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IR 7653

Computer Security Division 2009 Annual Report

Towards Standardized Waveguide Sizes and Interfaces for Submillimeter Wavelengths

Towards Standardized Waveguide Sizes and Interfaces for Submillimeter Wavelengths

This paper describes an activity that has begun recently to develop an international standard for rectangular metallic waveguides and their interfaces for frequencies of 110 GHz and above. The IEEE's Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) is

Interoperability Test of IEEE 1451.5 Standard-Based Wireless Sensors

Interoperability Test of IEEE 1451.5 Standard-Based Wireless Sensors

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1451 standard provides plug-and-play capability of smart transducers (sensors and actuators). Plug-and-play is an important aspect of interoperability, which is the ability of two or more systems

Grating-Enhanced Narrow-Band Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion

Grating-Enhanced Narrow-Band Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion

We propose a new method to narrow the linewidth of entangled photons from spontaneous parametric down conversion incorporated with an internal Bragg grating. We study and show that it is a promising way to generate narrow-line entangled photons.

IR 7669

Open Vulnerability Assessment Language (OVAL) Validation Program Derived Test Requirements

Optical performance monitoring of QPSK data channels by use of neural networks trained with parameters derived from asynchronous constellation diagrams

Optical performance monitoring of QPSK data channels by use of neural networks trained with parameters derived from asynchronous constellation diagrams

We demonstrate a technique for optical performance monitoring of quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) data channels by simultaneously identifying optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR), chromatic dispersion (CD), and polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) using

Linking Canny Edge Pixels with Pseudo-watershed Lines

Linking Canny Edge Pixels with Pseudo-watershed Lines

A method is presented for computing pseudo-watershed lines that can be used for linking pixels that have been identified as edge pixels with the Canny edge detector. An additional procedure is also described for filling breaks that may still exist between

How Accurate is a Radio Controlled Clock?

How Accurate is a Radio Controlled Clock?

This paper discusses the factors that determine the accuracy of radio controlled clocks. The topics covered including the accuracy of the time signal station, path delay, synchronization errors, and the time error that accumulates between synchronizations.

AN AUTOMATIC OVERLAP-BASED CELL TRACKING SYSTEM

AN AUTOMATIC OVERLAP-BASED CELL TRACKING SYSTEM

In order to facilitate the extraction of quantitative data from live cell image sets, automated image analysis methods are needed. This paper presents an overlap-based cell tracking algorithm that has the ability to track cells across a set of time-lapse

Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division Summary of Activities for Fiscal Year 2009

Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division Summary of Activities for Fiscal Year 2009

This report summarizes the technical work of the Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division (MCSD) of NIST s Information Technology Laboratory. Part I (Overview) provides a high-level overview of the Division s activities, including highlights of

Secure Management of Keys in Cryptographic Applications: Guidance for Organizations

Secure Management of Keys in Cryptographic Applications: Guidance for Organizations

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-57, Recommendation for Key Management, Part 3, Application Specific Key Management Guidance. The publication supplements Parts 1 and 2 of SP 800-57, by providing

Guide to SIMfill Use and Development

Guide to SIMfill Use and Development

SIMfill is a proof-of-concept, open source, application developed by NIST to populate identity modules with test data, as a way to assess the recovery capability of mobile forensic tools. An initial set of test data is also provided with SIMfill as a

ITL Bulletin

Secure Management of Keys in Cryptographic Applications: Guidance for Organizations

IR 7658

Guide to SIMfill Use and Development

Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: a Security Life Cycle Approach

Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: a Security Life Cycle Approach

[Superseded by SP 800-37 Rev. 1 (February 2010, w/updates through 6/5/2014): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=916094 ] The purpose of SP 800-37 Rev 1 is to provide guidelines for applying the Risk Management Framework to federal

SP 800-37 Rev. 1

Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: A Security Life Cycle Approach

Uncertainty Analysis of Remote Sensing Optical Sensor Data Guiding Principles to Achieve Metrological Consistency

Uncertainty Analysis of Remote Sensing Optical Sensor Data Guiding Principles to Achieve Metrological Consistency

Climate change monitoring requires long time series radiometric measurements using multiple optical sensors in multiple platforms covering the globe over decades. The problem of achieving traceability to SI units for these measurements is discussed. A

Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification

Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification

[Superseded by SP 800-73-4 (May 2015): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=918402 ] FIPS 201, Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors, defines procedures for the PIV lifecycle activities including

Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification

Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification

[Superseded by SP 800-78-3 (December 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=907537 ] This document contains the technical specifications needed for the mandatory and optional cryptographic keys specified in FIPS 201 as well as

SP 800-78-2

Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification

SP 800-73-3

Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification

A Model of Joint Congestion Control and Routing Through Random Assignment of Paths

A Model of Joint Congestion Control and Routing Through Random Assignment of Paths

We investigate the trade-off between utility and path diversity in a model of congestion control where there can be multiple routes between two locations in a network The model contains a random route allocation scheme for each source s (user or TCP

Overlap-Based Cell Tracker

Overlap-Based Cell Tracker

In order to facilitate the extraction of quantitative data from live cell image sets, automated image analysis methods are needed. This paper presents an introduction to the general principle of an overlap cell tracking software developed by NIST. This

Asynchronous Cooperative MIMO Systems using A Linear Dispersion Structure

Asynchronous Cooperative MIMO Systems using A Linear Dispersion Structure

In this treatise, we propose a novel family of Asynchronous Cooperative Linear Dispersion Codes (ACLDCs),which is capable of maintaining full diversity in cooperative scenarios even at the presence of asynchronous reception. The linear dispersion structure

Attacking Paper-Based E2E Voting Systems

Attacking Paper-Based E2E Voting Systems

In this paper, we develop methods for constructing vote-buying/coercion attacks on end-to-end voting systems, and describe vote-buying/coercion attacks on three end-to-end voting systems: Punchscan, Pret-a-Voter, and Threeballot. We also demonstrate a

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Attacking Paper-Based E2E Voting Systems

Quantum Computing

Quantum Computing

Imagine a computer that can exploit quantum mechanics to solve previously intractable problems in physics, mathematics and cryptography. Such a quantum computer would revolutionize computing technology while teaching us about fundamental physics and ways

Security Metrics: Measurements to Support the Continued Development of Information Security Technology

Security Metrics: Measurements to Support the Continued Development of Information Security Technology

This bulletin summarizes the information that was presented in NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR)7564, Directions in Security Metrics Research, by Wayne Jansen. The publication examines past efforts to develop security measurements that could help

ITL Bulletin

Security Metrics: Measurements to Support the Continued Development of Information Security Technology

Resistivity Dominated by Surface Scattering in Sub-50 nm Cu Wires

Resistivity Dominated by Surface Scattering in Sub-50 nm Cu Wires

The electron scattering mechanisms in sub-50nm copper lines were investigated to understand the extendibility of copper interconnects when the line width or thickness is less than the mean free path. Electron-beam lithography and a dual hardmask approach