The University Voting Systems Competition, or VoComp is an annual competition in which teams of students design, implement, and demonstrate open-source election systems.[1] The systems are presented to a panel of security expert judges. The winners are awarded a cash prize provided by the sponsors.[2] The competition was started by a group of students and professors from UMBC and George Washington University to inspire better ideas for electronic voting technology and raise student awareness of the political process.[3]
The judging panel included MIT professor Ron Rivest, Microsoft security researcher Josh Benaloh and John Kelsey of NIST.
The Punchscan team was awarded the "Best-Election System" grand prize and $10,000 from ES&S after uncovering a security flaw in the random number generator in the source code of the runner-up team, Prêt à Voter.[5]
^"Overview". University Voting Systems Competition. 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
^ Zetter, Kim (July 16, 2007). "Uncle Sam Wants You: To Build a Better Voting Machine". Wired. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
^ crose (October 31, 2006). "University Teams to Kick Off Voting Technology Competition". University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
^"List of VoComp Teams". University Voting Systems Competition. 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
^Zetter, Kim (July 19, 2007). "US/Canada Team Wins Voting Machine Competition". Wired. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
External linksedit
Official VoComp Site
National Science Foundation Award Abstract
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university, voting, systems, competition, vocomp, annual, competition, which, teams, students, design, implement, demonstrate, open, source, election, systems, systems, presented, panel, security, expert, judges, winners, awarded, cash, prize, provided, sponso. The University Voting Systems Competition or VoComp is an annual competition in which teams of students design implement and demonstrate open source election systems 1 The systems are presented to a panel of security expert judges The winners are awarded a cash prize provided by the sponsors 2 The competition was started by a group of students and professors from UMBC and George Washington University to inspire better ideas for electronic voting technology and raise student awareness of the political process 3 Contents 1 Competitions 1 1 2006 2007 academic year 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksCompetitions edit2006 2007 academic year edit nbsp VoComp 2007 Judges left to right John Kelsey Doug Jones Ron Rivest Eric Lazarus Josh Benaloh and Paul MillerThe first competition took place on July 16 19 during the 2006 2007 academic year in Portland Oregon The event was sponsored by The National Science Foundation Election Systems amp Software and Hewlett Packard Company The four teams that competed were The Pret a Voter Battle Bus from University of Surrey The Voting Ducks from Wroclaw University of Technology Prime III from Auburn University and Punchscan a team consisting of members from George Washington University University of Ottawa and University of Maryland Baltimore County 4 The judging panel included MIT professor Ron Rivest Microsoft security researcher Josh Benaloh and John Kelsey of NIST The Punchscan team was awarded the Best Election System grand prize and 10 000 from ES amp S after uncovering a security flaw in the random number generator in the source code of the runner up team Pret a Voter 5 See also editList of computer science awards Pret a Voter PunchscanReferences edit Overview University Voting Systems Competition 2006 Retrieved 2008 08 19 Zetter Kim July 16 2007 Uncle Sam Wants You To Build a Better Voting Machine Wired Retrieved 2008 08 19 crose October 31 2006 University Teams to Kick Off Voting Technology Competition University of Maryland Baltimore County Retrieved 2008 08 19 List of VoComp Teams University Voting Systems Competition 2006 Retrieved 2008 08 19 Zetter Kim July 19 2007 US Canada Team Wins Voting Machine Competition Wired Retrieved 2008 08 19 External links editOfficial VoComp Site National Science Foundation Award Abstract nbsp This computing article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title University Voting Systems Competition amp oldid 1136512222, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
