Liliana Perez

Associate Professor,
Université de Montréal
Département de géographie
E-mail: l.perez@umontreal.ca
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Education

  • PhD (Geography), Simon Fraser University - 2011/6
  • MSc (Geography), Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia - 2003/6
  • AdvDip (GIS) Universidad Distrital, Francisco José de Caldas -2002/07
  • BEng's Honours (Geodesy and Cadastre), Universidad Distrital, Francisco José de Caldas - 2000/12


Research

The complexity is inherent to ecological and anthropogenic processes. My research interests lie in learning more about spatial and temporal relationships and interactions driving changes in our world. Spatial analysis, modelling and geographic information systems help to study complex problems, such as climate change, landscape ecology and forestry, by explicitly representing phenomena in their geographic context. The research developed at LEDGE makes use of the inherent multidisciplinary field of geographical information science (GIScience) applied to investigate the relationships between ecological processes, environmental changes and spatial patterns.

QCBS students

Andrea Amaziles Antunes Alves de Carvalho Lousada

Ph.D.
(Start: 2018)
Proposition d'un système d'intelligence d'aide à la décision de gestion des ressources en l'eau

Bastien Boucherat

Ph.D.
(Start: 2022)
The prevalence of complexity in soil ecosystems and the application of complex systems theory to the simulation of fertility in the face of external forcing phenomena

Navid Mahdizadeh Gharakhanlou

Ph.D.
(Start: 2021)
Using machine learning models and the agent-based modeling approach to study geo-spatial and socio-ecological processes

Samuel Seuru

Ph.D.
Other (co-)supervisor: Ariane Burke, Université de Montréal
(Start: 2017)
Other QCBS (co-)supervisor: Ariane Burke
Simulation of the distribution of large herbivores according to paleoclimatic reconstructions during MIS 3 and comparison with hominin population distributions

Yenny Cuellar

M.Sc.
(Start: 2020)
Dynamic model to determine the physical changes of urban wetlands in Bogota city

Amélie Dechelette

M.Sc.
(Start: 2021)

Julien Vadnais

M.Sc.
(Start: 2022)
Modeling environmental determinants of hive health

Previous students (since 2009)

Saeed Harati Asl

Ph.D.
(Start: 2016, End: 2022)
A hybrid agent-based approach to simulation of emergence of environmentally responsible behaviour among natural resource users

Guillaume Arnoux Hébert

M.Sc.
(Start: 2015, End: 2018)
An Agent-Based Model to Identify Migration Pathways of Refugees: The Case of Syria

Simon Demers

M.Sc.
Other (co-)supervisor: Jorge Gibbons, University of Magellanes
(Start: 2018, End: 2022)
Spatial distribution and abundance models for chilean dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia) in Patagonia.

Jonathan Gaudreau

M.Sc.
(Start: 2013, End: 2016)
Modelling the changes in the spatial distribution of black-backed woodpecker in the Boreal Forest of Quebec in relation to Climate Change: an Agent-Based approach
Link to thesis (pdf)

Jeffrey Katan

M.Sc.
(Start: 2018, End: 2021)
Development of a dynamic model linking spatial-temporal trends in climate variability to forest fire regimes in order to predict future behaviour of Canadian Boreal wildfires
Link to thesis (pdf)

Jennifer Sauri Ramirez

M.Sc.
(Start: 2017, End: 2020)
Effect of climate change and host tree phenology on the spatial extent of spruce budworm outbreaks: an agent-based approach
Link to thesis (pdf)

Mariana Tiné

M.Sc.
Other (co-)supervisor: Roberto Molowny-Horas, CREAF, ES
(Start: 2015, End: 2018)
Spatial Modeling of Changes in Open Wetlands using Cellular Automata: A Case Study of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue Administrative Region, Quebec, Canada
Link to thesis (pdf)



Publications

31- Assessing the accuracy of sensitivity analysis: an application for a cellular automata model of Bogota’s urban wetland changes
Journal Article
Cuellar Y , Perez L ,
2023 Geocarto International (Date Added: 2023-03-22)

30- Flood susceptible prediction through the use of geospatial variables and machine learning methods
Journal Article
Mahdizadeh Gharakhanlou N , Perez L ,
2023 Journal of Hydrology (Date Added: 2023-02-15)

29- Geocomputational Approach to Simulate and Understand the Spatial Dynamics of COVID-19 Spread in the City of Montreal, QC, Canada
Journal Article
Mahdizadeh Gharakhanlou N , Perez L ,
2022 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (Date Added: 2023-01-04)

28- Spatial Prediction of Current and Future Flood Susceptibility: Examining the Implications of Changing Climates on Flood Susceptibility Using Machine Learning Models
Journal Article
Mahdizadeh Gharakhanlou N , Perez L ,
2022 Entropy (Date Added: 2022-11-25)

27- Rethinking the proportion of european rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the diet of hunter-gatherers around the last glacial maximum in iberia
Journal Article
Seuru S , Burke A , Perez L ,
2021 Trabajos de Prehistoria (Date Added: 2021-12-15)

26- ABWiSE v1.0: Toward an agent-based approach to simulating wildfire spread
Journal Article
Katan J , Perez L ,
2021 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (Date Added: 2021-11-08)

25- Promoting the emergence of behavior norms in a principal–agent problem—an agent-based modeling approach using reinforcement learning
Journal Article
Harati S , Perez L , Molowny-Horas R ,
2021 Applied Sciences (Switzerland) (Date Added: 2021-09-20)

24- Validating models of one-way land change: an example case of forest insect disturbance
Journal Article
Harati S , Perez L , Molowny-Horas R , Pontius R G ,
2021 Landscape Ecology (Date Added: 2021-07-09)

23- Transferring decision boundaries onto a geographic space: Agent rules extracted from movement data using classification trees
Journal Article
Patel J , Katan J , Perez L , Sengupta R ,
2021 Transactions in GIS (Date Added: 2021-06-22)

22- Impacts of grazing on vegetation dynamics in a sediment transport complex model
Journal Article
Gauvin-Bourdon P , King J , Perez L ,
2021 Earth Surface Dynamics (Date Added: 2021-02-13)

21- Modeling the geospatial dynamics of residential segregation in three Canadian cities: An agent-based approach
Journal Article
Anderson T , Leung A , Dragicevic S , Perez L ,
2020 Transactions in GIS (Date Added: 2020-12-07)

20- Integrating neighborhood effect and supervised machine learning techniques to model and simulate forest insect outbreaks in british columbia, canada
Journal Article
Harati S , Perez L , Molowny-Horas R ,
2020 Forests (Date Added: 2020-12-07)

19- Investigating the Effects of Panethnicity in Geospatial Models of Segregation
Journal Article
Anderson T , Leung A , Perez L , Dragićević S ,
2020 Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy (Date Added: 2020-08-22)

18- A geospatial agent-based model of the spatial urban dynamics of immigrant population: A study of the island of Montreal, Canada
Journal Article
Perez L , Dragicevic S , Gaudreau J ,
2019 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2019-08-02)

17- Hybrid spatiotemporal simulation of future changes in open wetlands: A study of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, Québec, Canada
Journal Article
Tiné M , Perez L , Molowny-Horas R ,
2019 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (Date Added: 2019-03-22)

16- Preface
Book Editorial
Raja V ,
2018 Advances in Geographic Information Science (Date Added: 2019-10-23)

15- Towards modelling future trends of Quebec’s boreal birds’ species distribution under climate change
Journal Article
Gaudreau, J, Perez, L, Harati, S
2018 Canadian Historical Review (Date Added: 2018-09-20)

14-Agent-Based Models and Complexity Science in the Age of Geospatial Big Data
Book Whole
Perez, L, Kim, EK, Sengupta, R, (eds),
2018 Advances in Geographic Information Science Series. ( Date Added: 2018-05-22)

13- Preface
Conference Proceeding Editorial
Perez, L, Kim, E-K, Sengupta R ,
2018 Advances in Geographic Information Science (Date Added: 2018-01-01)

12- An agent-based model to identify migration pathways of refugees: The case of Syria
Book Chapter
Hébert G A , Perez L , Harati S ,
2018 Advances in Geographic Information Science (Date Added: 2018-01-01)

11- BorealFireSim: A GIS-based cellular automata model of wildfires for the boreal forest of Quebec in a climate change paradigm
Journal Article
Gaudreau, J, Perez, L, Drapeau, P
2016 Ecological Informatics (Date Added: 2016-05-27)

10- Characterization of spatial relationships between three remotely sensed indirect indicators of biodiversity and climate: a 21years' data series review across the Canadian boreal forest
Journal Article
Perez, L, Nelson, T, Coops, NC, Fontana, F, Drever, CR
2016 International Journal of Digital Earth (Date Added: 2016-01-15)

9- Modelling the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Production in the Province of British Columbia
Journal Article
Perez, L, A Nelson, T, Bourbonnais, M, Ostry, A
2015 Energy and Environment Research (Date Added: 2015-06-23)

8- Identification des variables expliquant la distribution spatiale d’oiseaux de la forêt boréale et modélisation de tendances futures : une approche multivariée
Journal Article
Gaudreau, J, Perez, L, Legendre, P
2015 Cybergeo (Date Added: 2015-06-03)

7- Predicting climate change impacts to the canadian boreal forest
Journal Article
Nelson, TA, Coops, NC, Wulder, MA, Perez, L, Fitterer, J, Powers, R, Fontana, F
2014 Diversity (Date Added: 2015-04-08)

6- Model testing and assessment: Perspectives from a swarm intelligence, agent-based model of forest insect infestations
Journal Article
Pérez, L, Dragicevic, S, White, R
2013 Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (Date Added: 2015-04-08)

5- Landscape-level simulation of forest insect disturbance: Coupling swarm intelligent agents with GIS-based cellular automata model
Journal Article
Perez, L, Dragicevic, S
2012 Ecological Modelling (Date Added: 2015-04-08)

4- ForestSimMPB: A swarming intelligence and agent-based modeling approach for mountain pine beetle outbreaks
Journal Article
Pérez, L, Dragicevic, S
2011 Ecological Informatics (Date Added: 2015-04-08)

3- Modeling mountain pine beetle infestation with an agent-based approach at two spatial scales
Journal Article
Perez, L, Dragicevic, S
2010 Environmental Modelling and Software (Date Added: 2015-04-08)

2- Exploring forest management practices using an agent-based model of forest insect infestations
Conference Article
Pérez, L, Dragicevic, S
2010 Modelling for Environment's Sake: Proceedings of the 5th Biennial Conference of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, iEMSs 2010 (Date Added: 2015-04-08)

1- An agent-based approach for modeling dynamics of contagious disease spread
Journal Article
Perez, L, Dragicevic, S
2009 International Journal of Health Geographics (Date Added: 2015-04-08)