2008
2007
- 2.8 National Academies of Engineering 2007 National Meeting Symposium on Electronic Voting, Michael Alvarez and Erik Antonsson presented [pdf]
- 2.16 AttackDog--A Thread Modeling Tool for Security Research and Analysis on Voting Technology and Other Vulnerable Systems, lecture/working session, hosted by Ted Selker (MIT campus)
- 3.13 Voting Systems Vendor Workshop (Caltech campus)
- 4.13 David King to give Voting Technologies Bi-Weekly Lecture at MIT, "Notes on the Recent Performance and Organization of the Boston Election Department", 3-5 pm (EST) in de Rothschild Room at the Media Lab. Hosted by Ted Selker (MIT campus)
- 4.21-22 Public Meeting: Voluntary Voting System Guidelines, held by EAC/TGDC
- 4.25 Internet Voting Seminar: the Caltech VTP team and several Swiss government officials and academics convened at Caltech for a day of discussion and exchange of ideas on the topic of internet voting. The meeting was part of a multi-location series of meetings sponsored by VTP and Think Swiss. (Caltech campus)
- 4.27 MIT VTP Bimonthly talk, “Practicing Democracy: How Political Arrangements Promote Equal Citizenship…or Not” Organized by Kay Schlozman, Ash Institute Visiting Fellow; 9am-4pm (Harvard campus)
[Schedule] - 7.31 Michael Alvarez attended the Schloss Dagstuhl "Frontiers of Electronic Voting" Seminar in Germany. Abstracts of his presentations:
- "Internet Voting in Estonia" by Alvarez, Thad Hall and Alex Trechsel
- "Using Incident Reports to Detect Election Anomalies and Irregularities" by Alvarez, Hall, Jonathan Katz, & Rod Kiewiet
- 9.1 Michael Alvarez, Jonathan Katz and Delia Bailey presented research at the American Political Science Association
- Michael Alvarez & Delia Bailey, "Modeling Latino Voter Turnout in the 2000 and 2004 Elections"
- Jonathan Katz & Delia Bailey, "The Effect of Voter Identification Requirements on Turnout"
- Thad Hall, "Poll Workers and Voter Confidence in Election Outcomes"
- 10.25-27: Post Election Audit Conference, Minneapolis, MN (Ron Rivest attended)
2006- 3.23-24 Annual Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project Summit (MIT campus)
- 7.4-6 35th Annual IACREOT conference, San Francisco, CA. Michael Alvarez appeared on a panel “Restoring Voter Confidence: Threat Identification, Analysis and Mitigation in the Practical World,” moderated by Conny McCormack (Los Angeles County Registrar/Recorder). [presentation: pdf, powerpoint; photos of voting machines]
- 8.1 Electronic Voting Technology Workshop, (sponsored by Usenix & Accurate), Vancouver, BC, Canada; VTP team member Ron Rivest-Program Chair
- 8.30-9.3 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (APSA), Philadelphia, PA (attendees included Caltech VTP members M Alvarez, J Katz, B Sinclair, D Bailey)
- 9.28 Election Fraud Conference, Salt Lake City, UT (sponsored by VTP, Univ of Utah Ctr for Public Policy & Administration)
- 10.4-5 VTP Voter Identification/Registration Conference ( MIT Campus)
- 10.30 Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society, Alexandria, VA (Ron Rivest, Ben Adida to attend &, present paper).
2004
- 10.1-2 VTP Conference: Voting Technology: Innovations for Today and Tomorrow (Stata Center, MIT campus)
2002- 1.31-2.1: Workshop on Election Standards and Technology (WEST), AAAS, Washington, DC
2001- 8.26-29: Workshop on Trustworthy Elections (WOTE) Tomales Bay, CA
- 3.29-31: Voting Technology Conference (Caltech campus)
Election Studies-Related Events:
- 2.9-12.07 NASED / NASS Winter Conference (Washington, DC)
Conference Agenda
- 2.14-18.07 Election Center Special Workshop: Election Training (Savannah, GA). Election Center events schedule
- 3.3-4.07 NACRC 2007 Legislative Conference (Washington, DC)
- 3.9.07 Is Our Election System Broken? Can We Fix It? AEI/Brookings Election Reform Project (Washington, DC)
- 7.15-18.07 NASS Summer Conference, Portland, OR
- 7.17-21.07 IACREOT 36th Annual Conference and Trade Show Charlotte, NC
- 7. 29-8.3.07 Frontiers of Electronic Voting, Wadern, Germany
- 8.6-10.07: Electronic Voting Technology Workshop (Boston, MA), sponsored by USENIX and ACCURATE, co-located with the 16th USENIX Security Symposium.
- 8.10-12.07: NASED Summer Meeting, with Election Center, New Orleans, LA
- 9.22.06 The 2006 Elections: Are We Ready? Hosted by AEI/Brookings Election Reform Project, Washington, DC
