Title:
Detecting gerrymandering with mathematical rigor
Detecting gerrymandering with mathematical rigor
| dc.contributor.author | Pegden, Wesley | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Mathematics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Carnegie Mellon University. Dept. of Mathematics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Institute of Technology. Algorithms, Combinatorics and Optimization (ACO) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-17T15:25:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-17T15:25:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-02-06 | |
| dc.description | Presented on February 6, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. in Skiles, room 005. | en_US |
| dc.description | Wesley Pegden is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University. He works in combinatorics, discrete probability, and on the Abelian Sandpile. | en_US |
| dc.description | Runtime: 58:01 minutes | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In recent years political parties have more and more expertly crafted political districtings to favor one side or another, while at the same time, entirely new techniques to detect and measure these efforts are being developed. I will discuss a rigorous method which uses Markov chains---random walks---to statistically assess gerrymandering of political districts without requiring heuristic validation of the structures of the Markov chains which arise in the redistricting context. In particular, we will see two examples where this methodology was applied in successful lawsuits which overturned district maps in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 58:01 minutes | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62457 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | School of Mathematics Colloquium | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gerrymandering | en_US |
| dc.subject | Markov chains | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mathematics | en_US |
| dc.title | Detecting gerrymandering with mathematical rigor | en_US |
| dc.type | Moving Image | |
| dc.type.genre | Lecture | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | College of Sciences | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | School of Mathematics | |
| local.relation.ispartofseries | School of Mathematics Colloquium | |
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