Founded in 1901, NIST is a federal science lab within the US Department of Commerce. Its mission is to promote US innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve quality of life. See http://www.nist.gov/. The Applied and Computational Mathematics Division performs research in applied mathematics and computational science and engages in collaborative efforts to advance NIST's measurement science programs. See https://www.nist.gov/itl/math.