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Partisan Gerrymandering and the Supreme Court: The Role of Social * 4:30PM, Wed Nov 1, 2017 in Gates B03
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 17:34:23 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Dennis Allison" <allison () stanford edu> Subject: [EE CS Colloq] Partisan Gerrymandering and the Supreme Court: The Role of Social * 4:30PM, Wed Nov 1, 2017 in Gates B03 Date: October 26, 2017 at 7:09:45 PM EDT To: farber () cis upenn edu Reply-To: "Dennis Allison" <allison () stanford edu> Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium 4:30 PM, Wednesday, Nov 1, 2017 NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building Room B3 http://ee380.stanford.edu <http://ee380.stanford.edu/> Partisan Gerrymandering and the Supreme Court: The Role of Social Science Eric McGhee Public Policy Institue About the talk: The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case this term, Gill v Whitford, that might lead to the first constitutional constraints on partisanship in redistricting. Eric McGhee is the inventor of the efficiency gap, a measure of gerrymandering that the court is considering in the case. He will describe the case's legal background, discuss some of the metrics that have been proposed for measuring gerrymandering, and reflect on the role of social science in the litigation. Slides: Download the slides for this presentation: [ PDF <http://ee380.stanford.edu/Abstracts/171101-slides.pdf> ] [ <>PPTX <http://ee380.stanford.edu/Abstracts/171101-slides.pptx> ] Videos: Join the live presentation. <http://coursematerials.stanford.edu/live/ee380.asx> Wednesday 4:30-5:45. Requires Microsoft Windows Media player. View the Stanford Archive Lectures <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rMWw6rRoeSpkiseTHzWj6vu> View video <https://mvideos.stanford.edu/Seminars/> by lecture sequence in HTML5. Available after 8PM Pacific on the day of the lecture. View Video on YouTube. The YouTube video is uploaded the day following the presentation. You may need to disable your pop-up blocker for this link to work. Or use the direct YouTube link , which will be active a day or so after presentation. About the speaker: Eric McGhee is a research fellow at PPIC, where he focuses on elections, legislative behavior, political reform, and surveys and polling. His research on elections and electoral reform has appeared in top academic journals and in numerous state and national media outlets. Politico recently named his work on redistricting one of the 50 Ideas Blowing Up American Politics. Before joining PPIC, he was assistant professor of political science at the University of Oregon and served as a Congressional Fellow through the American Political Science Association. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. Contact information: Eric McGhee mcghee (at) ppic.org ABOUT THE COLLOQUIUM: See the Colloquium website, http://ee380.stanford.edu <http://ee380.stanford.edu/>, for scheduled speakers, FAQ, and additional information. Stanford and SCPD students can enroll in EE380 for one unit of credit. Anyone is welcome to attend; talks are webcast live and archived for on-demand viewing over the web. MAILING LIST INFORMATION: This announcement is sent to multiple mailing lists. If you are signed up on our private EE380 list you can remove yourself using the widget at the upper left hand corner of the Colloquium web page. Other lists have other management protocols.
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