Computer Scientist Avi Rubin to Speak on Electronic Voting

[dooner]

fyi - upcoming talk at computer security conference.
Hopefully somebody will report back.
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Wed, August 3 2005
Usenix Security Symposium
Baltimore MD

Electronic Voting in the United States: An Update
Avi Rubin, Johns Hopkins University

In July 2003, my research team published an analysis of Diebold's Accuvote TS and TSX voting machines, which were used in public elections all over the United States. We found serious security flaws in the machines, and a general lack of understanding of software and computer systems. Since then, the debate around electronic voting has intensified. In the two years since we published that report, I have become very involved in the issue at a national and local level, going so far as to become an election judge in Baltimore County. Maryland is one of the battleground states with respect to e-voting. In this talk, I will review the security issues around e-voting and voting procedures and will provide an update on where things stand in my state and at the federal level.

http://www.usenix.org/events/sec05/

[NMDemDist2]

1. how do we get C-Span to cover this?? I"m sending them an email

to [email protected]

here's what I sent

INVITED TALKS
Electronic Voting in the United States: An Update
Avi Rubin, Johns Hopkins University
In July 2003, my research team published an analysis of Diebold's Accuvote TS and TSX voting machines, which were used in public elections all over the United States. We found serious security flaws in the machines, and a general lack of understanding of software and computer systems. Since then, the debate around electronic voting has intensified. In the two years since we published that report, I have become very involved in the issue at a national and local level, going so far as to become an election judge in Baltimore County. Maryland is one of the battleground states with respect to e-voting. In this talk, I will review the security issues around e-voting and voting procedures and will provide an update on where things stand in my state and at the federal level.
http://www.usenix.org/events/sec05/tech/#vote

This is an important topic to cover……

[carnie_sf]

2. Must be one of them there

librul college professors

[dooner]

3. Happily, he's a highly respected computer security expert n/t

[NMDemDist2]

4. kick n/t

[dooner]

5. Any Geeks out there going to Usenix? n/t

[Fly by night]

6. kick