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DIMACS Tribute to the Many Facets of Fred Roberts

October 17, 2024

Location:

The Rutgers Club

Livingston Campus

85 Avenue E, Piscataway, NJ 08854

Organizer(s):

Tamra Carpenter, DIMACS

Margaret (Midge) Cozzens, DIMACS

David Pennock, DIMACS

Alexis Tsoukiás, Université Paris Dauphine

The DIMACS Tribute to the Many Facets of Fred Roberts—aka FredFest—is a celebration of Fred’s contributions to both research and education in fields ranging from discrete mathematics, to mathematical biology, sustainability, homeland security, and the social sciences. Along the way, we will toast his 80th (and 81st) birthday and marvel at the connections that he has made, and continues to make, between disciplines and people. The event will immediately follow the 8th Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory (a conference that Fred helped found), which will be held at Rutgers on October 14-16.

 

Thursday, October 17, 2024

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Opening Remarks

Prabhas Moghe, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, Rutgers University

Juli Wade, Executive Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University

9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

Permutations from Random Walk

Peter Winkler, Dartmouth College

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

Graphs, Preferences, Algorithms and Decision Theory

Alexis Tsoukiás, Université Paris Dauphine

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Talk

Abba Gumel, University of Maryland, College Park

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

Break

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Remarks

Peter March, Rutgers University

Rebecca Wright, Barnard College

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

The Fred Is Right! An Application of Mathematics to Game Show Design

Paul Dreyer, Northrop Grumman

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

A New Local / Global Principle for Collectives

Dana Randall, Georgia Institute of Technology

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Fred’s Inspiring Creativity

Sasa Pekec, Duke University

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Talk

Jude Kong, York University

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM

Panel Discussion: Fred's Work on Homeland Security

Alok Baveja, Rutgers University

Dennis Egan, CCICADA

Elsayed A. Elsayed, Rutgers University

Mitch Erickson, Department of Homeland Security (retired)

Paul Kantor, Rutgers University (retired)

Steve Keleman, Rutgers University Emergency Management

Andrew Tucci, United States Coast Guard

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

Break

3:40 PM - 3:50 PM

Remarks

Chuck Biehl, Charter School of Wilmington (retired)

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM

From Food Webs, to Channel Assignments, to Tools of Psychology, and Back Again

Margaret (Midge) Cozzens, DIMACS

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 4:50 PM

Math + Your (solve for x) Interests = Research Findings that Make a Difference

Sarah Roberts, University of California, San Francisco

4:50 PM - 5:10 PM

Open Mic

Fred Roberts, DIMACS

5:10 PM - 8:00 PM

Dinner