Hi, I'm NODIRA

Remote Sensing & GeoAI Researcher

I'm a graduate researcher specializing in remote sensing, GeoAI, and ubiquitous computing. Currently pursuing an M.E. in Electrical Engineering at Nagoya University, I build geospatial and computer-vision systems that turn satellite & sensor data into tools for sustainable development.

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Remote Sensing
GeoAI
Computer Vision
GIS

RESEARCH & PROJECTS

Selected publications in geospatial AI, human mobility & remote sensing.

Publication · HCII 2025

Discovering Emerging Urban Hotspots

Satellite imagery + human-mobility data to inform sustainable urban design. Presented at HCI International, Sweden.

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Publication · Accepted

Location Embeddings from Human Mobility

Comparing ZE-Mob, Area2Vec & CTLE embeddings to cluster urban regions across Nagoya & Osaka.

Publication · Human Mobility

Modeling Human Movement

A framework of data-driven, mechanism-based & hybrid approaches for simulating human mobility and disease spread.

Publication · Astroclimate

Temperature Trends at Maydanak Observatory

Long-term site climate — comparing temperature records from 1996–2002 vs 2013–2024.

EXPERIENCE

Feb 2023 — May 2024
Software Engineer

Center for Space Monitoring & Geoinformation Technologies · AI & Software Dept.

Built a seismic monitoring system (ArcGIS JS SDK) and co-developed a Mask-RCNN parcel-detection pipeline on Sentinel-2 imagery.
Dec 2021 — Jan 2023
Data Analyst Intern

Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute

Correlated Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis with ground & telescope observations in Python, reaching 96% accuracy.
2019 — 2025
Mentor & Technical Coordinator

Technovation Challenge · UniSat

Coached teams of high-school girls in app development — UX, Java/Python coding & market research.

EDUCATION

Oct 2024 — Present

Nagoya University

M.E. in Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Automotive Engineering

UCLab member · Coordinator, Google Developer Club on Campus

Sep 2019 — Aug 2023

INHA University in Tashkent

B.E. in Software Engineering

Dean's List Award · Capstone: autonomous driving with ROS TurtleBot3

CERTIFICATION

IELTS 8.0 · Global Ambassador, Huawei Seeds for the Future (2023 — Present).

HONORS & AWARDS

Costa Rica · 2024

Speaker — 6th UN Conference

On water management using space tech. Presented 3D dam visualizations for real-time water monitoring.

Thailand · 2024

Facilitator — 11th APFSD Youth Forum

Moderated a regional session on data scarcity & climate action with remote sensing.

USA · 2023

Technovation Finalist

Top 5 of 2,100+ (0.2%) — presented at the World Summit in Silicon Valley.

Kazakhstan · 2022

UniSatellite Finalist

Assembled a 1U nanosatellite with 8 environmental sensors; analyzed PM2.5/PM10 data.

PRESS & MEDIA

Interviews, features & mentions.

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TECHNICAL SKILLS

Domains

Languages & Tools

Py
JS
C
ROS
Unity
Git

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