Software research

News and Updates

Face Recognition Software Shows Improvement in Recognizing Masked Faces

December 1, 2020

A new study of face recognition technology created after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that some software developers have made demonstrable progress

An artist's conception shows the algorithms as a group of bike racers on a mountain road, closing in on the finish line over the next hill.

NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Program Enters ‘Selection Round’

July 22, 2020

The race to protect sensitive electronic information against the threat of quantum computers has entered the home stretch. After spending more than three years

NIST Study Evaluates Effects of Race, Age, Sex on Face Recognition Software

December 19, 2019

How accurately do face recognition software tools identify people of varied sex, age and racial background? According to a new study by the National Institute

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To Measure Bias in Data, NIST Initiates ‘Fair Ranking’ Research Effort

November 14, 2019

A new research effort at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) aims to address a pervasive issue in our data-driven society: a lack of

Projects and Programs

Compatibility Assessment and Bias Estimation for Standard Reference Materials

NIST produces a number of food-matrix Standard Reference Materials. A problem that frequently occurs in their analysis is one of assessing compatibility of data

Detecting Change Points in Surface Temperature Records

The long records (sometimes over 100 years) of surface temperatures available from meteorological monitoring stations in the Unites States can be a valuable

Quantifying Uncertainty in Accelerometer Sensitivity Studies

To compare the sensitivity of linear accelerometers.

metRology Software Project

The goal of the metRology software project is to provide a set of specialized functions for statistical metrology as a package for the R software environment

Publications

DADS: The On-Line Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

September 17, 2020

Author(s)

Paul E. Black

The Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures (DADS) is a publicly accessible dictionary of generally useful algorithms, data structures, algorithmic

Static Analyzers: Seat Belts for Your Code

April 17, 2020

Author(s)

Paul E. Black

Just as seat belt use is wide spread, we argue that the use static analysis should be part of ethical software development. We explain some of the procedures of

Quantities and Units for Software Product Measurements

March 10, 2020

Author(s)

David W. Flater

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 80000, the International System of Quantities, collects and

Improving MC/DC and Fault Detection Strength Using Combinatorial Testing

July 25, 2019

Author(s)

David R. Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker

Software, in many different fields and tasks, has played a critical role and even replaced humans to improve efficiency and safety. However, catastrophic