What ITL does

ITL Brochure - January 2009

Advanced Network Technologies
 

Computer Security
 

Software & Systems
 

Statistical Engineering

Complex Systems
 

Cyber and Network Security
 

Enabling Scientific Discovery
 

Identity Management
 

Information Discovery, Use, and Sharing
 

Pervasive Information Technology
 

Trustworthy Information Systems
 

Virtual Measurement
 

ITL News:

Update on Proposed Reorganization of ITL
Based on the feedback we continue to receive, ITL has decided to put our proposed reorganization on hold.  We have received expressions of both support and concern from various stakeholders. We are seriously considering this input and plan to re-evaluate how to ensure that our structure is as flexible and efficient as possible in meeting the many challenges and opportunities ahead.   ITL welcomes input (itl_inquiries@nist.gov) and looks forward to continued conversations on this matter. 

ITL Scientists Receive Prestigious Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer
Dr. Raghu Kacker, Professor Jeff Yu Lei, and Professor James F. Lawrence, all of the Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division, and David R. Kuhn, Computer Security Division, will receive the 2009 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Mid-Atlantic Regional Excellence in Technology Transfer Award for the work entitled "Advanced Combinatorial Test Suites (ACTS) for Testing Software." This prestigious award recognizes employees who have accomplished outstanding work in the process of transferring a technology developed by a federal laboratory to the commercial marketplace. The award will be presented at a luncheon held on September 17, 2009, as part of the annual FLC Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting.

ITL Scientific Visualization Team Wins Second OASCR Award
A short movie entitled “Simulation of Non-Newtonian Suspensions: Shear Thinning Case,” developed by ITL’s Scientific Applications and Visualization Group in collaboration with BFRL scientists, was chosen to receive an OASCR Award at the 2009 Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) Conference held in San Diego on June 14-18, 2009. The SciDAC Conference brings together about 350 scientists participating in DOE’s SciDAC Program along with other prominent researchers from the computational science community. Named for DOE’s Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, OASCRs were awarded to 10 entries at the conference’s Electronic Poster and Visualization Night session.

The NIST entry illustrates how suspensions such as concrete or paint react as strain is applied. In particular, the movie visualizes the results of a high-performance computer simulation which models the change in local shear rates and viscosity throughout a suspension as a constant rate of strain is applied. The movie was produced by William George, Steven Satterfield, John Hagedorn, Marc Olano, and Judith Terrill of ITL’s Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division, along with Nicos Martys of BFRL’s Materials and Construction Research Division. This is the second OASCR award garnered by the NIST team. The winning submissions received gold-colored statuettes reminiscent of a Hollywood event with a homonymic name.

Two ITL Mathematicians Named SIAM Fellows
Dianne O’Leary and G. W. (Pete) Stewart, Faculty Appointees in ITL’s Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division, have been named Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). O’Leary, who is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP), was cited for contributions to linear algebra, regularization, and applications. Stewart, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at UMCP, was cited for contributions to numerical linear algebra. The SIAM Fellows program has just been established; O’Leary and Stewart are members of the inaugural class of inductees.