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National Physical Laboratory

British  

noun

  1.  NPL.  a UK establishment founded in 1900 at Teddington to carry out research in physics and monitor standards of measurement

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The Met has said the force used an LFR algorithm that did not exhibit bias following tests by the National Physical Laboratory.

From BBC

It also says independent testing of the facial recognition algorithm by the National Physical Laboratory found that "the algorithm is accurate and there is no bias for ethnicity, age or gender at the settings used by the police".

From BBC

The Met has said it works within existing human rights and data protection laws and its approach has been tested by the National Physical Laboratory, to check there is no gender or racial bias.

From BBC

And it’s an easy lift to use systems that are already in place, pointed out James Allerton, an air quality scientist at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory.

From Seattle Times

A physicist at the National Physical Laboratory in England, he helps oversee a 60-year-old effort by the U.K. government to monitor air quality by tracking heavy metals and other particles using hundreds of air samplers across the country.

From Science Magazine