- Algorithms, Computations and Elections

Catalog description

Topics may include Computer Graphics, Neutral Networks, Advanced Algorithms, Network Security, or other subjects of current interest. Fall 2025 Description: This course introduces students to the computational aspects of collective decision-making, i.e., computational social choice. Students will learn to study and design algorithms or prove the lack thereof, to tackle problems in tournaments, fairness in resource allocation, strategic/manipulative voting, electoral control (e.g., gerrymandering and voter suppression), bribery, and coalition formation, among other topics. Students may elect to take this course as a Theory or Applied elective.