The first TopMath Talk of the summer semester is coming up! On Wednesday, June 19th 2024, Chris Dong of the research group Social Choice Theory & Game Theory, will talk about Characterizations of (Sequential) Thiele Rules. The talk will take place in room 02.06.011 at 4pm. Anyone interested is welcome to attend – for organizational reasons we’re kindly asking for a registration via email to topmath(at)ma.tum.de by Friday, June 14th.
In approval-based committee (ABC) voting, voters submit approval ballots, and the goal is to elect a committee of a fixed target size.
Since the late 19th century and into the present, scholars have proposed different election rules. This begs the question of when to use which rule.
In this top math talk, we examine Thiele rules (and optionally their greedy variants too): We give desirable properties, so-called axioms, which in conjunction are not satisfied by any other ABC voting rules, thereby presenting the main results of two papers accepted at AAMAS2023 and AAAI2024.
TopMath Talks
As part of the TopMath talks, TopMath students and doctoral students present parts of their research. They provide an understandable insight into their current area of interest, enabling students and staff from different research fields to broaden their mathematical background knowledge. The talks are open to the public and last about an hour, followed by discussion.