An Overview of the New Interdisciplinary Fields of Political Engineering and Computational Politics for the Next Frontier in Politics

This extended abstract provides a brief overview of two new interdisciplinary fields defined by Ashu M. G. Solo called political engineering and computational politics. Political engineering is the application of engineering, computer science, mathematics, or natural science to solving problems in politics. Computational politics is the application of computer science or mathematics to solving problems in politics. Political engineering and computational politics include, but are not limited to, principles and methods for political decision making, analysis, modeling, optimization, forecasting, simulation, and expression. The definition of these two new fields will greatly increase the pace of research and development in these important fields.