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Report: Authentication Diary Study

February 4, 2014
Author(s)
Michelle P. Steves, Mary F. Theofanos
Users have developed various coping strategies for minimizing or avoiding the friction and burden associated with managing and using their portfolios of user IDs and passwords or personal identification numbers (PINs). Many try to use the same password (or

Camera Recognition

March 26, 2013
Author(s)
Michelle P. Steves, Brian C. Stanton, Mary F. Theofanos, Dana E. Chisnell, Hannah Wald
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program is a biometrically-enhanced identification system primarily situated at border points of entry such as airports and seaports. In

Lessons Learned in Evaluating DARPA Advanced Military Technologies

October 15, 2010
Author(s)
Craig I. Schlenoff, Brian A. Weiss, Michelle P. Steves
For the past six years, personnel from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have served as the Independent Evaluation Team (IET) for two major DARPA programs. DARPA ASSIST (Advanced Soldier Sensor Information System and Technology) is

Utility Assessment in TRANSTAC: Using a set of complementary methods

February 8, 2010
Author(s)
Michelle P. Steves, Emile L. Morse
This paper describes the methods used during formative utility assessments for speech-to-speech, real-time translation systems intended for tactical use. The systems, while still prototypical, had hardware platforms that could be exercised indoors or

Evaluating Speech Translation Systems: Applying SCORE to TRANSTAC Technologies

September 29, 2009
Author(s)
Craig I. Schlenoff, Brian A. Weiss, Michelle P. Steves, Gregory A. Sanders, Frederick M. Proctor, Ann M. Virts
The Spoken Language Communication and Translation System for Tactical Use (TRANSTAC) program is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) advanced technology research and development program. The goal of the TRANSTAC program is to demonstrate

Assessing Face Overlay

August 17, 2009
Author(s)
Mary F. Theofanos, Brian C. Stanton, Charles L. Sheppard, Ross J. Micheals, Yee-Yin Choong, John W. Wydler II, Kevin C. Mangold, Michelle P. Steves, Emile L. Morse
The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology's (US-VISIT) has embarked on an effort to improve the quality of facial images captured at US ports of entry. One aspect of this effort was the identification of usability and human

Performance Evaluation of Speech Translation Systems

May 28, 2008
Author(s)
Brian A. Weiss, Craig I. Schlenoff, Gregory A. Sanders, Michelle P. Steves, Sherri Condon, Jon Phillips, Dan Parvaz
One of the most challenging tasks for uniformed service personnel serving in foreign countries is effective verbal communication with the local population. To remedy this problem, several companies and academic institutions have been funded to develop

Utility Assessments of Soldier-Worn Sensor Systems for ASSIST

May 14, 2007
Author(s)
Michelle P. Steves
Utility assessments were performed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Advanced Soldier Sensor Information Systems and Technology (ASSIST) program. This paper describes the field-based, formative methods used to assess utility for