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E-Voting: Research and Challenges

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CS-234: Technologies for democratic society

This course will offer students a broad but hands-on introduction to technologies of human self-organization. ...

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This lecture by the instructor covers the topic of e-voting as part of e-democracy, focusing on digital voting algorithms, verifiable shuffling, and the challenges faced in ensuring privacy, coercion-resistance, and legitimacy. The lecture also discusses the motivations behind e-voting, such as increasing participation and turnout, convenience, and inclusion of individuals with disabilities. Various cryptographic methods and technologies used in e-voting systems are explored, along with their weaknesses and potential breakthroughs. The importance of integrity, trust, transparency, and education in the context of e-voting is emphasized, along with the need for strong validation and authentication mechanisms.

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Bryan Alexander Ford

Links DEDIS lab home pagePersonal home page Curriculum vitae https://bford.info/cv.pdf Teaching & PhD PhD Students Shailesh Mishra Past EPFL PhD Students Eleftherios Kokoris Kogias, Kirill Nikitin, Cristina Basescu, Enis Ceyhun Alp, Simone Colombo, Pasindu Nivanthaka Tennage, Louis-Henri Manuel Jakob Merino Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector David Froelicher, Ludovic Barman, Georgia Fragkouli Courses Decentralized systems engineering CS-438 A decentralized system is one that works when n

Verónica del Carmen Estrada Galiñanes

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Disability

Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or a combination of multiple factors. Disabilities can be present from birth or can be acquired during a person's lifetime. Historically, disabilities have only been recognized based on a narrow set of criteria—however, disabilities are not binary and can be present in unique characteristics depending on the individual.

Cryptographic protocol

A cryptographic protocol is an abstract or concrete protocol that performs a security-related function and applies cryptographic methods, often as sequences of cryptographic primitives. A protocol describes how the algorithms should be used and includes details about data structures and representations, at which point it can be used to implement multiple, interoperable versions of a program. Cryptographic protocols are widely used for secure application-level data transport.

Cryptographic primitive

Cryptographic primitives are well-established, low-level cryptographic algorithms that are frequently used to build cryptographic protocols for computer security systems. These routines include, but are not limited to, one-way hash functions and encryption functions. When creating cryptographic systems, designers use cryptographic primitives as their most basic building blocks. Because of this, cryptographic primitives are designed to do one very specific task in a precisely defined and highly reliable fashion.

Intellectual disability

Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability in the United Kingdom and formerly mental retardation, is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significantly impaired intellectual and adaptive functioning. It is defined by an IQ under 70, in addition to deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors that affect everyday, general living.

Voting

Voting is a method by which a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, convenes together for the purpose of making a collective decision or expressing an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a jurisdiction represented by an elected official are called "constituents", and the constituents who choose to cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called "voters.

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