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- Colin Allen, provost professor at the University of Indiana Bloomington, delivers a talk titled "Darwin's Semantic Voyage: Exploration and Exploitation of Victorian Science in the Reading Notebooks." Allen discusses his research project in which the full text of 670 books found in Charles Darwin's reading notebooks is analyzed by using topic modeling to explore the semantic distance between each book in the notebook. Allen rigorously describes the methodology behind topic modeling and the algorithms which his team used to produce their results and details the ways in which the results have aided in understanding Darwin's influences and research patterns over the course of his career. Allen answers questions from the audience. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries Colloquia Series, cosponsored by the Philosophy Department and the Digital Humanities Program in the College of Arts and Letters. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-10-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Peter Limb, Michigan State University Librarian and Africana Bibliographer introduces David Robinson, University Distinguished Professor of History and David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center who both interview John M. Hunter, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography. Hunter tells of his field research in the Gold Coast, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, and Nigeria in the mid-1950s, while serving as an MSU professor abroad. He also discusses the census mapping model he developed and used in Ghana in 1960, which was funded by UNESCO and became a model used in many African countries. Other topics covered include medical geography, socio-economic geography, river blindness, schistosomiasis, elephantiasis, guinea worm disease and seasonal hunger.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-05-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- In the recent political transitions in Africa competitive elections have become the most critical events in the allocation of power. However, little attention has been given to the design of electoral systems, that is, the rules used to determine the allocation of parliamentary seats and of the presidential office. With few exceptions, plurality and majority systems are assumed to be the simplest, natural, and most democratic systems of converting votes into seats. This paper explores alternative electoral systems for apportioning seats in parliament and for securing the presidency. Specifically, it simulates outcomes in the 1992 Kenyan general elections using a proportional representation system in the parliamentary elections and a preferential ballot system in the presidential contest. The overriding normative goal is "fair representation," especially given ethnically-driven electoral behavior. The simulations reported here offer possible outcomes that could have emerged had different electoral rules been used in the 1992 elections. Given both the data used and the conditions prevailing in the 1992 elections, the specific outcome of each simulation is valid only as a demonstration and a discussion tool.
- Date Issued:
- 1997-06-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- African Journal of Political Science
- Description:
- Colin Allen, provost professor at the University of Indiana Bloomington, delivers a talk titled "Darwin's Semantic Voyage: Exploration and Exploitation of Victorian Science in the Reading Notebooks." Allen discusses his research project in which the full text of 670 books found in Charles Darwin's reading notebooks is analyzed by using topic modeling to explore the semantic distance between each book in the notebook. Allen rigorously describes the methodology behind topic modeling and the algorithms which his team used to produce their results and details the ways in which the results have aided in understanding Darwin's influences and research patterns over the course of his career. Allen answers questions from the audience. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries Colloquia Series, cosponsored by the Philosophy Department and the Digital Humanities Program in the College of Arts and Letters. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-10-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Peter Limb, Michigan State University Librarian and Africana Bibliographer introduces David Robinson, University Distinguished Professor of History and David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center who both interview John M. Hunter, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography. Hunter tells of his field research in the Gold Coast, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, and Nigeria in the mid-1950s, while serving as an MSU professor abroad. He also discusses the census mapping model he developed and used in Ghana in 1960, which was funded by UNESCO and became a model used in many African countries. Other topics covered include medical geography, socio-economic geography, river blindness, schistosomiasis, elephantiasis, guinea worm disease and seasonal hunger.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-05-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection