Associate Research Professor of Mathematics
I am interested in studying techniques to understand fairness in redistricting. I am also interested in computational fluid dynamics and high-performance computing.Appointments and Affiliations
- Associate Research Professor of Mathematics
- Assistant Director of Curricular Engagement of the Information Initiative at Duke
Contact Information
- Email Address: gjh@math.duke.edu
- Websites:
Education
- Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2013
Research Interests
Algorithms to detect and quantify gerrymandering (redistricting; MCMC sampling); High performance computing (Multi-GPU; MPI; super-computers); Computational fluid dynamics (hemodynamics; lattice Boltzmann methods; multi-physics/multi-scale algorithms)
Courses Taught
- STA 798: Capstone Project
- STA 698: Capstone Project
- STA 230: Probability
- MATH 753: Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
- MATH 730: Probability
- MATH 560: Theory and Practice of Algorithms
- MATH 493: Research Independent Study
- MATH 393: Research Independent Study
- MATH 353: Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
- MATH 231: An Algorithmic Introduction to Probability and its Applications
- MATH 230: Probability
- IDS 798: Capstone Project
In the News
- Decoding, Gerrymanders, and Markov Chains (Nov 1, 2022 | AMS)
- PW special report: Demystifying the redistricting process (Aug 20, 2021 | NC Po…
- Mathematicians are deploying algorithms to stop gerrymandering (Aug 12, 2021 | …
- Drawing voting lines: Can algorithms make U.S. elections fairer? (Oct 15, 2020…
- Uncertainty clouds upcoming election after court rules against N.C.'s gerrymand…
- As Court Battles Continue, How Does NC Move Forward With Redistricting? (Jun 13…
- Duke Mathematics Has Its Day in Court (Mar 25, 2019)
- The fight against partisan gerrymandering continues (Aug 31, 2018 | Herald Sun)
- Computerisierte Wahlmanipulation: Mit Algorithmen zum perfekten Wahlkreis (Nov …
- Rebooting the mathematics behind gerrymandering (Oct 23, 2017 | The Conversatio…
- How Computers Turned Gerrymandering Into a Science (Oct 6, 2017 | New York Time…
- The mathematicians who want to save democracy (Jun 7, 2017 | Nature News)
- Student Team Addresses Gerrymandering with Mathematics (Nov 28, 2016 | Duke Tod…