David Chaum

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David Chaum is the inventor of many cryptographic protocols and has contributed to the advancement of electronic cash. Chaum founded DigiCash, an electronic cash company, in 1990. Additionally, in 1982 he founded the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), which currently organizes some of the most important academic conferences in cryptography research.

Dr. Chaum gained a doctorate in Computer Science and Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley. Subsequently, he taught at the New York University Graduate School of Business Administration and at the University of California.

He currently heads the Punchscan project — an open-source, end-to-end auditable voting initiative.

[edit] See also

• Blind signature
• Undeniable signature
• Anonymous remailer (some use Chaum's mix networks)
• Onion routing (based on Chaum's mix networks)
• Dining cryptographers protocol
• Chaum mixes

[edit] External links

• Home page
• Punchscan Homepage
• David Chaum research papers
• David Chaum on Electronic Commerce: How Much Do You Trust Big Brother? — interview

[edit] Further reading

• Email Security, Bruce Schneier (ISBN 0-471-05318-X)
• Computer Privacy Handbook, Andre Bacard (ISBN 1-56609-171-3)