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contacts

For questions concerning the statistical tests and their derivation contact:

Andrew Rukhin, (301) 975-2951

For questions concerning the NIST Special Publication on Random Number Generation and Testing contact:

Elaine Barker, (301) 975-2911

For questions concerning the NIST Statistical Test Suite reference implementation contact:

Larry Bassham, (301) 975-3292