Wisconsin State Bar seminar "Mapmaker, Make Me a Map: Redistricting and the Clarke Case" Session II: Map Creation & Comparison (May 13, 2024)
This seminar consists of one live presentation + webcast on May 13, 2024 and eight repeat webcasts from May to August 2024. Click here for more details.
Comparison of the seven map proposals submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Jan. 12, 2024 (April 4, 2024)
In this 8-minute presentation, Dr. Petering describes the Wisconsin Supreme Court case Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission; his development of the FastMap redistricting algorithm in anticipation of this case; and the performance of the seven map proposals submitted to the court on January 12, 2024. A detailed analysis shows that Dr. Petering's FastMap proposal significantly outperformed the other six proposals. Thus, Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission likely marks the moment when computer algorithms surpassed humans in overall mapmaking ability. (The poster shown in this presentation, which won the practitioner track of the 2024 INFORMS poster competition, can be downloaded by clicking here.)
Presentation to the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (July 22, 2021)
In this presentation (beginning at 1:12:00 in the YouTube video below), Dr. Petering shows fair maps of Michigan's state house, state senate, and congressional districts made by his FastMap computer algorithm (from 3:03:00 to 3:29:00) and explains how the algorithm handles all seven redistricting criteria mentioned in the Michigan Constitution (from 1:19:30 to 2:29:00).
Virtual Town Hall Meeting with Wisconsin State Senator Chris Larson (April 26, 2021)
Dr. Matt Petering discusses the trade-offs involved in redistricting decisions and displays fair maps of Wisconsin's legislative and congressional districts created his FastMap computer algorithm (starting at 09:08 in the YouTube video below).