Avi Rubin

Aviel (Avi) David Rubin

Avi Rubin (right) speaking at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy 2006 conference
Born November 8, 1967 (1967-11-08) (age 44)
Manhattan, Kansas
Fields Computer Science
Institutions Johns Hopkins University
ACCURATE
USENIX
Alma mater University of Michigan

Aviel (Avi) David Rubin a graduate of the University of Michigan and Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University, Technical Director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins, Director of ACCURATE, President and co-founder of Independent Security Evaluators and an expert in systems and networking security. In 2002, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the USENIX Association for a two-year term.

Rubin is credited for bringing to light vulnerabilities in Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold Election Systems) Accuvote electronic voting machines.[1] In 2006 he published a book on his experiences since this event.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kohno, T.; A. Stubblefield, A. D. Rubin, D. S. Wallach (2004). "Analysis of an electronic voting system". Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, 2004.: 27–40. doi:10.1109/SECPRI.2004.1301313. ISBN 0-7695-2136-3. ISSN 1081-6011. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1301313. 
  2. ^ Rubin, Aviel David (2006-09-05). Brave New Ballot: The Battle to Safeguard Democracy in the Age of Electronic Voting. Broadway. p. 288. ISBN 0767922107. 

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