Publications and Presentations

Peer-reviewed publications

Cabrera, A.R., P.J. Deadman, L.K. VanWey, E.S. Brondizio, and E. Moran (2012, in press). Exploring demographic and lot effects in an ABM/LUCC of agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon, in Agent-Based Models for Geographical Systems: Moving from Theory to Real World Applications, edited by A. Heppenstall et al., Springer.

Cabrera, A.R., P.J. Deadman, E.S. Brondizio, and M. Pinedo-Vasquez (2010). Exploring the Choice of Decision Making Method in an Agent Based Model of Land Use Change. Proceedings of the International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs). Ottawa, ON. July 5–8, 2010.

Guthrie, R.H., P.J. Deadman, A.R. Cabrera, and S.G. Evans (2008). Exploring the magnitude–frequency distribution: a cellular automata model for landslides. Landslides 5(1), 151–159. doi:10.1007/s10346-007-0104-1

Other publications

National Snow and Ice Data Center (2010). The Snowtweets Project. NSIDC Notes 70, p. 3. http://nsidc.org/pubs/notes/ (Direct link)

Conference presentations

Cabrera, A.R.*, L.D. Mortsch, P.J. Deadman (2011). Assessing Wetland Vegetation Response to Water Level Changes at the Long Point Wetland Complex, Lake Erie, Ontario. 54th International Conference on Great Lakes Research (IAGLR 2011). Duluth, MN. May 30–June 3, 2011.

Cabrera, R.*, L. Mortsch, P. Deadman (2011). Modeling Wetland Vegetation Response to Water Levels at Long Point, Lake Erie, Ontario. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Seattle, WA. April 12–16, 2011.

Deadman, P.*, Cabrera, R., J. King, L. Mortsch (2011). Exploring Complexity in Spatial Simulations. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Seattle, WA. April 12–16, 2011.

Cabrera, R.*, P.J. Deadman, E.S. Brondizio, and M. Pinedo-Vasquez (2010). Exploring the choice of decision making method in an agent based model of land use change. International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs). Ottawa, ON. July 5–8, 2010.

Cabrera, R.*, and P.J. Deadman (2010). Household networks and urbanization in an agent-based model of the Amazonian varzea. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Washington, D.C. April 14–18, 2010.

Cabrera, R.*, and P.J. Deadman (2009). Effects of economic opportunities on land use change: An agent-based model of farming households in the Amazon. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers. Ottawa, ON. May 26–30, 2009.

Cabrera, R.*, and P.J. Deadman (2009). Multi-agent reasoning in Amazonia (MARIA): A comparison of decision-making methods in an agent-based model of rural land use change. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Las Vegas, NV. March 22–27, 2009.

Deadman, P.J., and R. Cabrera* (2008). Global markets, regional landscapes, and household decisions: Modelling land use transformation in the Amazon Estuary. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Boston, MA. April 15–19, 2008.

Deadman, P.J.*, A.R. Cabrera, and L. VanWey (2008). Comparing demographic and lot effects in an agent-based simulation of land use change in the Brazilian Amazon. Spatial Knowledge and Information – Canada. Fernie, BC. February 14–17, 2008.

Cabrera, A.R.*, R.H. Guthrie, P.J. Deadman, and S.G. Evans (2007). CARLA: Using Cellular Automata for Landslide Analysis. Annual Meeting of the Ontario Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers. Sudbury, ON. October 20–21, 2007.

Cabrera, A.R.*, P.J. Deadman, and L. VanWey (2007). Comparing demographic and lot effects in an agent-based simulation of land use change in the Brazilian Amazon. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers. Saskatoon, SK. May 29–June 27, 2007.

*presenting author

Poster presentations

Cabrera, A.R.*, J. King and R. Kelly (2010). Snowtweets: Using Web 2.0 to receive and visualize snow depth measurements worldwide. Second Annual Student Colloquium of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change. Waterloo, ON. March 3–4, 2010.

King, J.M.L., A.R. Cabrera*, and R.E.J. Kelly (2009). The Snowtweets Project: communicating snow depth measurements from specialists and non-specialists via mobile communication technologies and social networks. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA. December 14–18, 2009.

King, J.*, R. Cabrera, P. Deadman, and M. Pinedo-Vasquez (2009). Agent-based simulation of malaria transfer in the Amazon. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation's Fourteenth Annual Spring Symposium. New York, NY. April 2–3, 2009.

*presenting author

Invited talks

Cabrera, A.R. and P.J. Deadman. Land Use Seminar. Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation. Feb. 16, 2011.

GEOG 455, Spatial Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems: Discussed the design and statistical accuracy of a landslide model; provided an introduction to the implementation of agent-based models.

Other oral presentations

Cabrera, A.R. (2010). Modelling wetland vegetation response to water level change in Long Point, Ontario. GIS Day. November 17, 2010.

Cabrera, A.R., J.M.L. King, and R.E.J. Kelly (2009). Snowtweets: receiving and visualizing snow measurements around the world. GIS Day. November 18, 2009.

Cabrera, A.R. (2009). Snowtweets. Faculty of Environment Research Seminar. October 21, 2009.

In the media

CBC Radio One, Breakaway with Jacquie Czernin (broadcast throughout Quebec). Snowtweets. Interviewed on Feb. 3, 2011.

CBC Radio One, Ontario Morning with Wei Chen (broadcast throughout much of Southern Ontario and parts of Northern Ontario). Snowtweets. Interviewed on Feb. 3, 2011.

CBC Radio One, The Bridge. Snowtweets. Interviewed on Feb. 2, 2011.

The Windsor Star. Tweet snow data from Windsor by Sharon Hill. Feb. 2, 2011. (Retrieved Feb. 16, 2011).

National Public Radio, Science Friday with Ira Flatow. Doing Real-World Science, But Skipping The Ph.D. Jan. 7, 2011.