SAN MARCOS – Texas State University will host an online seminar, "Graphs, Geometry and Gerrymandering: Mathematics of Political Districting," 3-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2.
The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required at Free Registration.
The focus of this event is a conversation on political districting with a mathematical perspective. It will feature a presentation by Daryl DeFord, an assistant professor of mathematics at Washington State University. He previously worked in the Geometric Data Processing Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he focused on building tools and developed theory for detecting and combating gerrymandering. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with members of academia, voting rights groups and a citizens' commission on redistricting:
