I recently completed my Ph.D. in computer science at UC Berkeley. At Cal, I had the distinction of working with David Wagner on research pertaining to the security of voting systems, and to computer security more broadly. My dissertation, entitled Enabling More Meaningful Post-Election Investigations, examines the state of current election systems and practices, and proposes mechanisms for improving the transparency, reliability, and security of these systems going forward.

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Papers

An Analysis of Write-in Marks on Optical Scan Ballots

Theron Ji, Eric Kim, Raji Srikantan, Alan Tsai, Arel Cordero, and David Wagner. EVT/WOTE 2011, August 8, 2011.

Efficient User-Guided Ballot Image Verification

Arel Cordero, Theron Ji, Alan Tsai, Keaton Mowery, and David Wagner. EVT/WOTE 2010, August 9, 2010.

Replayable Voting Machine Audit Logs

Arel Cordero and David Wagner. USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Workshop (EVT 2008), July 28, 2008.

The Role of Dice in Election Audits -- Extended Abstract

Arel Cordero, David Wagner, and David Dill. IAVoSS Workshop On Trustworthy Elections (WOTE 2006), June 29, 2006.

Teaching experience

CS 188 Artificial Intelligence

CS 161 Computer Security

Prior protégés