Pffft… 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!