ANT-CoG Seminar Talk

The ANT-CoG (Algebra, Number theory, Topology, Combinatorics, & Geometry) seminar will meet Friday, 2/21, from 4:00-5:00pm in Petty 150. We are pleased to welcome our own Dr. Thomas Weighill for Friday’s talk.

Title:  {vectorize, data?, unordered, Can, you}

Abstract: We will look at some very theoretical results motivated by the practical problem of visualizing and vectorizing complex datasets like shapes, samples, densities, and even Congressional district maps. We will talk about some general strategies that sometimes work, and prove at least one impossibility result showing that in some cases no good vectorizations exist. This talk will be designed to be accessible to undergraduate and graduate students.