Dear Haifuxers, Recalling the vast amount of discussions regarding critical issues such as choosing a logo for Haifux (http://haifux.org/logo.html), some of you may be interested in this talk... Orna
----- Forwarded message from CS Colloquium <col...@cs.technion.ac.il> ----- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:43:15 +0200 From: CS Colloquium <col...@cs.technion.ac.il> Reply-To: CS Colloquium <col...@cs.technion.ac.il> Subject: Tal Moran on Tuesday 16/02/2010 To: cs-colo...@listserv.technion.ac.il Time+Place : Tuesday 16/02/2010 14:30 room 337-8 Taub Bld. Speaker : Tal Moran Affiliation: CRCS, Harvard University Host : Erez Petrank Title : Cryptography by the People, for the People: How Voting and Cryptography Go Hand-in-Hand Abstract : A democratic election is a classic example of a task in which multiple adversarial parties must collaborate and agree on an outcome. Traditional election systems (such as the one used in Israel) employ various means to ensure that the result will be accurate even if some of the people involved are corrupt or dishonest. However, the final tally is only as trustworthy as the people who count the votes. Even in the most secure systems these are usually fairly small committees. If an entire committee colludes, they can manufacture their own results. Even worse, depending on the exact setup, it may be feasible to stuff ballot boxes, destroy votes or perform other manipulations. Using cryptographic techniques, it is possible to design a fair voting system whose correct operation can be verified by anyone, while still retaining ballot secrecy. This can be done even if the computers used to run the election are untrustworthy. In the talk, I will briefly survey the techniques used to accomplish this and present in more detail examples with some unique properties, such as a practical solution for securely tallying Single Transferable Vote elections (a ranked voting system that is used in Australia, Ireland and Malta, among others). The talk will contain any necessary cryptographic background. Based on joint works with Moni Naor and with Josh Benaloh, Lee Naish, Kim Ramchen and Vanessa Teague. ---------------------------------------------------------- Visit our home page- http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~colloq<http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/%7Ecolloq> Mon Jan 25 08:43:15 IST 2010 ----- End forwarded message -----
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