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Drone Technology: Applications and Challenges for Standards Development
During the past two decades, drone technology has evolved from an emerging into a developed technology serving a multitude of applications such as recreation, search and rescue, inspection, security, surveillance, science and engineering R & D, aerial photography, aerial imaging and mapping, surveying, TV news …
The ABC’s of Standards Activities
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 2009
The Standards Services Division (SSD) within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes information related to standards and conformity assessment as a service to producers and users of such systems—both in the government and in the …
A Policy Framework for the 21st Century Grid: Enabling Our Secure Energy Future
United States Government document, 2011
A smarter, modernized, and expanded grid will be pivotal to the United States’ world leadership in a clean energy future. This policy framework focuses on the deployment of information and communications technologies in the electricity sector. As they are developed and …
Case Study: How Standards Can Make the U.S. More Secure
by Erik Puskar, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 2009
Before 9/11, most radiation detectors were designed for use in laboratories. After 9/11, the new Office of Homeland Security, which became the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), needed to plan for the possibility that terrorists …
Interagency Report on Strategic U.S. Government Engagement in International Standardization to Achieve U.S. Objectives for Cybersecurity
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 2015
This interagency report sets out proposed United States Government (USG) strategic objectives for pursuing the development and use of international standards for cybersecurity and makes recommendations to achieve those objectives. The recommendations cover interagency coordination, collaboration with the …
The Rise of China in Technology Standards: New Norms in Old Institutions
by Dan Beznits and Michael Murphree, Prepared on Behalf of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2013
China’s efforts to develop unique technology standards and its rapidly increasing activities as a participant in international standardization efforts have drawn widespread attention. China does use technology standards …
Standards Introduction and Overview: What are standards, how are they used, and why do students need to know about them?
Abstract:
Provides a good overview of what technical standards are, the role of standards development organizations, the importance of learning about standards to prepare for professional work, and IEEE’s recommendations for including standards in engineering coursework.
Run Time: 0:24:40
Presenter: Howard Wolfman
Howard Wolfman, BSEE. MBA, Founder and Principal of …
Webinar: Understanding Standards Development: How And Why Standards Are Developed
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This webinar provides a basic understanding of the what open technical standards are, why standards are important, and how they are developed.
Run Time: 0:13:45
Presenter: Patricia Gerdon
Patricia Gerdon has been with IEEE for 18 years. She began her career in the IEEE Standards Association as a …
IEEE Std. 802: Smart Cities, Smart Homes, Smart Cars, Smart Energy, and Smart People
I. Introduction
IEEE standards play a role from smart cities to smart devices. Our standards drive “the functionality, capabilities and interoperability of a wide range of products and services that transform the way people live, work and communicate.” [1] What does smart mean? There is no …
MOOC Explores Innovation & Competition: Succeeding through Global Standards
The first of its kind massive open online course (MOOC) to focus on technical standards and standards development ran successfully between 29 March 2016 and 13 May 2016. The course, Innovation & Competition: Succeeding through Global Standards, was delivered on the edX.org platform.
The course offered …
Book Review: Modern Standardization
Book Review:
Modern Standardization: Case Studies at the Crossroads of Technology, Economics and Politics by Ron Schneiderman
In today’s global economy, the importance of the formal study of standards has been highlighted by the new demands of international trade. Politics of standards development and adoption is …