Threat Analyses for Voting System Categories A Workshop on Rating Voting Methods VSRW 06 8-9 June 2006 The George Washington University Partially Funded by NSF
	Home Call for Submissions Submit a paper Schedule Registration Accepted Papers Workshop Format Location Technical Committee NIST Threat Analysis Workshop		Workshop Format Day 1 Session I (Plenary): Background Invited presentations on existing taxonomies of voting systems, an overview of cryptographic voting systems. A submitted paper on an information-theoretic view of voting. Session II (Plenary): Straw models (a) cryptographic PunchScan voting system, including demo (b) Open Voting Consortium's system. Session III (Breakout): Two groups, on privacy and integrity. Each group will hear two presentations: one on a rating system, and one on vulnerabilities. Each group will begin to rate the two straw models and paper voting. End of Day 1 (Plenary): Wrap-up Day 1 Group leaders will present, in a plenary session, on progress so far. Informal Pizza Session (Plenary): Discussions continued over pizza. Day 2 Session IV (Plenary): Invited talks and panel High assurance security measures and applications to voting, Maryland's voter verification study, security issues in voting. Session V (Breakout): Two groups, on privacy and integrity. Each group will rework its rating system(s) and rank the (three) voting models for its desirable property. Session VI (Plenary): Workshop Wrap-up Presentations by two group leaders on the ratings method(s) used and the results. Invited presentations on privacy and transparency challenges, and on the uses of ratings.