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href="/news-events/news/2024/12/3-nist-researchers-receive-presidential-rank-awards" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/12/05/pra-banner-2024.png?itok=ovaUWNBV" width="100" height="43" alt="Banner reads: 2024 Presidential Rank Awards" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/12/3-nist-researchers-receive-presidential-rank-awards"><span property="schema:name">3 NIST Researchers Receive Presidential Rank Awards</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-12-05T12:00:00Z">December 5, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> All three were awarded the “Distinguished Rank,” the highest category of Presidential Rank Awards. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/11/melissa-midzor-named-director-nists-communications-technology-laboratory" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/11/melissa-midzor-named-director-nists-communications-technology-laboratory" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2021/03/05/Melissa_Midzor.jpg?itok=NTMgsVyw" width="77" height="100" alt="Melissa Midzor" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/11/melissa-midzor-named-director-nists-communications-technology-laboratory"><span property="schema:name">Melissa Midzor Named Director of NIST’s Communications Technology Laboratory</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-11-18T12:00:00Z">November 18, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> The lab focuses on advancing communications technology through research and development in core network technologies, next-generation wireless systems, public </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/11/future-open-what-openran-and-how-nist-helping" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/11/future-open-what-openran-and-how-nist-helping" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/11/13/data%20center%206.png?itok=a1iFVsZM" width="100" height="56" alt="Servers - Data Storage " typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/11/future-open-what-openran-and-how-nist-helping"><span property="schema:name">The Future is Open: What is OpenRAN and How NIST is Helping</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-11-13T12:00:00Z">November 13, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> The future of your mobile network is faster, more cost effective, more intelligent, and more secure—one that breaks free from the limitations of the existing </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/11/nist-industrial-wireless-team-supports-kick-astm-f4504-task-group" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/11/nist-industrial-wireless-team-supports-kick-astm-f4504-task-group" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/11/29/NIST%20Industrial%20Wireless%20Team%20Supports%20Kick-off%20of%20the%20ASTM%20F45.04%20Task%20Group%20on%20Mitigation%20of%20Interference%20in%20Wireless%20Communication%20Systems.png?itok=rMfvSIXx" width="100" height="60" alt="NIST Industrial Wireless Team Supports Kick-off of the ASTM F45.04 Task Group on Mitigation of Interference in Wireless Communication Systems" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/11/nist-industrial-wireless-team-supports-kick-astm-f4504-task-group"><span property="schema:name">NIST Industrial Wireless Team Supports Kick-off of the ASTM F45.04 Task Group on Mitigation of Interference in Wireless Communication Systems</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-11-01T12:00:00Z">November 1, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> NIST Industrial Wireless Systems Research Lead Dr. Richard (Rick) Candell participated in the kick-off meeting for the ASTM F45.04 System Communication and </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/news-events/news-updates/org/5636">View All News and Updates</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block " > <h2 class="nist-block__title" > <div class="string">Events</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-3edaae550193036ba0eab69e9439fd757ad84279e6a923d8f058e3708dd60cb8"> <div> <article about="/news-events/events/2025/06/5x5-public-safety-innovation-summit" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a 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</a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/programs-projects/5g-beyond"><span>5G & Beyond</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The realization of this long-term vision requires tackling key technical challenges to allow for greater temporal, spectral, coding and spatial resource efficiency. As well, these technologies all rely on high levels of electronic device integration, yielding a radical new connectorless measurement </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/programs-projects/5g-core-networks-testbed" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/programs-projects/5g-core-networks-testbed" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/11/15/fig1_0.png?itok=q0HsfG3l" width="100" height="56" alt="5G Core Network Testbed Project" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/programs-projects/5g-core-networks-testbed"><span>5G Core Networks Testbed</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> This project, as part of our 6G Core and Edge Networks and Services Project, is building a 5G/6G Core Network Testbed— which we refer to as OpenCoreNet—to support research on sixth generation (6G) networks and to explore how 6G can best improve industry applications. OpenCoreNet focuses on core </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/programs-projects/5g6g-core-networks-and-services" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/programs-projects/5g6g-core-networks-and-services"><span>5G/6G Core Networks and Services</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The main tasks of this program are: Task 1: 6G Core Network Architecture: I nvestigating AI-native architectures that not just execute AI/ML-based network functions but also support the creation, management, cooperation, measurement, and evolution of these functions. Task 2: Key Technologies Task 2 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/laboratories/projects-programs/org/5636">View All Projects/Programs</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block " > <h2 class="nist-block__title" > <div class="string">Awards</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-2392d8d92e0f008531526021c84c5218be4120b28f9abf29744c11d041a84765"> <div> <article about="/awards/2024-presidential-rank-award-nada-golmie" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/awards/2024-presidential-rank-award-nada-golmie" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/12/03/Dr.%20Nada%20Golmie%20Headshot%20%281%29.jpeg?itok=K5RJoFNm" width="71" height="100" alt="Headshot of Dr. Nada Golmie with a dark background." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/awards/2024-presidential-rank-award-nada-golmie"><span>2024 - Presidential Rank Award---Nada Golmie</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Dr. Nada Golmie, a NIST Fellow and globally recognized expert in wireless communications, has made significant contributions advancing U.S </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-john-beltz-gary-horwarth-john-libert-kenneth-ko-bruce-bandini" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-john-beltz-gary-horwarth-john-libert-kenneth-ko-bruce-bandini"><span>2023 - Bronze Medal Award---John Beltz, Gary Horwarth, John Libert, Kenneth Ko, Bruce Bandini</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For the successful advancement of mobile fingerprint capture technology in support of law enforcement field requirements.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-jason-coder" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-jason-coder" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/01/07/Coder_J_BRONZE.jpg?itok=e3zytsek" width="67" height="100" alt="Headshot of Jason Coder Bronze award winner" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-jason-coder"><span>2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Jason Coder</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For development 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