About IAD
The Information Access Division (IAD), part of NIST 's Information Technology Laboratory , provides measurements and standards to advance technologies dealing with access to multimedia and other complex information.
Division Chief: Dr. Martin Herman
- What IAD does
- IAD Organization
- Publications
- Industry Collaboration
- IAD Staff
- Job Opportunities
- Products and Tools
- Photo Gallery
- Photos from Awards Ceremony 2003 & 2005
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IAD Program Areas:
- Human Language Technology:
Measurement and evaluation of speech recognition, speaker recognition, spoken language understanding, information search, retrieval, and filtering, document understanding, summarization, interactive speech interfaces
- Biometrics Technology: Identification and Verification Technology
Measurement, evaluation and standards for fingerprint matching and interchange, criminal justice information systems, face recognition and multi-modal biometrics
- Interactive Systems Technology:
Measurement, standards, and evaluation for usability of interactive systems, web usability testing, usability reporting formats, accessibility testing
- Digital- and Multi-Media Technology:
Measurement, evaluation and standards for multimedia, including searching, filtering, MPEG and JPEG standards, 3D on the web, video retrieval and motion
image quality
- SmartSpace Technology
Measurement, standards, integration and interoperability of intelligent, interactive environments embedded with computers, information appliances, portable devices and multi-modal sensors.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
Site created on May 29, 2001
Last updated: Friday, July 20, 2007
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IAD News & Highlights
Workshops/Conferences
- TREC Conference
- Past Conferences
Face Recognition Vendor Test (FVRT) 2002 Results
Report on Biometrics
Released to Congress
IAD in the News
- NYTimes - DHS Rescue Robot Standards
- Face Recognition - Govt.Computer News
- Better Face Recognition Software
- New Translation Technology To Aid U.S. Forces
- Medical News Today - Nanoscale Pores
- GCN - Face & Iris Recognition Tests
- LiveScience - FRVT(Face Reco Vendor Test)
- ZDNET - FRVT
- USA Today - FRVT
- Nanoscale Pore work featured in Nanomednet article
- MBARK featured on Tech Beat
- ComputerWorld - Minutiae Interoperability (MINEX)
- NetworkWorld - Minutiae Interoperability (MINEX)
- Government Computer News - Minutiae Interoperability (MINEX)
- Government Innovators Network - Minutiae Interoperability (MINEX)
- PhysOrg - Minutiae Interoperability (MINEX)
- MINEX Minutiae Study
- NIST finalizes biometric specification for HSPD-12
- IAD biometrics work mentioned in article
- IAD biometrics work highlighted in New Scientist article
IAD News Archives
IAD Highlights
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NIST
Visitor Info
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Technical inquiries: web894@nist.gov
Information Access Division NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8940, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8940. |
IAD website comments: web894@nist.gov with corrections, comments or feedback.
General NIST inquiries:
(301) 975-NIST (6478)
TTY (301) 975-8295
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