WORKSHOP: Workshop on the Science of Voting Technology: Research and Education

本次研讨会评估了投票技术和选举管理科学的现状。 两个主要成果将是（1）一个会议程序，以书面和视频形式，和（2）研究生教育的蓝图，旨在培养新一代的学者谁可以从事创新研究，在一个多样化的，多层面的领域工作。关于智力价值，选举管理和政策的新生科学在科学和工程的几个领域的交叉运作，包括计算机科学、设计、经济学、电子工程、机械工程、运筹学、政治学和统计学。 一些机构已经将这些观点结合到一个单一的研究项目中。 尽管如此，关于支持选举管理和政策的科学方法所需的核心知识，尚未形成共识。 讲习班将阐明一个知识核心和一个框架，在这个框架中，专业知识可以积累、传播和应用于与投票有关的实际问题。 第一是在该领域的知名科学家和工程师（其中大多数人在更传统的领域有研究背景）进行的研究与传统STEM学科的研究生教育之间建立更密切的联系。 第二是鼓励大学和研究中心的研究人员与包括选举管理人员在内的政府官员之间进行更协调一致的互动。

This workshop takes stock of the current status of the science of voting technology and election administration. The two major outcomes will be a (1) a conference proceeding, in written and video form, and (2) a blueprint for graduate education aimed at training a new generation of scholars who can engage in innovative research, working in a diverse, multidimensional field.With regards to intellectual merit, the nascent science of election administration and policy operates at the intersection of several fields of science and engineering, including computer science, design, economics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, operations research, political science, and statistics. A few institutional efforts have combined these perspectives into a single research program. Still, a consensus has yet to develop about the core knowledge necessary to support a scientific approach to election administration and policy. The workshop will articulate an intellectual core and a framework in which professional knowledge might be accumulated, disseminated, and applied to practical problems associated with voting.With regards to broader impacts, the workshop will foster two major types of broader impacts. The first is to develop closer links between the research conducted by established scientists and engineers in the field - most of whom have research profiles in more traditional fields - and graduate education in traditional STEM disciplines. The second is to encourage a more coherent interaction between researchers in universities and research centers, on the one hand, and public officials, including election administrators, on the other.