{"359741":{"#nid":"359741","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ARC Colloquium\/ACO Student Seminar: Peter Winkler \u2013 Dartmouth College","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E(Pizza will be served at 1pm in Skiles 005)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPursuit on a Graph\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Abstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPursuit games---motivated historically by military tactics \u2013 are a natural for graphical settings, and take many forms.\u0026nbsp; We will present some recent results involving (among other things) drunks, Kakeya sets and a ``ketchup graph.\u0027\u0027\u0026nbsp; Lastly, we describe what we think is the most important open problem in the field.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EBio:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Peter Winkler is William Morrill Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Dartmouth College.\u0026nbsp; He is the author of about 150 research papers and holds a dozen patents in marine navigation, cryptolography, holography, gaming, optical networking, and distributed computing.\u0026nbsp; His research is primarily in combinatorics, probability, and the theory of computing, with forays into statistical physics.\u0026nbsp; He is a winner of the Mathematical Association of America\u0027s Lester R. 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