Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division
Information Technology Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Technology Administration
U. S. Department of Commerce
January 2006
This report summarizes the technical work of the Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division (MCSD) of NIST’s Information Technology Laboratory. Part I provides a high-level overview of the Division’s activities, including highlights of technical accomplishments during the previous year. Part II includes short articles describing selected recent technical accomplishments in more detail. Part III provides brief summaries of many of the research projects of the Division. Part IV provides listings of publications, technical talks, and other professional activities in which Division staff members have participated.
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Front Matter | 1 |
Part I : Overview | 9 |
Introduction | 11 |
Highlights | 14 |
Technical Accomplishments | 14 |
Staff News | 16 |
Awards | 17 |
Part II - Features | 21 |
Architectures for Fault-tolerant Quantum Computing | 23 |
Quantum Logic Circuit Synthesis | 25 |
Adaptive Finite Element Modeling of Two Confined and Interacting Atoms | 27 |
Mathematical Modeling of Nanomagnetism | 29 |
Stability of Nanowires | 31 |
Improving Image Resolution in Nanotechnology | 33 |
Creating Visual Models of Nanoworlds | 35 |
Measurement Science in the Virtual World | 37 |
Identifying Objects in LADAR Scanning Data | 39 |
Part III - Project Summaries | 41 |
Mathematical Knowledge Management | 43 |
Digital Library of Mathematical Functions | 43 |
Representation and Exchange of Mathematical Data | 44 |
Fundamental Mathematical Software Development and Testing | 46 |
Sparse BLAS Standardization | 46 |
SciMark, a Web-based Benchmark for Numerical Computing in Java | 46 |
TNT: Object Oriented Numerical Programming | 47 |
A Metrology-Based Approach to Verification and Validation of Computer Models of High-Consequence Engineering Systems | 47 |
Mathematical Software Reference Databases | 48 |
High Performance Computing | 49 |
Computation of Atomic Properties with the Hy-CI Method | 49 |
Computation of Nano-structures and Nano-optics | 50 |
Computational Modeling of the Flow of Concrete | 51 |
Interoperable MPI | 51 |
Screen Saver Science | 52 |
Virtual Measurement Laboratory | 53 |
Creating Visual Models of Nanoworlds | 53 |
Measurement Science in the Virtual World | 53 |
Tissue Engineering | 53 |
3D Chemical Imaging at the Nanoscale | 55 |
Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory | 56 |
Visualization of Resonant Optical Scattering by Metamagnetic Materials | 58 |
Visualization of Nano-structures and Nano-optics | 59 |
Mathematical Modeling of Mechanical Systems and Processes | 61 |
Stability of Nanowires | 61 |
OOF: Finite Element Analysis of Material Microstructures | 61 |
Materials Data and Metrology for Applications to Machining Processes, Frangible Ammunition, and Body Armor | 62 |
Modeling and Simulation of High-Speed Machining Operations | 63 |
Phase-Field Modeling of Solidification under Stress | 64 |
Modeling Fluid Flow and Materials Processing | 65 |
Modeling Nonequilibrium Boundary Condition at a Liquid-Liquid Interface | 65 |
A Stochastic Approach to Modeling of Contact Dynamics of Silicon Cantilevers | 66 |
Complex System Failure Analysis: A Computational Science Based Approach | 66 |
Modeling the Behavior of Cryocoolers | 67 |
Mathematical Modeling of Electromagnetic Systems | 68 |
Mathematical Modeling of Nanomagnetism | 68 |
High-Speed Waveform Metrology | 68 |
Micromagnetic Modeling 69 | |
Time-Domain Algorithms for Computational Electromagnetics | 70 |
Quantum Dot Identification and Characterization | 71 |
Terahertz Band Device Modeling | 71 |
Physics Models for Transport in Compound Semiconductors | 72 |
Quantum Information | 73 |
Architectures for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing | 73 |
Quantum Circuit Synthesis | 73 |
Adaptive Finite Element Modeling of Two Confined and Interacting Atoms | 73 |
Realizing Quantum Information Processors | 73 |
Optical Quantum Metrology and Quantum Computing | 74 |
Mathematics of Metrology | 75 |
Improving Image Resolution in Nanotechnology | 75 |
Identifying Objects in LADAR Scanning Data | 75 |
Phase Modulation Measurements of Fluorescent Lifetimes | 75 |
APEX Blind Deconvolution of Color Imagery | 76 |
Simulation of Bioregulatory Networks Involved in Cell Cycle Control | 77 |
Computing Surface and Volume Estimates of 3-D Objects | 78 |
Systems Identification and Parameter Estimation | 78 |
Technology Transfer of Monte Carlo Strategies | 79 |
Voting Systems | 79 |
Part IV - Activity Data | 81 |
Publications | 83 |
Presentations | 88 |
Software Released | 90 |
Conferences, Minisymposia, Lecture Series, Short-courses | 91 |
Other Professional Activities | 92 |
External Contacts | 94 |
Part V - Appendices | 97 |
Staff | 99 |
Acronyms | 101 |
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This page was created on 6 February 2006. Direct questions or comments to boisvert@nist.gov.