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Some issues related to implementation and generalization of the partition problem formulations for normal populations   Presented by Tumulesh Solanky, Chair and Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Louisiana System Foundation and Michael and Judith Russel Professor in Data Science/Computational Sciences, University of New OrleansWednesday, November 20, 2024, 4:00 PM, AUST 202 Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm in the Noether Lounge (AUST 326)Webex Meeting Link (https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m5f080e0cca019d81183d412aec1dcc5b)Abstract: In the area of selection and ranking, partitioning of treatments by comparing them to a control treatment is an important statistical problem. For over eighty years this problem has been investigated by a number of researchers via various statistical designs to specify the partitioning criteria and optimal strategies for data collection. We have studied various aspects of several key formulation available in literature from a practitioner's point of view. The focus of the presentation would be on the design proposed in Tong (1969) which had utilized Bechhofer's (1954) indifference-zone concept to partition treatments with respect to the control population. This formulation, had united a number of other formulations available in the statistical literature, and has since seen considerable interest from researchers. Focusing on the versatility of the Tong's formulation and its applications, a generalization of the Tong's formulation is presented to partition the treatments in the indifference zone as a separate identifiable group without altering basic idea of indifference zone. It is shown that the Tong's formulation is a limiting case of the proposed generalized formulation. For the proposed generalization, a purely sequential procedure and a two-stage procedures are presented along with their theoretical properties. An example is provided to illustrate the proposed generalization and several other procedures available in the literature.Bio: Tumulesh Solanky is a professor and chair of mathematics at the University of New Orleans (UNO), where he has been teaching for over three decades. For the past 16 years, he has also served as the department chair. Additionally, he holds the Michael and Judith Russell Professorship in Data/Computational Sciences. Throughout his career, Dr. Solanky has secured several hundred thousand dollars in sponsored research and has contributed extensively to academic literature, publishing books, book-chapters, and journal articles. Apart from his research and teaching, Dr. Solanky has served on various university committees and professional organizations. In recognition of his exceptional teaching and service, he received the Seraphia D. Leyda University Teaching Fellow Award in 2009 and the Cooper Mackin Medallion in 2018, the latter awarded to a faculty or staff member for outstanding contributions in support of the University's mission.

About the BookTheatre and Human Rights: The Politics of Dramatic Form develops theoretical intersections between theatre and human rights and provides methodologies to investigate human rights questions from within the perspective of theatre as a complex set of disciplines. While human rights research and programming often employ the arts as representations of human rights-related violations and abuses, this study focuses on dramatic form and structure, in addition to content, as uniquely positioned to interrogate important questions in human rights theory and practice. This project positions theatre as a method of examination in addition to the important purposes the arts serve to raise consciousness that accompany other, often considered more primary modes of analysis. A main feature of this approach includes emphasis on dialectical structures in drama and human rights and integration of applied theatre and critical ethnography with more traditional theatre. This integration will demonstrate how theatre and human rights operates beyond the arts as representation model, offering a primary means of analysis, activism, and political discourse. This book will be of great interest to theatre and human rights practitioners and activists, scholars, and students.   About the AuthorGary M. English is a Distinguished Professor of Drama at the University of Connecticut and Affiliate Faculty with the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, with whom he has taught Theatre and Human Rights for ten years. From 2010 through 2018, he lived and worked in the West Bank for a total of four years, including two years in the Jenin Refugee Camp where he served as Artistic Director of The Freedom Theatre, (2012-13). He also served as Visiting Professor and Head of the Media Studies program at Al/Quds Bard College in Abu Dis, in the West Bank, (2017-18). His research focuses on Palestinian theatre, theatre as a methodology to study human rights, and the use of theatre and cultural production to investigate the political conflict between Israel and Palestinians. Theatre and Human Rights: The Politics of Dramatic Form was published by Routledge in August, 2024. Previous publications include the volume Stories Under Occupation and other Plays from Palestine, co-edited with Samer Al-Saber, and published by Seagull Press in 2020, and "Artistic Practice and Production at the Jenin Freedom Theatre" within the anthology Theater in the Middle East: Between Performance and Politics. His most recent essay, "Palestinian Theatre: Alienation, Mediation and Assimilation in Cross Cultural Research" was recently released in the volume Arabs, Politics and Performance by Routledge in September 2024.   About this Event This event is sponsored by the Research Program on Arts & Human Rights, a collaborative program hosted at the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute led by faculty from the School of Fine Arts. This talk will take place in-person only in the Heritage Room, 4th Floor of Homer Babbidge Library, with a reception.

The theme of the event is metaphilosophy. We encourage participants to share their thoughts in a 10 to 15-minute presentation on any topic related to the nature of philosophy, philosophical methodology, the future of philosophy, or the question of progress in philosophy. Each presentation will be followed by a 5-minute Q&A session. Presentations don't need to be overly formal—this is simply a chance to share ideas and engage in meaningful dialogue.