Sara Jamshidi
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics
Director of the Applied Data Center
Math and Computer Science
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- sjamshidi@lakeforest.edu
Specializations
- Computational Algebraic Geometry
- Algebraic Statistics
- Distributed Computation
- Machine Learning and AI
Education
- PhD, Mathematics, Penn State University
- MAs, Mathematics and Economics, Cal State Los Angeles
- BA, Applied Mathematics, University of California, San Diego
Courses Frequently Taught
CSCI 112: Computer Science I
CSCI 212: Computer Science II
Math 230: Abstract and Discrete Mathematics
CSCI 317: Data Structures and Algorithms
CSCI 325: Artificial Intelligence
Recent Publications
The Spark Randomizer: a learned randomized framework for computing Gröbner bases. With Sonja Petrović. (2023) Submitted to the Journal of Symbolic Computation.
Predicting the cardinality of a reduced Gröbner basis. With Eric Kang and Sonja Petrović. (2023) Submitted to the Journal of Symbolic Computation.
Threaded Gröbner bases: a Macaulay2 package. With Sonja Petrović. Journal of Software for Algebra and Geometry. Volume 11. (2021) pages 123-127
Book: Mathematics for Sustainability with John Roe and Russ deForest. Springer. (2018)
Awards and Honors (selected)
- Pennsylvania State University’s Eberly College of Science Dean’s Climate & Diversity Award (2013)
- Sidney Drell Science and Technology Award, Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA), 2017
- Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award, Penn State University, 2015
Professional Working Groups and Affiliations
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) AI Ethics Expert Focus Group on Algorithmic Bias
- Technology (NIST) public working group AI Risk Management Framework
- TrustVector, LLC Subject Matter Expert