The Logic and Mathematics of Voting Procedures
Weekly seminar using logic and mathematics to study voting procedures.
We are planning weekly meetings that will include presentation of relevant reading and invited speakers.| Date | Time | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9-26 | 12-1:15 | Cordura 100 | Practical details and introduction to social choice theory and voting theory. (slides) |
| 10-3 | 12-1:15 | Cordura 100 | Arrow's Theorem: proofs and discussion. (slides, Geanakoplos Paper, Makinson Paper) |
| 10-10 | 12-1:15 | Cordura 100 | A survey of voting procedures and paradoxes. (slides) | .
| 10-17 | 12-1:15 | Cordura 100 | Invited Speaker: Michel Balinski (abstract) |
| 10-23 (Thursday) | 4:15-5:30 | 380-380C | Invited Speaker: Steven Brams Symbolic Systems Forum |
| 11-3 | 4:10 - 5:10 | 260-012 | Invited Speaker: Rohit Parikh (abstract) |
| 11-7 | 12-1:15 | Cordura 100 | The Gibbard-Sattherwaite Theorem |
| 11-14 | 12-1:15 | Cordura 100 | Judgement Aggregation (slides) |
| 11-20 (Thursday) | 4:15 - 5:30 | 380-380C | Invited Speaker: Kenneth Arrow Symbolic Systems Forum |
| 11-21 | 12 - 1:15 | Cordura 100 | Todd Davies (Stanford) Intuitive Preference Aggregation: Testing Two Criteria in Arrow's Impossibility Theorem |
| 11-28 | No meeting, Thanksgiving break | ||
| 12-4 (Thursday) | 4:15-5:30 | 380-380C | Invited Speaker: Donald Saari (abstract) |
| 12-5 | 12-1:15 | Cordura 100 | Todd Davies (abstract) |