Fateme Nikseresht

PhD Candidate at the University of Virginia

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia (UVA). I work under the supervision of Dr. Bradford Campbell, and I am honored to be a member of UVA Engineering Link Lab. My research focuses on the intersection of wireless systems and networking, smart buildings, smart health, signal processing, and machine learning.

Before beginning my PhD studies, I earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Shiraz University, advised by Dr. Alireza Keshavarz-Hadad.

News

May 3, 2023 I am honored to announce that I recieved the Outstanding Graduate Service Award from the CS department of UVA.
April 18, 2023 I was pleased to present my paper at the CCI Symposium.
March 16, 2023 I was delighted to present my research at the 19th UVA Engineering Research Symposium (UVERS).
December 14, 2022 I succesfully defended my qualifying exam entitled "Adaptable Sensor-free Occupancy Detection using WiFi Fine Time Measurement".
October 2022 I presented my poster entitled "Employing Ubiquitous Low-power Wireless Signals in Smart Buildings to Improve Residents’ Comfort and Well-being" in the 2022 NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Annual Meeting at Virginia Tech.
May 2022 I am very thrilled to announce that I have been elected as International Student Liaison of the Graduate Engineering Student Council (GESC) of UVA.
May 2022 I am delighted to announce that I have been elected as Vice President of the Link Lab Student Committee at the University of Virginia.
April 2022 Very thrilled to announce that I have been promoted to FIDE Arbiter (FA) by the 2022 1st FIDE Council decision.
April 2022 I am very excited to be one of the session chairs at the Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS) 2022.
March 2022 I am happy to announce that our project proposal entitled "Sensor-free occupancy detection and crowd counting system with wireless IoT device network" received UVA Experiential Learning (EL) Fund award.
March 2021 Delighted to announce that I have been elected as the Vice President of the Iranian Students Association at UVA.
June 2018 I am excited to announce that I achieved the highest score in the FIDE Arbiter's Seminar test among 34 arbiters who participated in the Seminar, and I was awarded a norm for the FA title.
March 2017 I am presenting our novel flow meter calibration system at 2 ^nd Fluid Mechanics National Competition at Isfahan University.

Publications

The smart building privacy challenge

Wu, Tong, Murtadha Aldeer, Tahiya Chowdhury, Amber Haynes, Fateme Nikseresht, Mahsa Pahlavikhah Varnosfaderani, Jiechao Gao, Arsalan Heydarian, Brad Campbell, and Jorge Ortiz. "The smart building privacy challenge." In Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation, pp. 238-239. 2021.

Detection of Racial Bias from Physiological Responses

Nikseresht, Fateme, Runze Yan, Rachel Lew, Yingzheng Liu, Rose M. Sebastian, and Afsaneh Doryab. "Detection of Racial Bias from Physiological Responses." In International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, pp. 59-66. Springer, Cham, 2021.

Collision Prediction and Prevention in Contact Sports Using RFID tags and Haptic Feedback

Mostafavi, Moeen, Fateme Nikseresht, Jacob Earl Resch, Laura Barnes, and Mehdi Boukhechba. "Collision Prediction and Prevention in Contact Sports Using RFID Tags and Haptic Feedback." In International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, pp. 400-406. Springer, Cham, 2021.

Understanding health and behavioral trends of successful students through machine learning models

Kim, Abigale, Fateme Nikseresht, Janine M. Dutcher, Michael Tumminia, Daniella Villalba, Sheldon Cohen, Kasey Creswel et al. "Understanding health and behavioral trends of successful students through machine learning models." In International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies, pp. 516-525. Springer, Cham, 2021.

Adaptive Humanoid Robots for Pain Management in Children

Shenoy, Sudhir, Yueyue Hou, Xinran Wang, Fateme Nikseresht, and Afsaneh Doryab. "Adaptive humanoid robots for pain management in children." In Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 510-514. 2021.

Projects

Ongoing Projects

Sensor‑free Occupancy Detection and Crowd Counting System with Wireless IoT Devices Network

Contactless Vital Sign Measurement Using FMCW Radar

Decimeter-level Localization for a Network of Low-Cost IoT Devices
Student Health and Well‑Being in Academic Workplaces

Past Projects

A Decision Tool for Emotion Regulation Intervention, Course project presented in SYS 6581: AI for Social Good

Translating sign language words via Smartwatch, Course project presented in CS 6501: Signal Processing, Machine Learning, and Control Systems

Investigating the Impact of Noise and Interference on the Quality of Video Conferencing in the context of the local wireless network, Bachelor Thesis

Calibration of Flow Meters by Laser, Poster presented at 2 ^nd Fluid Mechanics National Competition at Isfahan University

Professional Leadership & Services

Leadership

International Studies Liaison Graduate Engineering Student Council (GESC) at University of Virginia

May 2022-Present

Vice-president Link Lab Student Committee at University of Virginia

August 2022-Present

Vice-president Iranian Students Association (IRSA) at University of Virginia

February 2020-May 2022

Vice-president IEEE Iran Section‑ Shiraz University Branch

October 2016-August 2017

Member Society of Students Against Poverty

January 2016-September 2017

Professional Services

Session Chair Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS) 2022
Reviewer Ubicomp/IMWUT 2020, HRI 2021 Late Breaking Reports, and Ubicomp/IMWUT 2021
Student Volunteer 35th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligent 2021
Organizer 13th IEEE Iran Section Student Branch Symposium 2016

Awards

Outstanding Graduate Service Award - UVA Department of Computer Science 2022-2023
Podium Presentation Finalist - UVA Engineering Research Symposium (UVERS) 2023
Fellowship - UVA Experiential Learning Fund 2022 for "Sensor-free occupancy detection and crowd counting system with wireless IoT device network" project
1 ^st Place - Eighth FIDE Seminar on Arbitration 2018
1 ^st Place - Young NODET (National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents) Researchers Competition 2010
2 ^nd Place - Fars Province Woman Swimming Contest 2002