Welcome to the Trustworthy Voting Systems Project
What is the Trustworthy Voting Systems Project
Governments all over the world are investing in electronic voting, but experiences in the USA and in the UK have shown that there are immense obstacles to be overcome before we can have secure and usable systems. The Trustworthy Voting Systems project aims to develop and implement robust voter-verifiable electronic voting systems that are usable in real large-scale elections.
The project is EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) funded and is a collaboration between the University of Surrey and the University of Birmingham. We also have collaborations with the SeRTVS project at the University of Luxembourg. As part of the implementation we are closely collaborating with Douglas Wikström, from the School of Computer Science and Communication of the Royal Institute of Technology, who is the main author of Verificatum. Verificatum is an open source project that aims to implement a complete, practical, fast, and provably secure mix-net and will form the cornerstone of out implementation.
This website will act as the central point for dissemintating news and output from the project. Currently the following can be found on the site:
- About the Project. Further details about the different partners in the project and their areas of research.
- Project Blog. The latest news and thoughts from the project.
- Press Centre. Contains both an archive of our press releases and further resources about the project.
- FAQs. A list of frequently asked questions and their respective answers.
- Contact Details. Provides contact details incase you would like further information or want to get in touch with us.