3 papers
stat.AP2026
College closures from 2020 to 2025: An exploratory analysis and its implications for the enrollment cliff
Sepehr Akbari, Shahrzad Jamshidi
The COVID-19 pandemic produced a modest wave of college closures and mergers that may offer an early, if imperfect, preview of the demographic "enrollment cliff" anticipated in the…
cs.LG2025
A Brain Age Residual Biomarker (BARB): Leveraging MRI-Based Models to Detect Latent Health Conditions in U.S. Veterans
Shahrzad Jamshidi, Arthur Bousquet, Sugata Banerji +2
Age prediction using brain imaging, such as MRIs, has achieved promising results, with several studies identifying the model's residual as a potential biomarker for chronic disease…
cs.AI2025
Letters, Colors, and Words: Constructing the Ideal Building Blocks Set
Ricardo Salazar, Shahrzad Jamshidi
Define a building blocks set to be a collection of n cubes (each with six sides) where each side is assigned one letter and one color from a palette of m colors. We propose a novel…