Computer Security Lab: Rice University

To build more trustworthy voting systems, Johns Hopkins University’s Avi Rubin will lead “A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable and Transparent Elections” (ACCURATE). A collaborative project involving six institutions, ACCURATE will investigate software architectures, tamper-resistant hardware, cryptographic protocols and verification systems as applied to electronic voting systems. Additionally, ACCURATE will examine system usability and how public policy, in combination with technology, can better safeguard voting nationwide. The center’s research and findings will also apply to other systems where end-to-end security is paramount.

The full NSF press release is available on their web site. See also accurate-voting.org.

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