Em Março de 2017, o PPGEP recebe a importante visita do Prof. Marc Kilgour. Prof. Kilgour é docente do Departamento de Matemática da Wilfrid Laurier University desde 1973 e também professor Adjunto de Systems Design Engineering na Universidade of Waterloo desde 1984. Foi presidente da Group Decision and Negotiation Informs Section e Diretor do Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies (LCMSDS). Atualmente é membro do Comitê de Ditetores do LCMSDS, bem como do Comitê de Assessoria do Center for Election Science.
Dentre as atividades acadêmicas que planejadas para sua visita ao Programa está a realização da palestra “Electing Representative Groups”, que ocorrerá no dia 29/03, às 14:40, no auditório do NIATE.
Palestra: ELECTING REPRESENTATIVE GROUPS
Abstract: Often, a group of people must select a few of its members to represent it. What properties characterize a subset of group members that appropriately represents the group as a whole? How best to select a subset that captures well the commonalities and diversities of the group? If the composition of the group is simple and uncontroversial, then the selection problem is one of apportionment. But if the composition of the group is not known precisely or is fluid, or if the dimensions of diversity are controversial or simply too numerous, then voting is a common solution. In this presentation, the varieties of elections that can be used to select a set of representatives are introduced, and their properties – good and bad – are discussed.