NISTIR 8056 http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8056 Applied and Computational Mathematics Division Summary of Activities for Fiscal Year 2014 NISTIR 8056 Applied and Computational Mathematics Division Summary of Activities for Fiscal Year 2014 Ronald F. Boisvert, Editor Applied and Computational Mathematics Division Information Technology Laboratory http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8056 April 2015 U.S. Department of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Secretary National Institute of Standards and Technology Willie E. May, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Acting Director ii NIST Applied and Computational Mathematics Division Abstract This report summarizes recent technical work of the Applied and Computational Sciences Division of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Part I (Overview) provides a high-level overview of the Division’s activities, including highlights of technical accomplishments during the previous year. Part II (Features) provides further details on eight projects of particular note this year. This is followed in Part III (Project Summaries) by brief synopses of all technical projects active during the past year. Part IV (Activity Data) provides listings of publications, technical talks, and other professional activities in which Division staff members have participated. The reporting period covered by this document is October 2013 through December 2014. For further information, contact Ronald F. Boisvert, Mail Stop 8910, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8910, phone 301-975-3812, email
[email protected], or see the Division’s web site at http://www.nist.gov/itl/math/index.cfm. Cover Visualization: Staff in NIST’s Applied and Computational Mathematics Division are exploring possibilities for quantitative measurement of the magnetic moment of local iron distribution in human tis- sue.