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Technology Test and Evaluation Division
We foster trust in technologies that make sense of complex information relating to human action, behavior, characteristics and communication through the advancement of measurement, evaluation and standards.
The Technology Test and Evaluation Division (TTED) is one of six technical divisions in the Information Technology Laboratory.
TTED is known for our world-class evaluation-driven research programs that accelerate the readiness of emerging technologies for widespread deployment. For decades, TTED has fostered community evaluations for foundational Artificial Intelligence in research areas such as human language technologies, biometrics, search, information retrieval and natural language processing. TTED advances the measurement science, develops novel evaluation paradigms, and performs research to ensure technology is developed and used correctly and efficiently.
Through collaborations with industry, academia, and the federal government, TTED enables the advancement of these technologies and provides the technical underpinnings to support the development of standards.
Multimedia Language Technologies Group
The Multimedia Language Technologies Group focuses on measurement and evaluation methods to facilitate the use of technologies that provide easier access to multimedia and multilingual information and improve human-computer interface modalities.
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies group researches, develops, and applies testing & evaluation, benchmarking, and measurement methods across various modalities (e.g., text, image, video, audio, code, and their combinations), while remaining adaptable to rapidly evolving AI technologies. The results and findings provide valuable lessons and insights for future research on advanced technologies, help inform standards, and guide responsible and safe use of digital content and information.
The Image Group focuses on developing standards, measurements, evaluations, and best practice guidelines for biometric technologies. The Group promotes accuracy and interoperability by working closely with other government agencies, law enforcement, industry, and academia to support needs in the biometrics community.
Human-Centered Technologies Group
The Human-Centered Technologies Group performs research to develop user-centered measurement and evaluation methods, guidelines, and standards by applying human factors, cognitive science, user-centered design, and usability principles to improve human system interaction.
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