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2025 NIST GenAI (Pilot) Evaluation Plan for Image Discriminators

March 14, 2025
Author(s)
George Awad, Hariharan Iyer, Seungmin Seo, Peter Fontana, Yooyoung Lee
In this NIST Generative AI (GenAI) program, we invite and encourage participating teams from academia, industry, and other research labs to support research in Generative AI. GenAI is an evaluation series that provides a platform for testing and evaluation

2025 NIST GenAI (Pilot) Evaluation Plan for Image Generators

March 14, 2025
Author(s)
George Awad, Hariharan Iyer, Seungmin Seo, Peter Fontana, Yooyoung Lee
In this NIST Generative AI (GenAI) program, we invite and encourage participating teams from academia, industry, and other research labs to support research in Generative AI. GenAI is an evaluation series that provides a platform for testing and evaluation

DNA Mixture Interpretation: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review

December 18, 2024
Author(s)
John Butler, Hariharan Iyer, Richard Press, Melissa Taylor, Peter Vallone, Sheila Willis
Improvements in DNA testing methods have allowed forensic scientists to reduce the quantity of DNA required for profiling an individual. Today, DNA profiles can be generated from a few skin cells. This increased sensitivity has extended the usefulness of

Inconclusive Decisions and Error Rates in Forensic Science

May 4, 2024
Author(s)
Henry Swofford, Steven Lund, Hariharan K. Iyer, John Butler, Johannes A. Soons, Robert M. Thompson, Vincent Desiderio, JP Jones, Robert Ramotowski
In recent years, there has been discussion and controversy relating to the treatment of inconclusive decisions in forensic feature comparison disciplines when considering the reliability of examination methods and results. In this article, we offer a brief

Inconclusive Decisions and Error Rates in Forensic Science

May 4, 2024
Author(s)
Henry Swofford, Steven Lund, Hariharan Iyer, John Butler, Johannes Soons, Robert Thompson, Vincent Desiderio, JP Jones, Robert Ramotowski
Conference Presentation based on technical paper in ERB (Control Number: N2024-0457).

2024 NIST Generative AI (GenAI): Data Creation Specification for Text-to-Text (T2T) Generators

April 1, 2024
Author(s)
Yooyoung Lee, George Awad, Asad Butt, Lukas Diduch, Kay Peterson, Seungmin Seo, Ian Soboroff, Hariharan Iyer
Generator (G) teams will be tested on their system ability to generate content that is indistinguishable from human-generated content. For the pilot study, the evaluation will help determine strengths and weaknesses in their approaches including insights

2024 NIST Generative AI (GenAI): Evaluation Plan for Text-to-Text (T2T) Discriminators

April 1, 2024
Author(s)
Yooyoung Lee, George Awad, Asad Butt, Lukas Diduch, Kay Peterson, Seungmin Seo, Ian Soboroff, Hariharan Iyer
Generator (G) teams will be tested on their system's ability to generate content that is indistinguishable from human-generated content. For the pilot study, the evaluation will help determine strengths and weaknesses in their approaches including insights

Quantitative Evaluation of Footwear Evidence: Initial Workflow for an End-to-End System

November 23, 2021
Author(s)
Gautham Venkatasubramanian, Vighnesh Hegde, Steven Lund, Hariharan K. Iyer, Martin Herman
In the U.S., footwear examiners make decisions about the sources of crime scene shoe impressions using subjective criteria. This has raised questions about the accuracy, repeatability, reproducibility, and scientific validity of footwear examinations

Some Statistical Methods Applicable to Key Comparisons Studies

October 12, 2021
Author(s)
Hariharan K. Iyer, Chih-Ming Wang, Dominic F. Vecchia
Results of International Key Comparisons of National Measurement Standards provide the technical basis for the Mutual Recognition Arrangement formulated by Le Comite International des Poids et Mesures. With many key comparisons already completed and a

Towards Absolute Viability Measurements for Bacteria

September 12, 2021
Author(s)
Joy Dunkers, Hariharan K. Iyer, Brynna H. Jones, Charles Camp, Stephan J. Stranick, Nancy Lin
Quantifying viable, vegetative bacteria is a critical measurand in healthcare diagnostics, food safety, and antimicrobial development. Viability determination has traditionally relied on such techniques as plate counting, colorimetric or fluorescent

NIST Scientific Foundation Reviews

December 18, 2020
Author(s)
John M. Butler, Hariharan K. Iyer, Richard A. Press, Melissa Taylor, Peter Vallone, Sheila Willis
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a scientific research agency that works to advance measurement science, standards, and technology and that has been working to strengthen forensic science methods for almost a century. In recent

DNA mixture interpretation principles: insights from the NIST scientific foundation review

July 1, 2020
Author(s)
John Butler, Hariharan K. Iyer, Richard A. Press, Melissa Taylor, Peter Vallone, Sheila Willis
DNA mixture interpretation has become more challenging in recent years due to several factors including submission of more touch evidence samples to aid investigations and generation of more sensitive DNA test results with new STR typing kits. This

Understanding the characteristics of sequence-based single-source DNA profiles

November 9, 2019
Author(s)
Sarah Riman, Hariharan K. Iyer, Lisa A. Borsuk, Peter M. Vallone
The sequencing of STR markers provides additional information present in the underlying sequence variation that is typically masked by traditional fragment-based genotyping. However, the interpretation of STR profiles generated by targeted sequencing

Combinatorial Cassettes for Higher-Throughput Screening of Osteogenesis

October 4, 2018
Author(s)
Carl G. Simon Jr., Subhadip Bodhak, Hariharan K. Iyer, Luis Fernandez de Castro Diaz, Pam Robey, Azusa Maeda, Sergei Kuznetsov
Animal models are the most biologically relevant method for measuring the osteogenic capability of bone graft formulations. However, animal experiments are slow, tedious and the results can be highly variable, even when conducted within the same lab. In