An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories Fiscal Years 2004-2005 (2005) / Chapter Skim
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5 Information Technology Laboratory
5 Information Technology Laboratory
Pages 51-58
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The laboratory staff is organized in six divisions, as shown in Appendix A: · Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division (MCSD) , · Advanced Network Technologies Division (ANTD)
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The recent NIST Employee Survey supports this observation, placing ITL first or second among the NIST laboratories in 10 of the 15 categories surveyed, and above the median in all categories. Rather than covering all of the programs and projects within ITL, the discussions below provide examples within the assessment categories (technical quality and merit, relevance, effectiveness, and resources)
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The goal is to advance the science in quantum computing, leading to the ultimate goal of creating a useful quantum computer, and to develop secure quantum communications systems. Recent results showed a 3 percent failure rate of quantum gates, which is several hundred times larger than the rate scientists had generally thought necessary to produce useful results.
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, · Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems, · Document management systems that enhance information sharing among health care providers, · Wireless pervasive computing devices on a local or body area network, · Telehealth clinical specialty applications, · Digital medical imaging, and · Collaborative decision-support tools at the point of care.
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The Computer Security Division's programs in security testing are outstanding. The Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP)
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For example, the Statistical Engineering Division statisticians have collaborated with scientists in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory in an analysis of the collapse of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center. The SED has provided the statistical design for experiments and model simulations to discover the sequence of failure events and to determine the relative importance of the several failure modes (impact, fire, heat, structural elements)
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Web-based dissemination of the NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods and the future availability of the Digital Library of Mathematical Functions will provide invaluable services to the worldwide community. Work in biometrics constitutes a major area of work in the Information Access Division.
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government agencies, including the Department of Justice, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Central Intelligence Agency. RESOURCES The ITL has been concerned for a number of years about its spatially fragmented facilities.
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