Liliana Perez
- Professeure titulaire
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Faculté des arts et des sciences - Département de géographie
Complexe des sciences office B-5009
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PhD - Spatial and Geographic Information Science (SGIS)
2011
, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
Affiliations
- Membre – CEF — Centre d'étude de la forêt
- Membre – CSBQ — Centre de la science de la biodiversité du Québec
- Membre – CReSP — Centre de recherche en santé publique
Education Programs
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences Life Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development Humanities
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences Life Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Environment and Sustainable Development Fundamental and Applied Sciences Life Sciences
- Humanities Fundamental and Applied Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- PhD in Geography – Fundamental and Applied Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development Humanities
Courses
- GEO3015 SIG3 - Projet
- GEO6149 Sujet spécial en géomatique
- GEO6352 SIG : Analyse des données spatiales
Areas of Expertise
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Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Research projects Expand all Collapse all
Supporting climate change interventions for urban health and equity: A participatory complex system perspective Projet de recherche au Canada / 2025 - 2031
Combining Geospatial AI (GeoAI), Complex Systems Science and GIScience methods to develop decision-making tools for a sustainable management of urban and peri-urban landscape Projet de recherche au Canada / 2024 - 2030
Centre de la Science de la Biodiversite du Quebec_CSBQ / Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science_QCBS (2022-2028) / Landscape composition as an environmental driver of urban beehives' health Projet de recherche au Canada / 2024 - 2029
The Vertical Border: How Aerial Technology is Reshaping Border Security Projet de recherche au Canada / 2025 - 2028
Impacts économiques panquébécois des changements climatiques sur l'agriculture et l'adaptation (P-QEICCAA) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2023 - 2027
GeoAI and GIScience to model and simulate the environmental determinants of beehives’ health Projet de recherche au Canada / 2023 - 2025
Complex Systems Approach for Studying Spatiotemporal Patterns of Disturbance as a Result of Climate Change Projet de recherche au Canada / 2016 - 2025
Towards Representation of Collective Memory: A Holonic Multi-Agent System Projet de recherche au Canada / 2022 - 2024
Impact de la variabilité environnementale sur la dynamique des populations et l’évolution biologique et culturelle de la lignée humaine. Projet de recherche au Canada / 2018 - 2024
GeoAI and GIScience to model and simulate the environmental determinants of beehives’ health Projet de recherche au Canada / 2023 - 2023
Développement d'un prototype de modèle à base d'agents pour comprendre la construction de la mémoire collective au sein d’une communauté Projet de recherche au Canada / 2022 - 2022
Centre de la science de la biodiversité du Québec CSBQ / Modeling the effect of environmental factors and animal-dispersed woody plants on the spatial distribution of new Iberian forests Projet de recherche au Canada / 2018 - 2022
IC-IMPACTS COVID-19 HQP Funding Supplement /Mobile App for improving survival in fires through efficient egress: The role of impromptu indoor WiFi localization and georeferenced building maps. Projet de recherche au Canada / 2021 - 2021
« Development of an online tool for crowd movement simulation research » Projet de recherche au Canada / 2021 - 2021
Supplément COVID-19 CRSNG_Complex Systems Approach for Studying Spatiotemporal Patterns of Disturbance as a Result of Climate Change Projet de recherche au Canada / 2020 - 2021
Mobile App for improving survival in fires through efficient egress: The role of impromptu indoor WiFi localization and georeferenced building maps. Projet de recherche au Canada / 2019 - 2021
Publications Expand all Collapse all
Articles publiés dans des revues avec comité de lecture (*Membres de mon groupe de recherche)
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Perez, L.; Yousefi, M.; Mahdizadeh, N.*; Vukicevic, S.; Dragicevic, S. (2026). Census-Validated Agent-Based Modeling of Immigrant Settlement and Diversity in Metro Vancouver. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 130, 102515
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Plante, J; Brunelle, C.B; Perez, L. (2026). Characterizing landslide‐induced floods using the SWOT mission: A case study on the Chilcotin River, Canada. Geophysical Research Letters, 53(5):e2025GL119357
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Seuru, S; Grimm, V; Barton, M; Perez, L; Gharakhanlou, N.M*; Sengupta, R; Dagnino, A.M*, (2026). The ODE (Overview, Data, and Execution) protocol for a standardized use of machine learning in environmental, social and related interdisciplinary sciences. Environmental Modelling & Software, 198, 10691
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Mahdizadeh, N*; Perez, L. (2025). Spatial Susceptibility Mapping of Boreal Forest Fires: Insights from Quebec’s Historical and Future Trends (1980-2050). Advances in Cartography and GIScience of the ICA, 5, 20.
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Molowny-Horas, R; Harati, S*; Perez, L. (2025). Understanding Forest Insect Outbreak Dynamics: A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques. Geo-spatial Information Science, 29(2), 1196-1213.
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Mahdizadeh, N*; Vadnais, J*; Perez, L; Coallier, N. (2025). Urban buzz or urban bust? Beekeeping challenges, suitability, and survival insights in Montreal, Canada. Ecological Informatics, 90:103296.
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Zhao, L. Q.*, Dragicevic, S., Balram, S. & Perez, L., (2025). Assessing the Number of Criteria in GIS-Based Multicriteria Evaluation: A Machine Learning Approach. Geographical Analysis, 57(3):489-506.
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Vadnais, J*; Perez, L; Coallier, N. (2025). Assessing foraging landscape quality in Quebec's commercial beekeeping through remote sensing, machine learning, and survival analysis. Journal of Environmental Management., 374:124157.
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Mahdizadeh, N*; Perez, L; Henry, E. (2025). Evaluating environmental, weather, and management influences for sustainable beekeeping in California and Quebec: Enhancing beehive survival predictions. Journal of Environmental Management, 373:123783.
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Coallier, N; Perez, L; Fraser Franco, M; Cuellar, Y*; Vadnais, J*. (2025). Poor air quality raises mortality in honey bees, a concern for all pollinators. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1):126.
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Chu, H*; Wu, J; Perez, L; Huang, Y. (2024). Exploring Family Ties and Interpersonal Dynamics – A Geospatial Simulation Analyzing their Influence on Evacuation Efficiency within Urban Communities. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 13(7):258.
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Mahdizadeh, N.*; Perez, L., (2024). From data to harvest: Leveraging ensemble machine learning for enhanced crop yield predictions across Canada amidst climate change. Science of The Total Environment, 951:175764.
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Perez, L; Cuellar, Y*; Gibbons, J; Pinilla, E; Demers, S*; Capella, J. (2024). Mapping the Future: Revealing Habitat Preferences and Patterns of the Endangered Chilean Dolphin in Seno Skyring, Patagonia. Biology, 13(7):514.
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Harati, S*; Perez, L; Molowny-Horas, R. (2024). Learning from conceptual models – a study of emergence of cooperation towards resource protection in a social-ecological system. Geoscientific Model Development, 17(20): 7423–7443
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Mahdizadeh, N*; Perez, L; Coallier, N. (2024). Mapping Crop Types for Beekeepers Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Image Time Series: Five Essential Crops in the Pollination Services. Remote Sensing, 16(22):4425
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Perez L, Sengupta R. (2024). Big Data (r)evolution in Geography: Complexity Modeling in the last two decades. Geography Compass, 18(11): e70009; https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.70009
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Seuru, S.*, Burke, A., & Perez, L. (2024). Evidence of an age and/or gender-based division of labor during the Last Glacial Maximum in Iberia through rabbit hunting. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 56, 104560; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104560
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Cuellar, Y. A.*, Perez, L. (2023). Multitemporal modeling and simulation of the complex dynamics in urban wetlands: the case of Bogota, Colombia. Scientific Reports, 13, 9374; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36600-8
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Cuellar, Y. A.*, Perez, L., (2023). Assessing the accuracy of sensitivity analysis: an application for a cellular automata model of Bogota’s urban wetland changes. Geocarto International, 38:1, https://10.1080/10106049.2023.2186491
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Mahdizadeh, N.*, Perez, L., (2023). Flood susceptible prediction through the use of geospatial variables and machine learning methods. Journal of Hydrology, 2022, 24(11), 129121; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129121
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Mahdizadeh, N.*, Perez, L., (2022). Geocomputational Approach to Simulate and Understand the Spatial Dynamics of COVID-19 Spread in the City of Montreal, QC, Canada. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022, 11(12), 596; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11120596
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Mahdizadeh, N.*, Perez, L., (2022). Spatial Prediction of Current and Future Flood Susceptibility: Examining the Implications of Changing Climates on Flood Susceptibility Using Machine Learning Models. Entropy, 24(11), 1630; https://doi.org/10.3390/e24111630
- Seuru, S., Burke, A., & Perez, L., (2021). Réflexions sur la proportion du lapin de garenne (Oryctolagus cuniculus) dans le régime alimentaire des chasseurs-cueilleurs autour du Dernier Maximum Glaciaire en Ibérie. Trabajos De Prehistoria, 78(2), 221–236; https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.2021.12273
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Harati, S.*, Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., (2021). Promoting the Emergence of Behavior Norms in a Principal–Agent Problem—An Agent-Based Modeling Approach Using Reinforcement Learning. Applied Sciences, 11 (18), 8368; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11188368
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Harati, S.*, Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R. & Pontius, R. G., (2021). Validating models of one-way land change: an example case of forest insect disturbance. Landscape Ecology, 36, 2919–2935, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01272-0
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Katan, J.* and Perez, L., (2021). ABWiSE v1.0: Toward and Agent-Based Approach to Simulating Wildfire Spread. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 21 (10), 3141-3160, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-3141-2021
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Patel J., Katan, J.*, Perez, L., Sengupta, R., (2021). Transferring Decision Boundaries onto a Geographic Space: Agent-Rules Extracted from Movement Data using Classification Trees. Transactions in GIS, 25 (3), 1176-1192, https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12770
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Gauvin-Bourdon, P., King, J., & Perez, L., (2021). Impacts of grazing on vegetation dynamics in a sediment transport complex model. Earth Surface Dynamics, 9 (1), 29-45, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-29-2021
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Anderson, T., Leung, A., Perez, L., & Dragićević, S., (2021). Investigating the Effects of Panethnicity in Geospatial Models of Segregation. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 14, 273-295, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-020-09355-2
- Anderson, T., Leung, A., Dragicevic, S., & Perez, L., (2021). Modeling the geospatial dynamics of residential segregation in three Canadian cities: An agent‐based approach. Transactions in GIS, 25(2), 948-967, https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12712
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Harati, S.*, Perez, L., & Molowny-Horas, R., (2020). Integrating Neighborhood Effect and Supervised Machine Learning Techniques to Model and Simulate Forest Insect Outbreaks in British Columbia, Canada. Forests, 11(11), 1215, https://doi.org/10.3390/f11111215.
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Tiné, M.*, Perez, L., & Molowny-Horas, R., (2020). Modelagem das mudanças espaço-temporais de áreas úmidas: estudo de caso da Região Administrativa de Abitibi-Témiscamingue – Québec, Canadá. Revista Cartográfica, (101), 119-134, https://doi.org/10.35424/rcarto.v0i101.672.
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Tiné, M.*, Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., (2019). Fundamentos teóricos de modelagem em Sistemas Complexos. Revista Contexto Geográfico, v. 4, n. 7:111– 120. (Lien vers l'article)
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Perez L., Dragicevic S., Gaudreau J.*, (2019). A geospatial agent-based model of the spatial urban dynamics of immigrant population: A study of the island of Montreal, Canada. PLoS ONE, 14(7): e0219188, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219188.
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Quesada-Ruiz, L.C.*, Perez, L. and Rodriguez-Galiano, V., (2019). Spatiotemporal analysis of the housing bubble's contribution to the proliferation of illegal landfills – The case of Gran Canaria. Science of the Total Environment, 687:104-117
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Tiné, M.*, Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., Darveau, M.,(2019). Hybrid spatiotemporal simulation of future changes in open wetlands : A study of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, Québec, Canada. International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 74, 302–313
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Gaudreau, J.*, Perez, L. and Harati, S*. (2018) Towards Modelling Future Trends of Quebec's Boreal Birds Distribution under Climate Change. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 7(9):335. (Lien vers l'article)
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Gaudreau, J.*, Perez, L. and Drapeau, P. (2016) BorealFireSim: A GIS-based Cellular Automata Model of Wildfires for the Boreal Forest of Quebec in a Climate Change Paradigm. Ecological Informatics, 32:12-27. (Scopus)
- Perez, L., Nelson, T.A., Coops, N.C., Fontana, F. and Drever, CR (2016) Characterization of spatial relationships between three remotely sensed indirect indicators of biodiversity and climate: a 21years' data series review across the Canadian boreal forest. International Journal of Digital Earth, 9(7):676-696. (Scopus)
Communications Expand all Collapse all
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Perez, L., (2026). How Immigrants Reshape Cities: Simulating Urban Diversity with Geospatial Agent-Based Modeling. GeoSpectives (McGill University), Montreal, Canada, February 16.
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Perez, L., (2025). Agentes, algoritmos e identidad urbana: modelización de la dinámica de asentamiento de los inmigrantes. Viernes de Investigación (Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi – IGAC), Bogotá, Colombia, July 11.
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Perez, L., (2024). L'apprentissage automatique pour mieux comprendre l'impact de la mauvaise qualité de l'air sur l'augmentation de la mortalité des abeilles mellifères : Donnons une voix aux abeilles ! Les Lundis Biologiques (UdeM), Montreal, Canada, December 9.
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Plunkett, G; Hintz, D; Kralidis, T; O’Rourke, B; Perez, L. (2024). The transformative role of industry in national geospatial strategy and spatial data infrastructure. OGC Canada Forum – Experts Panel, Montreal, Canada, June 17-18.
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Kellett, N; Santana, M; Parkinson, W.; Perez, L. (2024). Leading with Data: Geomatics and Its Role in Climate Resilience. GeoIgnite 2024 - Scientific Panel, Ottawa, Canada, May 13-15.
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Harati, S.*, Perez, L., & Molowny-Horas, R. &Pontius Jr, R. G., (2021). Validation of Irreversible Spatially-Spreading Land Change Models – an Example of Forest Insect Infestations. International Association of Landscape Ecologists - North America (IALE-NA) 2021. Online. April 12-16.
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Cuellar, Y. A.*, Perez, L., (2021). Modeling, Simulation and Spatial Dynamics Analysis in Urban Wetlands by Cellular Automata: a Case Study of Bogota city, Colombia. International Association of Landscape Ecologists - North America (IALE-NA) 2021. Online. April 12-16.
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Harati, S.*, Perez, L., & Molowny-Horas, R. & Pontius Jr, R. G., (2021). Use of proximity as a baseline for comparison in validating models of irreversible land change. American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2021. Online. April -9.
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Patel J., Katan, J.*, Perez, L., Sengupta, R., (2020). Transferring Decision Boundaries onto a Geographic Space: Agent-Rules Extracted from Movement Data using Classification Trees. IEEE VIS 2020 Workshop. Online. October 26th.
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Quesada-Ruiz, L. C.*, Perez, L., Rodriguez-Galiano, V. and Aragones, D., (2020). Spatiotemporal analysis of the housing bubble's contribution to the proliferation of illegal landfills – The case of Gran Canaria. EGU General Assembly 2020. Online. May 4–8.
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Harati, S.*, Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., (2020). Validation of a forest insect infestation model with the method of 3-map comparison at multiple resolutions. ESRI Canada Conference on GIS in Education and Research. Toronto, ON, Canada, March 4-5.
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Katan, J.*, Perez, L., Sengupta, R., (2020). Harnessing Chaos: Using agent-based modelling to study the effects of poor decision-making during building evacuation. ESRI Canada Conference on GIS in Education and Research. Toronto, ON, Canada, March 4-5.
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Perez, L., Dragicevic, S., (2019). The role of language in urban segregation: an agent-based model of the spatial dynamics of immigrants in Montreal, Canada. ABMUS2019: The 4th International Workshop on Agent-Based Modelling of Urban Systems, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 14.
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Patel, J., Jones, B.*, Perez, L., Sengupta, R., (2019). Uncovering landscape desirability with classification trees. SKI 2019 - Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada, Banff, AB, Canada, February 21-24.
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Sengupta, R., Perez, L., (2018). Big Data (r)evolution in ABM and Complexity Science. 10th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, August 28-31.
Perez, L., (2026). How Immigrants Reshape Cities: Simulating Urban Diversity with Geospatial Agent-Based Modeling. GeoSpectives (McGill University), Montreal, Canada, February 16.
Perez, L., (2025). Agentes, algoritmos e identidad urbana: modelización de la dinámica de asentamiento de los inmigrantes. Viernes de Investigación (Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi – IGAC), Bogotá, Colombia, July 11.
Perez, L., (2024). L'apprentissage automatique pour mieux comprendre l'impact de la mauvaise qualité de l'air sur l'augmentation de la mortalité des abeilles mellifères : Donnons une voix aux abeilles ! Les Lundis Biologiques (UdeM), Montreal, Canada, December 9.
Plunkett, G; Hintz, D; Kralidis, T; O’Rourke, B; Perez, L. (2024). The transformative role of industry in national geospatial strategy and spatial data infrastructure. OGC Canada Forum – Experts Panel, Montreal, Canada, June 17-18.
Kellett, N; Santana, M; Parkinson, W.; Perez, L. (2024). Leading with Data: Geomatics and Its Role in Climate Resilience. GeoIgnite 2024 - Scientific Panel, Ottawa, Canada, May 13-15.
Harati, S.*, Perez, L., & Molowny-Horas, R. &Pontius Jr, R. G., (2021). Validation of Irreversible Spatially-Spreading Land Change Models – an Example of Forest Insect Infestations. International Association of Landscape Ecologists - North America (IALE-NA) 2021. Online. April 12-16.
Cuellar, Y. A.*, Perez, L., (2021). Modeling, Simulation and Spatial Dynamics Analysis in Urban Wetlands by Cellular Automata: a Case Study of Bogota city, Colombia. International Association of Landscape Ecologists - North America (IALE-NA) 2021. Online. April 12-16.
Harati, S.*, Perez, L., & Molowny-Horas, R. & Pontius Jr, R. G., (2021). Use of proximity as a baseline for comparison in validating models of irreversible land change. American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2021. Online. April -9.
Patel J., Katan, J.*, Perez, L., Sengupta, R., (2020). Transferring Decision Boundaries onto a Geographic Space: Agent-Rules Extracted from Movement Data using Classification Trees. IEEE VIS 2020 Workshop. Online. October 26th.
Quesada-Ruiz, L. C.*, Perez, L., Rodriguez-Galiano, V. and Aragones, D., (2020). Spatiotemporal analysis of the housing bubble's contribution to the proliferation of illegal landfills – The case of Gran Canaria. EGU General Assembly 2020. Online. May 4–8.
Harati, S.*, Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., (2020). Validation of a forest insect infestation model with the method of 3-map comparison at multiple resolutions. ESRI Canada Conference on GIS in Education and Research. Toronto, ON, Canada, March 4-5.
Katan, J.*, Perez, L., Sengupta, R., (2020). Harnessing Chaos: Using agent-based modelling to study the effects of poor decision-making during building evacuation. ESRI Canada Conference on GIS in Education and Research. Toronto, ON, Canada, March 4-5.
Perez, L., Dragicevic, S., (2019). The role of language in urban segregation: an agent-based model of the spatial dynamics of immigrants in Montreal, Canada. ABMUS2019: The 4th International Workshop on Agent-Based Modelling of Urban Systems, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 14.
Patel, J., Jones, B.*, Perez, L., Sengupta, R., (2019). Uncovering landscape desirability with classification trees. SKI 2019 - Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada, Banff, AB, Canada, February 21-24.
Sengupta, R., Perez, L., (2018). Big Data (r)evolution in ABM and Complexity Science. 10th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, August 28-31.
Additional Information
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Les abeilles sensibles à la qualité de l’air
Les abeilles pollinisatrices souffrent de la mauvaise qualité de l’air. Une étude récente publiée dans la revue Communications Earth & Environnement montre qu’elle accroît la mortalité chez cet insecte indispensable à la vitalité des écosystèmes.
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Metro Vancouver's immigrants more likely to prefer walkable urban neighbourhoods: new report
New Metro Vancouver research focuses on preferences: who wants to live where, why they choose to live where they do, and what they value in their neighbourhood.
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Entrevue avec prof. Liliana Perez
GéoLibre s’entretient avec Liliana Perez, professeure de géographie, responsable du nouveau programme de DESS en géomatique et cartographie dynamique et organisatrice de la journée SIG au département.
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