face Analysis Technology Evaluation). Tracks that involve the processing and analysis of

Face Recognition Grand Challenge (FRGC)

Completed
Overview of the FRGC Not since the mid 1990s has there been such a renewed interest in developing new methods for automatic face recognition. This renewed interest has been fueled by advances in computer vision techniques, computer design, sensor design, and interest in fielding face recognition

Face Recognition Prize Challenge 2017

Ongoing
Results From June to September 2017, NIST evaluated 41 face recognition algorithms from 16 developers. The algorithms were applied to datasets of 2D still photographs in two ways: verification of “wild” photojournalism and social media images, and identification of faces from surveillance videos

Face Recognition Technology (FERET)

Ongoing
Instructions on getting FERET database Introduction Department of Defense (DoD) Counterdrug Technology Development Program Office sponsored the Face Recognition Technology (FERET) program. The goal of the FERET program was to develop automatic face recognition capabilities that could be employed to

Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT)

Ongoing
Ongoing FRVT Activities FRVT: FACE MASK EFFECTS NIST has published NISTIR 8331 - Ongoing FRVT Part 6B: Face recognition accuracy with face masks using post-COVID-19 algorithms on November 30, 2020, the second out of a series of reports aimed at quantifying face recognition accuracy for people

Face in Video Evaluation (FIVE)

Ongoing
2024-01-23 FIVE 2024 Announced! The Face in Video Evaluation (FIVE) 2024 is being conducted to assess the capability of face recognition algorithms to correctly identify or ignore persons appearing in video sequences – i.e., the open-set identification problem. For more information, please visit the

Fast Tenprint Capture

Completed
September 2007: Framework We presented the framework regarding the evaluation of 3-D fingerprint image capture devices at the Biometric Consortium Conference at Baltimore. You may download the presentation. January 2008: Meeting We had a meeting with Dr. Stanley Erickson, who is the sponsor

Fingerprint

Ongoing
Fingerprint Recognition We conduct technology evaluations of fingerprint matching, identification, and verification systems. Fingerprint Compression To establish normative guidance and certification pathways for the compression of fingerprint imagery. ANSI/NIST-ITL Standard The standard provides

Fingerprint Compression

Ongoing
Biometric Compression Information In July of 2009 NIST in partnership with the FBI commenced an investigation on the use of JPEG 2000 for compressing fingerprint imagery with the ultimate goal to establish a normative guidance and certification pathway for the compression of 1000 ppi friction ridge

Fingerprint Recognition

Ongoing
N2N Fingerprint Capture Challenge IARPA has invited the biometrics research community to participate in the Nail-to-Nail (N2N) Fingerprint Capture Challenge. This official U.S. Government Challenge problem seeks to reward researchers for creating autonomous rolled capture devices whose images

Fingerprint Technology Testing for Identity Management

Ongoing
Most biometric-enabled identity management (IdM) systems utilize fingerprint technology for enrolling and issuing credentials, and then in subsequent authentication transactions. It is important to evaluate and understand the performance characteristics and limitations of fingerprint matching

Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation (FpVTE)

Completed
The Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation (FpVTE) is an independently administered technology evaluation of fingerprint matching, identification, and verification system. It has been rebranded as FRIF TE E1N.

FiPy

Ongoing
The solution of coupled sets of PDEs is ubiquitous to the numerical simulation of science problems. Numerous PDE solvers exist, using a variety of languages and numerical approaches. Many are proprietary, expensive and difficult to customize. As a result, scientists spend considerable resources

Foundations of Measurement Science for Information Systems

Ongoing
According to the National Research Council report Network Science (2006), "[Despite] society's profound dependence on networks, fundamental knowledge about them is primitive. [G]lobal communication ... networks have quite advanced technological implementations but their behavior under stress still