{"id":41484,"date":"2016-07-06T13:31:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T11:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.polyas.de\/ct_content_page_2\/research-2"},"modified":"2024-06-18T10:18:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T08:18:31","slug":"research-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/about-polyas\/research","title":{"rendered":"Electoral Research at POLYAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-2h0g7x4-de4ae1467e542757120a2c90fb2718d7 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1aizrzs-009bbb48302f16d8978bafb9d9c05dea\">\n.avia-image-container.av-1aizrzs-009bbb48302f16d8978bafb9d9c05dea img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-1aizrzs-009bbb48302f16d8978bafb9d9c05dea .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-1aizrzs-009bbb48302f16d8978bafb9d9c05dea av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image- avia-img-lazy-loading-not- avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Forschung_bei_Polyas.jpg\" alt='' title=''   itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltsofnzg-e00b2b2a0be9be2e3c09c71bd36eb6b0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Electoral Research at POLYAS<\/h1>\n<p>The POLYAS research department is led by Dr. Tomasz Truderung and is where the future of voting is born. We work constantly to improve the POLYAS online voting system and thus, in the spirit of our name patron George P\u00f3lya, we cooperate with universities and scientific institutions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltymfqmc-a7e66dfd12d3c3a0f73a2f3629a0358f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Cryptography and System Architecture of CORE 3<\/h2>\n<p>POLYAS CORE 3 is a newly developed online voting software platform which can be customized to suit various voting procedures. It therefore offers a wide range of features including new encryption mechanisms which are also available to eligible voters. Ballots are thus encrypted in voters\u2019 browsers before being sent to the digital ballot box.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POLYAS CORE 3 is currently available in two versions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CORE 3 BASE is optimized for speed and delivers election results within seconds based on the Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme.<\/li>\n<li>CORE 3 VERIFIABLE enables both universal and individual verification &#8211; a comprehensive ability to verify votes for individual voters and is based on Elgamal encryption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/online-voting\/security\/verification-election-results\">Learn more about universal verification of election results<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltymg7xp-b78053bb5458bc6df78350d079a20a72 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Individual vote verification in POLYAS CORE 3<\/h2>\n<p>POLYAS develops strategies which make our online elections even more transparent for voters. CORE 3 VERIFIABLE enables voters to understand their ballot\u2019s journey to the ballot box without any special technical knowledge. Voters can make sure their submitted ballots correspond to how they actually voted in the election. The challenge here is both maintaining ballot secrecy and allowing voters the simplest way of verifying their votes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The roadmap for CORE 3 VERIFIABLE anticipates the following milestones:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2019<\/span>: implementation of externally programmed tools for universal verification of election results as well as customer-side password creation to protect against ballot stuffing (addition of illegitimate ballots to the ballot box).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2020<\/span>: generation of an encrypted individual verification receipt allowing eligible voters to check their votes were correctly saved. Introduction of the \u201csecond device\u201d method which allows voters to check that their ballots were correctly transmitted to the ballot box.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Later<\/span>: implementation of the \u201cseparation of duties\u201d principle through the distributed operation of the voting application as well as the distribution of necessary passwords (secret election key) and multi-level mixing processes. This achieves a higher level of protection against vote manipulation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ltzjiloq-ca07d89252e665da6549c35602240f27\">\n.av_promobox.av-ltzjiloq-ca07d89252e665da6549c35602240f27{\ncolor:#000000;\nbackground:#e8f8f8;\nborder-color:#ededed;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av_promobox av-ltzjiloq-ca07d89252e665da6549c35602240f27 avia-button-no  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-46677 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2024-03-20-um-09.15.04-80x80.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2024-03-20-um-09.15.04-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2024-03-20-um-09.15.04-36x36.png 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>POLYAS-tip<\/strong>: Learn more about security and the technical backdrop of the POLYAS online voting system:\u00a0<a href=\"\/security\">security in online elections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-wz0wl4-34aab32a2d0f1ae4906b93362ed1f18e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Science: publications and research projects<\/h2>\n<p>An important issue for POLYAS is the transfer of technology from the lab into practice in order to keep our online voting systems state of the art. Our research department is part of an international network and we publish our findings in the scientific community.<\/p>\n<h2>Scholarly publications<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Cast-as-intended verification: return codes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2017 Dr. Tomasz Truderung together with Achim Brelle published a method for cast-as-intended-verification based on return codes. This method of individual verification is designed for maximum user convenience with mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/Cast-as-Intended Mechanism with Return Codes Based on PETs.pdf\">Cast-as-intended mechanism with return codes based on PETs (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Verifiability notions for e-voting protocols<\/p>\n<p>In 2016 Truderung and academic colleagues published an overview of common definitions and methods for verifying the integrity of online elections. The research work represents an important contribution to unambiguous definitions and established a general understanding of verification.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/Verifiability Notions for E-Voting Protocols.pdf\">Verifiability notions for e-voting protocols (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to learn more about Dr. Tomasz Truderung\u2019s research work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dblp.uni-trier.de\/pers\/hd\/t\/Truderung:Tomasz\">Here you\u2019ll find a comprehensive overview of Dr. Tomasz Truderung\u2019s publications<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Research Project FlexiVote<\/h2>\n<p>POLYAS worked in cooperation with TU Darmstadt and Micromata GmbH on the research project FlexiVote. FlexiVote is a modular system for democratic elections, which can be individually adjusted to specific demands.<\/p>\n<p>The project concluded in 2016. The project results have a lasting influence on modern online voting systems: particularly the modularity and individual combination possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>The project was funded by Hessen ModellProjekte with funds from LOEWE \u2013 a state drive for the development of scientific and economic excellence. The LOEWE-program of the Hesse state government sponsors outstanding scientific projects from universities and research institutes in Hesse. The focus is to establish an intensive network betweenscience, non-university related research and the\u00a0economy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div> <div  class='flex_column av-1nz9rg8-75c54a224fb808df4d271da46d3d88ea av_one_third  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lu9i2vcx-f98b442447e01de64a594721f37db094\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-lu9i2vcx-f98b442447e01de64a594721f37db094{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-lu9i2vcx-f98b442447e01de64a594721f37db094 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-8  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltym5gx4-4b5d2bf9f8cb84828b4c30d830082a87 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock cnt2_sidemenu1'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><strong>Topics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/about-polyas\">POLYAS: The Leader in Online Voting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about-polyas\/company\">About POLYAS: market leader in secure online voting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about-polyas\/vision\">The Vision of POLYAS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about-polyas\/digital-democracy\">POLYAS vision: Digital democracy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/online-voting\/how-it-works\">How It Works<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/blog\/en\/?_ga=1.12252915.637735295.1458655798\">POLYAS &#8211; the blog for secure online voting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about-polyas\/contact\">Contact POLYAS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-13shxaw-70ecde758ef09bd32c279342ccec690e hr-default  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu9idg7z-bf603fd1ba39051b13a329fc88d83331 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock cnt2_sidemenu2'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><strong>Further information<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/election-glossary\">POLYAS Election Glossary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9568],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-allgemein-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v25.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Electoral Research at POLYAS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The future of online voting is developed in POLYAS research department. 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