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Encyclopedia > Avi Rubin
Avi Rubin speaking at the Voting Systems Testing Summit in October 2005.
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Avi Rubin speaking at the Voting Systems Testing Summit in October 2005.

Aviel (Avi) Rubin is a Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University, Technical Director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins, Director of ACCURATE and is an expert in systems and networking security. He was an officer of USENIX from 2002 to 2004. Computer science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... The USENIX Association is the Advanced Computing Technical Association. ...


Rubin is famous for bringing to light vulnerabilities in Diebold's Accuvote electronic voting machines. Diebold, Incorporated NYSE: DBD is a security systems corporation which is engaged primarily in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs), electronic and physical security products (including vaults and currency processing systems), and software and integrated systems for global financial and commercial markets. ... Electronic voting machine used in all Brazilian elections and plebiscites. ...


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  • Avi Rubin's JHU Home Page


 
 

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