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Deliver measurement science, standards and protocols, and tools needed to design and analyze SMS based on a cyber-physical infrastructure for digital and
Presently used methods to measure CO 2 and other emissions from smoke stacks have errors of 20 % or more depending on the level of swirl in the flow. The
The NIST SAMATE (Software Assurance Metrics And Tool Evaluation) project is dedicated to improving software assurance by developing methods to enable software
NIST actively participates as a member of the Carpentries organization for capacity building of essential knowledge in data and computational skills to further
NIST is working to develop test and measurement techniques to advance the state of the art in network virtualization, network service function chaining
NOTE: This work was succeeded by the Software Metrology Project Software Metrology: Helping physical scientists and computer scientists understand one another a
With the rise of new, energy-efficient solid-state lighting (SSL) systems has come the need for new performance metrics and measurement methods to address their
Using data from REFPROP 8.0, thermodynamic quantities for the self-solvation of 76 pure fluids were computed. These quantities are valuable for comparison to
We develop and learn how to characterize non-classical light sources and single-photon detectors. To have an accurate model of a single-photon detector’s
Space-conditioning equipment accounts for 32 % of electricity use in homes and 17 % in commercial buildings , annually costing $49 Billion and $21 Billion USD
Our Speaker and Language Recognition program includes several activities contributing to speaker and language recognition technology and metrology advancements
This project will create a web-based portal enabling users to evaluate a large class of special functions to essentially arbitrary accuracy at user-defined
SIRCUS is a reference facility for the calibration of detectors and radiometers for spectral irradiance responsivity and spectral radiance responsivity across
NIST maintains the national scales for reflectance and transmittance in the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared spectral regions (250 nm to 2500 nm). Our
NIST provides calibration of the spectral responsivity and spatial uniformity of photodetectors for use in industrial and government labs. These calibrations
Spectrophotometry is a quantitative measurement technique that allows scientists to investigate the optical properties of materials over a wide wavelength range
Calibration standards for spectral radiance and spectral irradiance are disseminated in the form of transfer lamps and integrating sphere sources. These
Researchers in the Communications Technology Laboratory are developing new measurement methods to support the efficient use of radio spectrum through a better
The Spectrum Sensing and Noise project aims to advance fundamental metrology of microwave thermal noise together with applied metrology for spectrum sensing and
Spectrum is a limited national resource. Spectrum sharing research is motivated by national priorities to expand the availability of spectrum for commercial use
A major challenge for future wide area measurement systems is how to efficiently monitor and control the power system, which requires accurate and real-time
The Multimodal Information Group's speech analytics program has a long history of activities supporting the development of technologies that extract content
Interactions between cold atoms can provide us with the means to manipulate matter on the smallest scales. Collisions between laser-cooled atoms, in particular
Spintronics seeks to discover and utilize interactions between electron charge and spin. The field has already enjoyed scientific and commercial successes, with
One promising new approach to next generation information processing is spintronics, where information is carried by electronic spin rather than charge. Among