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Melissa Midzor Named Director of NIST’s Communications Technology Laboratory

November 18, 2024

The lab focuses on advancing communications technology through research and development in core network technologies, next-generation wireless systems, public

The Future is Open: What is OpenRAN and How NIST is Helping

November 13, 2024

The future of your mobile network is faster, more cost effective, more intelligent, and more secure—one that breaks free from the limitations of the existing

NIST CTL Contributes to National Spectrum Research and Development Plan Priorities

October 31, 2024

On November 13, 2023, President Biden recognized radio frequency spectrum as one of the nation's most critical natural resources, calling for a modernized

NIST Broadens Collaboration with BIPM to Enhance Voltage Standards

October 24, 2024

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has expanded its comparison program with the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) and the

Esther Baumann leans over a lab table, surrounded with wires and scientific equipment.

Smart New Laser Technology Can Monitor Greenhouse Gases Faster, More Sensitively

October 9, 2024

New laser technology, known as free-form dual-comb spectroscopy, quickly measures gases of interest by homing in on the most information-rich parts of a sample.

NIST Leaders Overview CPS and IoT Program at DOE Executive Lunch and Learn

September 1, 2024

On 10 September 2024, NIST leaders Dr. David Wollman, Deputy Chief of NIST’s Smart Connected System Division, and Dr. Thomas Roth, Leader of NIST’s IoT Devices

NIST Industrial Wireless Team Publishes Report on OFDMA Uplink Activation

September 1, 2024

Karl Montgomery and Rick Candell of the NIST Industrial Wireless Team have produced a report titled “A Characterization of OFDMA Uplink Activation for

NIST Releases New Version of SimPROCESD Software for Discrete-event Manufacturing Simulation

September 1, 2024

NIST has released its latest software version of SimPROCESD v0.3.0, or Simulated-Production Resource for Operations and Conditions Evaluation to Support

NIST Hosts Industry Meeting on Advanced Technologies and Use Cases for High-performance Industrial Wireless Systems

September 1, 2024

The NIST Industrial Wireless Systems team held an industry meeting on September 12, 2024, to facilitate discussions on “Advanced Technologies and Use Cases for

NIST Industrial Wireless Systems Team Member Presents on Real-time and Mission-critical Wireless Systems

September 1, 2024

NIST Industrial Wireless Systems team member Mohamed Kashef (Hany) presented on real-time and mission-critical wireless systems in an invited panel session at

2025 MBE & QIF Summit Call for Presentations Open

August 26, 2024

Planning for the 2025 MBE & QIF Summit at MxD in Chicago on April 15-17, 2025, is underway. NIST and the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium will organize

NIST Reports that IEEE 802.11 OFDMA Frame Triggering Could Improve Latency for Time-critical Applications Using Wireless

August 1, 2024

Rick Candell of the NIST Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) presented research findings at the International Conference on Advance Intelligent

NIST Team Presents its 5G Industrial Wireless Testbed and Research Direction at AIM Conference

August 1, 2024

NIST researcher Jing Geng of the Operational Technology (OT) Wireless Team, Smart Connected Systems Division, presented the paper, “An Industrial Private 5G

Summer Students Support Smart Connected Systems Research in NIST’s SURF and SHIP Programs

August 1, 2024

Every summer, NIST hosts summer students in its Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) program and Summer High School Intern Program (SHIP) to work in

NIST and University Researchers Develop Software to Improve Co-Simulation Performance

August 1, 2024

In collaboration with Vanderbilt University, NIST researchers have published a paper, “ Scalable HLA Co-Simulations of Connected and Automated Vehicles using

NIST Publishes Recommendations to Use Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) in Manufacturing Life Cycle Data

August 1, 2024

A recently released NIST Advanced Manufacturing Series publication AMS 300-12 “ Research Results and Recommendations for Universally Unique Identifiers in

Hawaii MEP Tours the CTL Operational Technology Cybersecurity Laboratory

July 1, 2024

NIST researchers from the Communications Technology Laboratory's Smart Connected Systems Division recently hosted representatives from the Hawaii Technology

NIST Leads U.S. Delegation to Singapore World Cities Summit

July 1, 2024

On 02-06 June 2024, the NIST Smart Cities program lead, Dr. Michael Dunaway, led a U.S. delegation to the World Cities Summit (WCS) in Singapore to discuss

NIST Researcher Provides Insights on Interoperability Testing Methods of Smart Sensors at 2024 Sensor Converge

July 1, 2024

NIST researcher Dr. Eugene Song provided a presentation of interoperability testing methods of smart sensors in Internet of Things (IoT)/Industrial IoT (IIoT)

NIST Researchers Present Tutorial on Discrete-Event Manufacturing Simulation Using Open-Source SimPROCESD Environment

July 1, 2024

At the 2024 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM) in Washington, DC, NIST researchers Serghei Drozdov and Mehdi Dadfarnia gave a 90-minute tutorial

NIST to Host Technical Language Processing Virtual Workshop on 24-25 September 2024

July 1, 2024

NIST will hold a virtual workshop on Technical Language Processing on 24-25 September 2024. Online registration is $33.00 USD and is available via the workshop

IEEE 1451.0 - 2024 Standard Published Under Leadership of NIST Researchers

July 1, 2024

NIST researchers Eugene Song and Kang Lee chaired and led the development of the IEEE 1451.0 TM-2024 Standard for a Smart Transducer Interface for Sensors and

Save the Date - 2025 MBE & QIF Summit April 15-17, 2025

June 25, 2024

In 2024, the MBE Summit in-person event returned and combined with the QIF Summit. The event was held from April 16-19, 2024 at MxD (Manufacturing x Digital)

NIST Publishes Automated Vehicles Workshop Report

June 4, 2024

NIST held a virtual workshop in September 2023 on Standards and Performance Metrics for On-Road Automated Vehicles, attracting over 600 attendees from industry

NIST Has Significant Presence at IEEE Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS) Conference

June 1, 2024

In May 2024, NIST researchers were invited to provide several presentations at the 7 th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS

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