Things have been going down lately. They seem to be picking up. That is nice. It also inflicts some unavoidable hard decisions. So, right now I am trying to make my mind up on them. Will keep you posted (and might even use less vague terms in the future!)
Archive for December, 2008
Luxury problems
Thursday, December 4th, 2008Busy
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008Pffft… it seems like I’ve been busy lately. Too many things to write down here (and I am still too busy to get report extensively), but some highlights:
- I have the honour to serve as General Chair of the upcoming international conference VOTE-ID 2009. The last couple of weeks, we have been active in planning the event
- A paper got accepted in Japan :), but I am not going :(. The conference is pretty good though, so that is nice.
- The Dutch government / Minister Rouvoet seems to be a scary person… The government wants to keep track of children in an electronic record. They plan to include details such as pubic hair growth, sexually active status, and a host of other things that are none of their business.
- I’ve just incorporated an explanation of how to decrypt ciphertexts using a distributed key without reconstructing the key in my thesis. I.e.: work is still progressing. I.e.2: I can make my thesis sound complicated, when I feel like it ;-)
- Melanie and me are reviewing the EiPSI report on RIES (an internet voting system developed in the Netherlands). Our findings, very succintly: the report has some areas for improvement.
- Stress comes and goes. Wish it wasn’t all coming now. Can’t be helped, will have to make the best of it.
Okay, now you’re up to date a bit. See you, and if not before the holiday season: happy holidays!