Justin Solomon is the organizer of the Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group (MGGG) hackathon and an Assistant Professor in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS).  He is seen here at the Data Lab in the Tisch Library at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Aug. 10, 2017.  The hackathon is part of the first in a series of Geometry of Redistricting workshops put on by the MGGG. Academics, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) professionals, and legal professionals worked together to build tools useful in analyzing voting district data around the country.