Time: 11a–12:30p
Days: M/W/F (most weeks, class will meet on two of these three days, usually Monday and Wednesday; class will occasionally be held on Friday to accomodate the staff's schedule.)
Location: Baker Hall 114 (see campus map)
Registration information: ESTHER listing; CRN: 12028
CALENDAR |
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Week of |
Day |
Topic |
Readings/Notes |
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Aug 28 |
M |
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Introduction |
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W |
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Stein: How elections rule democratic politics (1) |
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F |
Stein: How elections rule democratic politics (2) |
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Sep 4 |
M |
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No class (LABOR DAY) |
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W |
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Stein: How elections rule democratic politics (3) |
Readings (updated) |
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F |
Wallach: A brief history of voting technologies |
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Sep 11 |
M |
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Project group meetings |
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W |
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Wallach: Computer security basics |
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F |
Wallach: Security of current voting systems |
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Sep 18 |
M |
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Byrne: What is human factors and how is voting a human factors problem? |
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W |
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Byrne: The science, practice, and products of human factors |
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F |
Project group meetings |
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Sep 25 |
M |
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Byrne: Methods in human factors and usability I |
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W |
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Byrne: Usability in voting systems |
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F |
Project group meetings |
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Oct 2 |
M |
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Wallach: The VVPAT debate |
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W |
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Stein: Understanding turnout (1) |
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F |
Project group meetings |
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Oct 9 |
M |
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Stein: Understanding turnout (2) |
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W |
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Stein: Understanding turnout (3) |
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F |
Project group meetings |
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Oct 16 |
M |
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No class (MIDTERM RECESS) |
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W |
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Stein: How we vote, does it matter? (1) |
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F |
Stein: How we vote, does it matter? (2) |
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Oct 23 |
M |
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Byrne: Accessibility I |
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W |
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Byrne: Accessibility II |
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F |
Project group meetings |
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Oct 30 |
M |
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Wallach: Voting system evaluation & standards |
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W |
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Wallach: Why software is hard to trust |
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F |
Project group meetings |
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Nov 6 |
M |
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Project group meetings |
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Nov 7 |
T |
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Election day! |
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W |
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Project group meetings |
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F |
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Nov 13 |
M |
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W |
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Byrne: Usability in other parts of the election process |
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F |
Project group meetings |
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Nov 20 |
M |
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Guest: Brazoria county elections director: Managing the change from punch cards to DREs |
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W |
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F |
No class (THANKSGIVING) |
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Nov 27 |
M |
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Wallach: Engineering a better voting machine (resched.) |
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W |
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Wallach: Fancy cryptographic voting schemes (resched.) |
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F |
Project group meetings |
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Dec 4 |
M |
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Project group meetings |
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W |
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Project presentations |
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F |
Project presentations |
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