Fahimeh Orvati Nia

Texas A&M University
fahimehorvatinia@tamu.edu | GitHub | LinkedIn | Google Scholar | CV (PDF)

I’m a PhD student in Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, advised by Dr. Joshua Peeples. My research focuses on computer vision, machine learning, and their applications in agricultural imaging and human behavior modeling. I earned my Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2025 and my Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology in 2020.

Publications

Traffic-aware pedestrian intention prediction
Fahimeh Orvati Nia, Hai Lin
American Control Conference (ACC), 2025
arXiv:2507.12433

Neighborhood Feature Pooling for Remote Sensing Image Classification
Fahimeh Orvati Nia, Joshua Peeples, et al.
WACV 2026 Workshop on Earth Observation
arXiv:2510.25077

Evaluating GAN-LSTM for Smart Meter Anomaly Detection in Power Systems
Fahimeh Orvati Nia, S. Salehi, J. Peeples
TPEC 2026
arXiv:2601.09701

Integrating Multispectral Imaging and Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Comprehensive Phenotyping of Horticultural Crops
A. McFarland, L. Rossi, F. Nia, J. Peeples, A. Svyanek
HORTSCIENCE 60 (7), 2025

Experience

Research Assistant
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Jan 2025, Present

Teaching Assistant
University of Notre Dame
Fall 2023, Spring 2024
Courses: Introduction to Electrical Engineering, Signals and Systems

Peer Reviewer
LXAI-NeurIPS 2025, IEEE RA-L, ICRA 2026, ACC 2025, CCTA 2025

Student Mentoring

Chloe Tiley, Sophia Martinez-Badiillo, Michael Morse, Amran Kassaye, Nazar Oladepo