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Eugene Vorobeychik

Eugene Vorobeychik is assistant professor of computer science and computer engineering at Vanderbilt University.
Cybersecurity

Paper trails and random audits could secure all elections -- don’t save them just for recounts in close races

The prospect of audits will in itself deter anyone with malicious intent, reducing the likelihood of an attack. And the audits themselves will help the voting public be sure any tampering is likely to be discovered.

  • By Eugene Vorobeychik
Management

Using randomness to protect election integrity

Researchers found a way to reduce the likelihood of a successful election hack by using game theory to predict targets combined with random audits that make it harder for an attacker to change an election result without detection.

  • By Eugene Vorobeychik