October 25, 2022

NIST Visiting Committee 

on Advanced Technology (VCAT)

Dr. Laurie Locascio

Under Secretary of Commerce 

for Standards and Technology 

and Director of NIST
Meeting Agenda

Call to Order and Roll Call

Session I: Special Session

Session II: Programmatic and Operational Updates

• NIST Update and Agenda Review

• Safety Update

• Budget Overview

Extended Break (60 min.)

Session III: CHIPS Session

Session IV: Subcommittee Session

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II. Programmatic Updates –

continued progress 

on our priorities 
Mr. David A. Vasko

Director of Advanced Technology 

Strategic Development 

Rockwell Automation

Term ends February 1, 2023

Grateful Recognition

Dr. Gail Folena-Wasserman

Senior Vice President 

Biopharmaceutical Development 

Emeritus, AstraZeneca/MedImmune

Term ends January 29, 2023

Credit: NIST Credit: NIST

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Mr. Jason Matusow

General Manager

Corporate Standards Group 

Microsoft Corporation

Term began September 14, 2022

Welcome New VCAT Member

Credit: NIST

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Dr. Heather Evans

Director (acting)

Program Coordination Office

NIST Leadership Changes

Image Credit: Department of Commerce Credit: Heather Evans/AAAS Image Credit: NIST

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NIST Leadership Changes

Image Credit: Department of Commerce Image Credit: NIST

Dr. Stephanie Hooker

Acting Director

Material Measurement Laboratory

Dr. Eric K. Lin

Interim Director

CHIPS Research and 

Development Program

Credit: NIST Credit: LinkedIn

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NIST Priorities

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August 9, 2022

CHIPS and Science Act of 2022

Credit: White House Credit: White House
CHIPS for America Fund

$50 billion allocated over 5 years

Financial Incentives Programs

$39 billion

Research and Development

$11 billion

NSTC ● APMP ● MFG USA Institute(s)

NIST Metrology program

Workforce Development

CHIPS Act at A Glance

Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 

Semiconductors for America Act
MEP Update

MEP National NetworkTM Strategic Plan for 

FY 2023-2028 in development

• Supply chain

• Workforce

• Innovation and Technology Adoption

Expanding MEP Advisory Board

• Seeking nominations 

MEP Reorganization underway

• Prepare to support new programs and services with 

anticipated growth in funding

MEP National NetworkTM Supplier Scouting 

• 259 items scouted from 12+ states and 25 industries

• MEP Centers from 30 states have identified 400+ viable 

U.S. suppliers

• $168 M in new business opportunities for U.S. 

manufactures

Key provisions of the CHIPS and Science Act

Credit: NIST
MFG USA Update

• MFG USA exhibited at the International 

Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS)

• Largest and longest-running industry trade 

show with over 86,000 attendees

• Advanced Manufacturing National 

Program Office and 9 manufacturing 

innovation institutes attended

Credit: Manufacturing USA Twitter

Annual Report

July 2022 

BRL report 

October 2022

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Critical & Emerging Technologies

ADVANCED 

COMMUNICATIONS

(5G and beyond) 

and wireless 

technologies

ARTIFICIAL 

INTELLIGENCE

BIOTECHNOLOGY

CYBERSECURITY 

AND PRIVACY

Transparent, 

trustworthy AI and 

machine learning

To enable the 

development and 

deployment of 

emerging 

technologies

And engineering 

biology to impact 

the health, 

agricultural, and 

industrial sectors

ENERGY 

TECHNOLOGIES

QUANTUM 

INFORMATION 

SCIENCE

Leveraging quantum 

mechanics for the storage, 

transmission, manipulation, 

computing, or 

measurement of 

information

Generation, 

storage, distribution, 

and secure, 

climate-friendly, 

efficient utilization 

of energy

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Update 

2nd Meeting of the National AI 

Advisory Committee (NAIAC)

www.ai.gov/naiac

16 October 12 – 13, 2022

NIST AI Risk Management 

Framework (AI RMF) 1.0 and AI 

RMF Playbook 1.0

Workshop #3 October 18-19

Version 1.0 coming January 2023

Credit: NIST

Testimony before House 

Committee on Science, Space, 

and Technology, Subcommittee 

on Research and Technology

Trustworthy AI: Managing the Risks of 

Artificial Intelligence

September 29, 2022

Credit: science.house.gov Credit: NIST
Credit: White House

A new Executive Order on Advancing 

Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing 

Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and 

Secure American Economy was signed 

September 12, 2022

In July, NIST released a Research Grade Test 

Material (RGTM) for Monkeypox within 30 

days in response to public health need, a 

record for NIST

Credit: NIST Credit: CDC

Bioeconomy Update

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Cybersecurity & Privacy Update

50 years of Cybersecurity at NIST

https://csrc.nist.gov/nist-cyber-history

• Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

• Cybersecurity for IoT

• Software Supply Chain

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Advanced Communications Update

Deployed on PSCR Demonstration Network and 

commissioned in August 2022

New opportunities for equipment vendors

Greatly expands research capacity, together 

with NIST’s 5G Spectrum Sharing Testbed & 

National Broadband Interoperability Test Bed

Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) 

for 5G Spectrum Sharing Test Bed

Credit: NCCoE

NIST IR 8433: interagency report on 

advanced communications 

technology standards (August 2022)

Authored by the Advanced 

Communications Technology Working 

Group of Interagency Committee on 

Standards Policy (NIST chair)

Advanced Comms Standards

Credit: NIST

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https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2022/NIST.IR.8433.pdf

Credit: NIST
Climate and Energy Technologies

Credit: NIST

Credit: R. Jacobson/NIST

External Recognition

• Samuel J. Heyman "Sammies" Service to 

America Medal finalists

• Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental 

(SEE) Ambassadors

• Department of Commerce Energy and 

Environmental Stewardship Awards

Laboratory Highlights

• Launch of the NIST Climate Community 

of Interest and White Paper 

• Training for Improving Plastics Circularity 

Grant Program: awards to five universities 

• New interoperability profile addresses the 

complexity in energy standards for 

modern technologies 

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Quantum Information Sciences Update

Jun Ye - 2022 

Breakthrough Prize in 

Fundamental Physics

Adam Kaufman - New 

Horizons in Physics Prize 

from Breakthrough 

Foundation

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Credit: Steven Burrows, Thompson Group/JILA

Credit: K Dill, NIST

DC-QNet

Announced June 

27, 2022 

Advanced quantum 

sensor: entangled 

matter-wave 

interferometer 
NIST and Post-Quantum Cryptography

• NIST is developing post-quantum 

cryptography (PQC) encryption schemes 

that resist quantum and classical 

computers

• NIST’s PQC challenge started in 2016, four 

selected algorithms announced July 5, 

2022

• The four winning PQC algorithms will 

become part of new encryption 

standards

• 4th NIST PQC Standardization 

Conference: November 29 - December 

1, 2022 

Credit: Sungmin Kim/NIST

Dr. Jayne Morrow

Senior Advisor on Standards Policy 

Office of the NIST Director

Image Credit: Department of Commerce Credit: NIST

Standards Coordination Team Update

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Standards Leadership and Strategy

• National Security Strategy 

released on October 12, 

2022 

• NIST is working closely with 

the National Security 

Council on developing a 

more strategic approach 

to USG involvement in 

international standards

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“To ensure these investments 

support positive technological 

outcomes, we will partner with 

industry and governments in 

shaping technological 

standards that ensure quality, 

consumer safety, and global 

interoperability, and to 

advance the open and 

transparent standards process 

that has enabled innovation, 

growth, and interconnectivity 

for decades.”
International Engagement in Standards

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U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council

U.S. ● European Commission

Quad

U.S. ● Australia ● India ● Japan

G7

U.S. ● Canada ● France ● Germany ●

Italy ● Japan ● UK

Ottawa 5

U.S. ● Australia ● Canada

New Zealand ● UK

OECD

U.S. ● Australia ● Austria Canada Denmark ● Finland

France ● Germany Hungary ● Japan ● Korea ● Mexico 

Netherlands ● New Zealand ● Poland Russia ● Singapore 

Slovak Republic Slovenia ● Sweden Switzerland ● Turkey 

UAE ● UK ● European Commission

IPEF

U.S. ● Australia ● Brunei ● India ● Indonesia ● Japan

Korea ● Malaysia New Zealand ● Philippines ● Singapore 

Thailand ● Vietnam

Credit: © European Union

Credit: White House Photo by A. Schultz

Credit: ODNI

Credit: USTR

Engagements with 

Professional Societies

Engagements with 

Industry Stakeholders

Engagement with 

Members of Congress

Visits to Manufacturing 

Institutes and Academic 

Partners

Credit: Intel

Engagements and Outreach

Credit: Manufacturing USA Twitter Credit: Sen. Coons Twitter

Credit: University of Delaware
Surfside Investigation Update

Credit: NIST

Background

• Champlain Towers South Condominium in Surfside, FL 

collapsed on June 24, 2021

• NIST was on-site June 25, 2021

• NIST Director established a National Construction 

Safety Team (NCST) on June 30

Updates

• Non-destructive site testing completed in July in 

advance of the sale of the property

• Laboratory analysis in progress

• NIST working with local authorities to establish safe 

testing conditions for evidence with additional 

warehouse space

• NCST Advisory Committee meeting October 19, 2022 

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Hurricane Ian Response

Credit: pixabay

• National Windstorm Impact 

Reduction Program Monitoring of 

Effects of Hurricane Ian

• Hollings Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership Supplied $2M in 

Defibrillators for Hurricane Ian Relief 

within 24 hours
NCNR Update

• No cited notice of violation or civil penalties by NRC

• New requirements become part of the NIST Reactor License, 

including:

 Employee concerns program

 Employee rewards and recognition program

 Nuclear safety culture monitoring panel

 Problem identification and resolution program

 Assessments by independent consultants

• Formal project management controls implemented

• Cross-NIST team reviews progress weekly and provides NIST-wide 

support

Confirmatory Order – August 1, 2022

• NRC completing Technical Evaluation Report to inform their 

decision to restart the reactor 

Planning for NCNR Restart

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• Redesigned online platform where organizations report their taxpayer-funded inventions

• Modernized user interface and new functionality and security features

• New site makes it easier to comply with the reporting requirements of the Bayh-Dole Act

• The legacy NIH system shut down and the new system, hosted by NIST, went live in August

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iEdison Redesign
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, 

and Accessibility Safety Return to Campus
DEIA Strategic Plan Kickoff

Virtual launch event October 11, 2022

• Remarks from NIST and DOC Leadership

• DEIA Keynote Address

• Overview of the plan and an introduction to our newly 

developed dashboard to track progress

• Panel discussion with voluntary employee organization 

representatives and DEIA Executive Sponsors

• Launch of iLEAD series

Dr. Fay Cobb Payton

NC State University

NIST DEIO

Dr. Sesha Joi Moon

Director of Diversity and Inclusion

U.S. House of Representatives

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Return to Campus Update

Workplace Culture

• Gyms open in Boulder and Gaithersburg

• Food trucks on campus Tue through Thu 

• Community Groups meeting in-person

o Tennis club turned 50

o Celebrating heritage months

Policies

• Policies implemented within 

Organizational Units 

• Identifying successes and challenges
Meeting Agenda

Call to Order and Roll Call

Session I: Special Session

Session II: Programmatic and Operational Updates

• NIST Update and Agenda Review

Discussion

• Safety Update

• Budget Overview

Extended Break (60 min)

Session III: CHIPS Session

Session IV: Subcommittee Session

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Discussion