#74 Elham Tabassi on NIST, Technology Standards, and Trust

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association.</span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During this episode,</span> <a href="https://www.nist.gov/people/elham-tabassi"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Elham Tabassi</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">discusses the <a href= "https://www.nist.gov">National Institute of Standards and Technology’s</a> mission and various initiatives currently underway. After recapping the areas of focus for each of NIST’s major laboratories, Elham discusses fingerprint biometric identification technology, artificial intelligence standardization, and NIST’s newly released <a href= "https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2021/11/nist-seeks-information-chinese-participation-international-standards"> Request For Information</a> soliciting public comment on the People's Republic of China (PRC) policies and influence in the development of international standards for emerging technologies. In order to encourage diversity of opinion and inclusivity, public engagement is encouraged with any of NIST's efforts. Like previous podcast guests, Elham agrees that trust is of utmost importance today, and this applies to nonpartisan technology standards development, as well.</span></p> <p><strong>Resources</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">:</span></p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><strong>Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned</strong> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-56"> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>#56 Bob Jones on Governance</strong></span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="1"><strong><a href="https://www.nist.gov">National Ins