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2018 Ding Shum Lecture
Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MAOn October 24, 2018, the CMSA hosted the second annual Ding Shum lecture. This event was made possible by the generous funding of Ding Lei and Harry Shum. Last year featured Leslie Valiant, who spoke on “learning as a Theory of Everything.” This year will feature Eric Maskin, who will speak on “How to Improve Presidential […]
Exploring the (massive) space of graph partitions
CMSA 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Moon Duchin (Tufts) Title: Exploring the (massive) space of graph partitions Abstract: The problem of electoral redistricting can be set up as a search of the space of partitions of a graph (representing the units of a state or other jurisdiction) subject to constraints (state and federal rules about the properties of districts). I'll survey the problem and some […]