IACR 2016 Election

Results

The 2016 election was held to fill three of nine IACR Director positions and all four Officer positions. 522 ballots were cast (34.7% of 1505 eligible voters). The results are below, with elected candidates marked in bold :

President:

Christian Cachin : 467

Vice President:

Greg Rose : 457

Treasurer:

Brian LaMacchia : 460

Secretary:

Joppe Bos : 337
Jacob Schuldt: 258

Directors:

Bart Preneel : 314
Shai Halevi : 278
Francois-Xavier Standaert : 246
Trancrède Lepoint: 214
Sasha Boldyreva: 206
Martijn Stam: 198
Pierre-Alain Fouque: 187
Svetla Nikova: 151
Vladimir Kolesnikov: 105

Election verification data can be found at https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/e/IACR2016 .

Candidates for Election in 2016

The four officers of the IACR for the period 2017 to 2019 are to be elected in the 2016 election. The candidates are as follows

President

Christian Cachin

I have served the IACR since 1998 as Webmaster, creator of the Cryptology ePrint Archive, conference chair, Director, Vice President, and President. IACR should continue to lead research in cryptology, promote scientific work in this exciting field, further evolve its publication model, and continue to provide valuable services for its members.

Longer statement: http://cachin.com/iacr.html
Candidate home page: http://www.zurich.ibm.com/~cca

Vice-President

Greg Rose

I have served the IACR as Crypto General Chair in 2003, and treasurer for the last six years. I would like to continue to serve, guiding the IACR to a brighter future.

Longer statement: http://seer-grog.net/IACRelection.html
Candidate home page: http://seer-grog.net/

Treasurer

Brian LaMacchia

As General Chair of Crypto 2016 I have served on the Board of Directors for the past two years and I would like to continue contributing to the organization as its next Treasurer. My goal is to help the IACR grow and to manage its resources in a fiscally-responsible manner.

Longer statement: http://www.brianlamacchia.net/iacr.html
Candidate home page: http://www.brianlamacchia.net/

Secretary

Jacob Schuldt

I believe the IACR should be as open and transparent as possible, especially considering the central role the IACR plays in our community. As secretary, I will support this by communicating the deliberations and decisions by the board to the IACR members in a clear and timely manner.

Longer statement: none given
Candidate home page: http://www.itri.aist.go.jp/crypto/researcher/jacob.html

Joppe Bos

When elected as secretary I would strive to deliver the minutes of the Board of Directors in an open and clear manner. I would try to get the younger IACR members more involved to advance the field of cryptology and get their voice heard in our community.

Longer statement: none given

Candidate home page: http://www.joppebos.com

Directors

In addition the following candidates for three IACR Director positions are listed in a randomly selected order.

Alexandra (Sasha) Boldyreva

I've been an IACR member since 1999, and I served as General Chair of Crypto 2014. I currently serve as the ePrint co-editor and on the IACR Cryptology School committee. I love my research community and want to continue helping it promote quality research and the diversity of its members.

Longer statement: none given
Candidate home page: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~aboldyre/

Bart Preneel

I have served the IACR since 1997 as director, vice-president and president. I would like to contribute my experience to further develop the IACR, with as key points maintaining scientific quality, open availability of scientific results, supporting students and exploring how our publications and events can be gradually improved.

Longer statement: http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~preneel/IACR16.html
Candidate home page: http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~preneel/

Shai Halevi

As a director of the IACR, I will strive to ensure that we maintain our vibrant research culture and high quality publications, even as we explore new models for our venues and publications. I will also work to enhance the services that the IACR offers to the cryptology research community.

Longer statement: https://alum.mit.edu/www/shaih/iacr-statement.html
Candidate home page: https://alum.mit.edu/www/shaih/

Svetla Nikova

I've been an IACR member since 2000, have served in PCs of IACR conferences and was General Chair of Eurocrypt 2015. I'm currently serving in the IACR Cryptology School Committee. I will work hard to actively promote research in cryptography, to support open access publication models and diversity.

Longer statement: none given
Candidate home page: http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~snikova/

Martijn Stam

The IACR is a relatively stable organization, yet the field of cryptology has grown tremendously since its inception over 30 years ago. If elected, I would endeavour both to promote the internal cohesion of our community and to reach out to other crypto-minded people currently operating outside the IACR's umbrella.

Longer statement: none given
Candidate home page: none given

Pierre-Alain Fouque

I've been an IACR member since 1999 and served in many committees, including PKC 2010 as the General co-Chair. I would like to continue helping the IACR to promote high-quality research and support relations with security and applied cryptography communities.

Longer statement: none given
Candidate home page: https://www.di.ens.fr/~fouque/

Tancrède Lepoint

As your IACR board member, there are three initiatives that I will undertake. (1) help modernize the online services that IACR provides (font- and back-end); (2) foster fruitful relations among our theoretical & practical researchers, industry & standards; (3) further develop the open and international dissemination of our results.

Longer statement: https://tlepoint.github.io/iacr-election-2016
Candidate home page: https://tlepoint.github.io/

Francois-Xavier Standaert

I enjoyed being active as an IACR attendee, author, PC member and PC chair for more than 15 years, with a particular interest for the inter-disciplinary exchanges our community allows. I am committed to help maintaining the association's high quality standards, and to further promote collaboration between our different subfields.

Longer statement: none given
Candidate home page: http://perso.uclouvain.be/fstandae/

Vladimir Kolesnikov

I have been a member of the IACR for about 15 years. The work of the Association has brought many benefits to its members and to science and engineering. I would like to contribute my energy and experience to the IACR and the community by serving as a Director.

Longer statement: https://sites.google.com/site/vladkolesnikov/iacr
Candidate home page: http://ect.bell-labs.com/who/kolesnikov/