"Interactive Protocols: Using coin flips to detect cheating"
featuring Dr. Andrew Blumberg

On Saturday November 17, 2012, r. Andrew Blumberg showed our group how to play games involving predicting the result of a coin flip in order to discover some properties of randomness. We then learned about how to use coin flips to tell if someone can differentiate Coke and Pepsi in a taste test even when we aren't given correct information beforehand.

Printable version of the flyer

Here is the handout from Dr. Blumberg's talk. You're encouraged to explore the problems on your own.
Using randomness to catch cheaters

Here are some pictures from the talk. Right click and select 'view image' to see it larger.