Sawyer Seminar: The Mathematics of Accountability

Description

"The Mathematics of Accountability" explores the mathematical and algorithmic work of developing accountability mechanisms in political processes with two scholars who work at the intersection of mathematics, law, algorithms, ethics, and policy.

Moon Duchin, an associate professor of mathematics at Tufts University, will share her recent work on gerrymandering and the uses of randomized algorithms to study the signatures of human intent in the case study of electoral redistricting. Kobbi Nissim, a professor of computer science at Georgetown University, will discuss the rigorous analysis needed for interpreting privacy law. M. Ali Khan, a professor of economics at Johns Hopkins, will moderate.

This event is part of the Sawyer Seminar: Precision and Uncertainty in a World of Data, a seminar series exploring the data and society intersection, organized by the Departments of Anthropology and the History of Medicine and the Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine.