Last updated on:
2/7/2013 |
Author: ProCon.org
Nathaniel Polish, PhD Biography
- Title:
- President and Owner of Daedalus Technology Group
- Position:
- Con to the question "Do Electronic Voting Machines Improve the Voting Process?"
- Reasoning:
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“Computer based voting is a real problem. If it is not completely open source with code open for public inspection and comment, this is can not [sic] be a valid way to collect votes. Period. There is really no room for room for compromise on this. Elections done electronically with proprietary systems will always be suspect.”
Anthony Wing Kosner, “The Technological Foundations of Today’s Election Are Shaky, Especially in Ohio,” www.forbes.com, Nov. 6, 2012
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with JDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to electronic voting machine issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to electronic voting machine issues. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- President and Owner, Daedalus Technology Group, 1980-present
- Co-Founder, Director, and CTO, I-RECALL, Inc., 1997-2001
- Co-Founder, Director, CTO, and Principal Product Designer, Soliloquy, Inc., 1996-1999
- President and Principal Product Designer, Simplicity Computing, Inc., 1991-1992
- President and CEO, Measurement & Control Products, Inc., 1989-1999
- Adjunct Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, 1997
- Graduate Lecturer, Computer Science, Columbia University, 1989
- Adjunct Professor, Experimental Psychology, City of New York University, 1984-1985
- Education:
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- PhD, Computer Science, Columbia University, 1993
- MPhil, Computer Science, Columbia University, 1989
- MS, Computer Science, Columbia University, 1987
- BA, Physics, Columbia College, 1984
- Other:
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- None found
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