Sara Jamshidi
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics
Director of the Applied Data Center
Math and Computer Science
- 8477355137
- 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
With Sonja Petrović. (2023) Submitted to the Journal of Symbolic Computation.
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: 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