DIMACS/CCICADA Student-organized Seminar Series and Rutcor Presents:

Title: An informal presentation of his research interests by Professor Patrice Perny, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France

Speaker: Patrice Perny, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France

Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011; 12:00-1:00pm

Location: DIMACS Center, CoRE Bldg, Room 431, Rutgers University, Busch Campus, Piscataway, NJ

The DIMACS/CCICADA Student-organized Seminar Series and Rutcor will feature an informal presentation of the research interests of Professor Patrice Perny of University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France. Professor Perny is visiting DIMACS as a guest of Fred Roberts from March 28 to April 29, 2011. The event will take place Tuesday, April 5, 2011 in Room 431 of the CoRE Building from 12 noon till 1pm. There will be time for discussion.

Topics covered concern Algorithmic Decision Theory and will be chosen from:

• multiobjective combinatorial optimization
• decision making and planning under uncertainty and risk
• computational social choice
• graphical models for preference handling on combinatorial domains