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Joint Mathematics Meetings
Washington, DC, January 5-8, 2009 (Monday - Thursday)
Meeting #1046
Associate secretaries: Bernard Russo , AMS brusso@math.uci.edu
James J Tattersall , MAA tat@providence.edu
AMS Special Session on The Redistricting Problem
Thursday January 8, 2009, 1:00 p.m.-6:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on The Redistricting Problem
Balcony C, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Organizers: Daniel Goroff , Harvey Mudd College dgoroff@mac.com
Daniel Ullman , George Washington University
1:00 p.m.
The Mathematical Redistricting Problem.
Daniel H Ullman* , The George Washington University
(1046-91-917)
1:20 p.m.
The Law and Policy of Redistricting.
Richard Pildes* , NYU School of Law
(1046-00-1412)
1:40 p.m.
A Proposal for Redistricting Reform: A Model State Constitutional Amendment.
Sam Hirsch* , Jenner & Block LLP
(1046-91-1674)
2:10 p.m.
The Promises and Perils of Optimal Redistricting.
Micah Altman* , Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University
(1046-90-1592)
2:30 p.m.
The Redistricting Problem: Second-Order Bias.
Michael P McDonald* , George Mason University
(1046-91-1498)
3:00 p.m.
Lessons from a Court-Appointed Nonpartisan Redistricter.
Nathaniel Alfred Persily* , Columbia University
(1046-00-796)
3:20 p.m.
Partisan Fairness in Districting.
Andrew Gelman* , Dept of Statistics and Dept of Political Science, Columbia Univ
David Epstein , Dept of Political Science, Columbia Univ
(1046-91-834)
3:40 p.m.
Empirical Consequences of Redistricting in the U.S.
James M Snyder* , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1046-91-2101)
4:20 p.m.
A Fair Division Solution to the Problem of Redistricting.
Zeph Landau* , Berkeley Quantum Information & Computation Center, University of California, Berkeley
Ilona Yershov , City College of New York
Oneil Reid , City College of New York
(1046-91-680)
4:40 p.m.
A Measure of Bizarreness.
Christopher P. Chambers , California Institute of Technology
Alan D Miller* , California Institute of Technology
(1046-91-1166)
5:00 p.m.
A New Approach to Measuring the Racial Impact of Redistricting.
Jonathan N. Katz* , California Institute of Technology
Andrew Gelman , Columbia University
Gary King , Harvard University
(1046-91-947)
5:30 p.m.
Drivers of redistricting trends.
Michael S Teitelbaum* , Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
(1046-00-1353)
5:50 p.m.
Will contiguous redistricting create competitive races for legislative elections?
Richard B. Freeman* , harvard university
(1046-05-1653)
6:10 p.m.
Reflections upon almost 30 years involvement with redistricting.
Charles R Hampton* , The College of Wooster and Calvin College
(1046-00-1372)
6:30 p.m.
Continuing Discussion of the Redistricting Problem.
Daniel L. Goroff* , Harvey Mudd College
(1046-91-1888)
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