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PerMIS
'06
Performance
Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop - Local Information
Host
Background: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Founded in 1901, the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was the U.S. federal
government's first physical science research laboratory. It currently
is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Commerce Department's
Technology Administration. NIST's mission is to develop and promote
measurement, standards, and technology to enhance productivity,
facilitate trade, and improve quality of life. NIST carries out
its mission in four cooperative programs:
- the NIST
Laboratories, conducting research that advances the nation's
technology infrastructure and is needed by U.S. industry to
continually improve products and services;
- the Baldrige
National Quality Program, which promotes performance excellence
among U.S. manufacturers, service companies, educational institutions,
and health care providers.
- the Manufacturing
Extension Partnership, a nationwide network of local centers
offering technical and business assistance to smaller manufacturers;
and
- the Advanced
Technology Program, which accelerates the development of
innovative technologies for broad national benefit by co-funding
R&D partnerships with the private sector.
The NIST campus,
located just over 10 miles north of Washington, D.C., is a large
expanse of research laboratories, lecture auditoriums, and conference
facilities supporting over 3000 researchers.
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