{"633118":{"#nid":"633118","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Detecting Gerrymandering with Mathematical Rigor Lecture Video","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeries\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/seminars-colloquia\/series\/joint-school-mathematics-and-aco-colloquium\/wesley-pegden-20200206\u0022\u003EJoint School of Mathematics and ACO Colloquium\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 1:30pm\u0026nbsp;for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Skiles 005\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Wesley Pegden\u0026nbsp;\u0026ndash; Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOrganizer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Prasad Tetali\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn recent years political parties have more and more expertly crafted political districtings to favor one side or another, while at\u0026nbsp;the same time, entirely new techniques to detect and measure these\u0026nbsp;efforts are being developed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe speaker will discuss a rigorous method which uses Markov chains---random\u0026nbsp;walks---to statistically assess gerrymandering of political districts\u0026nbsp;without requiring heuristic validation of the structures of the Markov\u0026nbsp;chains which arise in the redistricting context.\u0026nbsp;In particular, we will\u0026nbsp;see two examples where this methodology was applied in successful\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nlawsuits which overturned district maps in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/62457\u0022\u003Electure video\u003C\/a\u003E is now available in Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s Institutional Repository,\u0026nbsp;SMARTech.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A link to the video of the excellent lecture by Wes Pegden on \u0022Detecting Gerrymandering with Mathematical Rigor\u0022, hosted by SoM"}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2020-02-28 16:04:26","changed_gmt":"2020-02-28 16:05:07","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"625904":{"id":"625904","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1568119621","gmt_created":"2019-09-10 12:47:01","changed":"1568119621","gmt_changed":"2019-09-10 12:47:01","alt":"photograph of Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"238292","name":"original.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/original_8.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/original_8.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":859076,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/original_8.jpg?itok=Z2iDzKaN"}}},"media_ids":["625904"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/62457","title":"Lecture Video"},{"url":"https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/seminars-colloquia\/series\/joint-school-mathematics-and-aco-colloquium\/wesley-pegden-20200206","title":"Joint School of Mathematics and ACO Colloquium"},{"url":"https:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/55992","title":"School of Mathematics Colloquia Lecture Video Collection"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}