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X-WR-CALNAME:USC CAIS Seminar: Creating a Transparent Environment for Polit
 ical Redistricting
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nPolitical redistricting is a multi-criteria problem
  with conflicting objectives (based on metrics like compactness\, populati
 on balance\, and efficiency gaps\, among others). Many of these metrics ha
 ve received significant attention\, though they remain controversial as to
  which such metrics are best suited to define fair district maps. This res
 earch uses a multi-objective optimization approach to reveal obstacles in 
 defining fair district maps. The results obtained challenge a number of co
 mmon perceptions of redistricting\, suggesting that defining fair maps may
  not only be extremely difficult\, but also\, simply unrealistic.\n\n \n\n
 Bio\n\nSheldon H. Jacobson is a Founder Professor of Computer Science at t
 he University of Illinois.  He has a B.Sc. and M.Sc. (both in Mathematics)
  from McGill University\, and a M.S. and Ph.D. (both in Operations Researc
 h) from Cornell University.  From 2012-2014\, he was on leave from the Uni
 versity of Illinois\, serving as a Program Director at the National Scienc
 e Foundation.  His research interests span theory and practice\, covering 
 decision-making under uncertainty and optimization-based artificial intell
 igence\, with applications in aviation security\, public policy\, public h
 ealth\, and sports.  He has been recognized by numerous awards\, including
  a Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundatio
 n.  He is a fellow of both IISE and INFORMS. He serves as the Founding Dir
 ector for the Institute for Computational Redistricting (ICOR)\, http://re
 districting.cs.illinois.edu.\n\n \n\nThis lecture satisfies requirements f
 or CSCI 591: Research Colloquium.
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LOCATION:Olin Hall (OHE)\, 136
SUMMARY:USC CAIS Seminar: Creating a Transparent Environment for Political 
 Redistricting
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 ansparent_environment_for_political_redistricting
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