Research
Experience
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Undergraduate Researcher | Bachelor's Thesis
Jul 2025 — PresentSepehr Akbari, Shahrzad Jamshidi · Lake Forest College
A reinforcement learning framework for learning optimal selection strategies in optimizing Buchberger's algorithm through a geometric deep learning methodology.
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Undergraduate Researcher | Independent
May 2026 — PresentSepehr Akbari, Sugata Banerji, Shahrzad Jamshidi · Lake Forest College
Model compression of overparameterized convolutional layers in segmentation models through learnt and fine-tuned tensor decompositions.
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Undergraduate Researcher | Independent
Apr 2026 — PresentSepehr Akbari, Shahrzad Jamshidi, Enrique Treviño · Lake Forest College
An algebraic framework for evaluating the expressivity of polynomial neural networks, finding the ideal that bounds the network.
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Research Assistant | Contribution
Feb 2026 — PresentShahrzad Jamshidi, Sonja Petrović, Sepehr Akbari · Lake Forest College, Illinois Institute of Technology
Contributing to the learned randomized framework & deep learning approach for predicting Gröbner bases and set topology.
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Undergraduate Researcher | Contribution
May 2025 — Aug 2025Sepehr Akbari, Sugata Banerji · Lake Forest College
Objectness: A computer vision data augmentation pipeline utulizing deep learning and saliency estimation for low data scenarios in supervised learning.
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Undergraduate Researcher | James Rocco Fellowship
May 2025 — Jul 2025Sepehr Akbari, Shahrzad Jamshidi · Lake Forest College
Quantifying risk and identifying valunerability archetypes in US higher education using machine learning and bayesian methods.
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Undergraduate Researcher | Independent
Dec 2023 — Jun 2024Sepehr Akbari, Andrew Gard · Lake Forest College
Statistical analysis on the predictability and quality of pseudo-random number generators and sequences compared to ones generated by quantum hardware and processes.
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Pre-Collegiate Researcher | IB Extended Essay
Nov 2022 — Apr 2023Sepehr Akbari, Amit Rastogi · United World College
Complexity analysis of re-balancing algorithms in a selection of binary search trees.
Publications & Preprints
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College closures from 2020 to 2025: An exploratory analysis and its implications for the enrollment cliff
Sepehr Akbari, Shahrzad Jamshidi
Submitted to Research in Higher Education. 2026.
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An Algebraic Christmas: Using Gröbner Bases to Solve the Constrained Secret Santa Problem
Sepehr Akbari, Shahrzad Jamshidi
Submitted to Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal. 2026.
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Randomity: A Python package for generating and assessing randomness
Sepehr Akbari, Andrew Gard
Python Package. 2025.
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Comparing Insertion Complexity in AVL and Splay BSTs
Sepehr Akbari, Amit Rastogi
IB-CS Extended Essay. 2023.
