Avi Rubin

{{Short description|American scientist (born 1967)}}

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| birth_name = Aviel David Rubin

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| field = Computer Science

| work_institution = Johns Hopkins University
ACCURATE
USENIX

| alma_mater = University of Michigan

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Aviel David "Avi" Rubin (born November 8, 1967) is an expert in systems and networking security. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University, Technical Director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins, Director of ACCURATE, and President and co-founder of Independent Security Evaluators. In 2002, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the USENIX Association for a two-year term.

Rubin is credited with bringing to light vulnerabilities in Premier Election Solutions' (formerly Diebold Election Systems) AccuVote electronic voting machines.{{Cite book

| doi = 10.1109/SECPRI.2004.1301313

| issn = 1081-6011

| pages = 27–40

| last = Kohno

| first = T.

| author2=A. Stubblefield |author3=A. D. Rubin |author4=D. S. Wallach

| title = IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, 2004. Proceedings. 2004

| chapter = Analysis of an electronic voting system

| url = http://avirubin.com/vote.pdf

| year = 2004

| isbn = 978-0-7695-2136-7

| citeseerx = 10.1.1.100.4963

| s2cid = 12203239

}} In 2006, he published a book on his experiences since this event.{{Cite book

| publisher = Broadway

| isbn = 978-0-7679-2210-4

| last = Rubin

| first = Aviel David

| title = Brave New Ballot: The Battle to Safeguard Democracy in the Age of Electronic Voting

| date = 2006-09-05

| page = [https://archive.org/details/bravenewballotba00rubi/page/288 288]

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| url = https://archive.org/details/bravenewballotba00rubi/page/288

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In 2012, drawing on his experience as an expert witness in high-tech litigation, Rubin founded the consultancy Harbor Labs "to provide expertise in legal cases, including testimony, reports, source code review and analysis."{{cite web |title=Harbor Labs - my new venture |author=Rubin, Avi |date=Jan 24, 2012 |url=http://avi-rubin.blogspot.com/2012/01/harbor-labs-my-new-venture.html }}

As of 2015, Rubin is Director of the Health and Medical Security Lab at Johns Hopkins.[http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/health-IT-security-what-is-next-51617-1.html Health IT Security: What Comes Next]

Rubin is a self-professed "poker fanatic" and has competed against professional players on the Poker Night in America television show.{{Cite web|url=http://cardplayerlifestyle.com/living-poker-dream-poker-night-america-guest-star/|title=Living the Poker Dream as a Poker Night in America Guest Star - Cardplayer Lifestyle|date=24 November 2014}}