University Voting Systems Competition
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]
Competitions[edit]
2006/2007 academic year[edit]
The 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 & Software, and Hewlett-Packard Company. The four teams that competed were:
- The Prêt-à-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&S after uncovering a security flaw in the random number generator in the source code of the runner-up team, Prêt à Voter.[5]
See also[edit]
References[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.
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