2025
Bettinger, P., K. Merry, C. Heutteman, B. da Silva, L. Boby, R. Gallo, J. Getson, A. Weiskittel, and S. Fei. 2025. Artificial intelligence and other advanced technology solutions for eastern United States forestry: Insights from an outreach activity of the PERSEUS project. 2025 Online Sustainable Agricultural Systems (SAS) Community Meeting. Online. July 15, 2025.
Maier, F., and K. Rasheed. 2025. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Artificial Intelligence and Other Advanced Technology Solutions for Eastern United States Forestry. Athens, GA. May 13, 2025.
Merritt, C. 2025. Harnessing reinforcement learning for forest growth modeling under uncertainty. Society of American Foresters National Convention. Hartford, Connecticut. October 22-25, 2025.
Merry, K., and P. Bettinger. 2025. Smartphone GNSS uncertainty in forestry environments. Society of American Foresters National Convention. Hartford, Connecticut. October 22-25, 2025.
Merry, K., P. Bettinger, F. Maier, K. Rasheed, A. Amouhadi, and C. Merritt. 2025. OLAF: Online learning in applied forestry education tool. Artificial Intelligence and Other Advanced Technology Solutions for Eastern United States Forestry. Athens, GA. May 13, 2025.
Myrie, T. 2025. Leveraging spaceborne LiDAR: A quantitative analysis of fuel loads below the forest canopy. Artificial Intelligence and Other Advanced Technology Solutions for Eastern United States Forestry. Athens, GA. May 13, 2025.
Myrie, T., B. Bullock, P. Bettinger, and R.C. Lowe, III. 2025. GEDI applications in estimating understory biomass. PMRC Annual Advisory Committee Meeting. Athens, GA. July 16-18, 2025.
Myrie, T., B. Bullock, P. Bettinger, and R.C. Lowe, III. 2025. Leveraging spaceborne LiDAR to assess understory fuel loads. Society of American Foresters National Convention. Hartford, Connecticut. October 22-25, 2025.
Salcido, E.L., A.R. Soucy, S. De Urioste-Stone, N. Johnson, M. Tiwari, J. Zhao, J. Abrams, A. Daigneault, Z. Ma, E. Simons-Legaard, and A. Weiskittel. 2025. A Delphi assessment of information and digital technology needs in the Eastern USA's forest industry. International Association for Society and Natural Resources Conference. Vancouver, BC. June 8-12, 2025.
Sandoval, S., and P. Bettinger. 2025. Enhancing forest variable estimation using satellite LiDAR and spatial correlation: A case study in the Talladega National Forest. PMRC Annual Advisory Committee Meeting. Athens, GA. July 16-18, 2025.
Sandoval, S., P. Bettinger, K. Merry, and J. Stober. 2025. Using aerial LiDAR data for estimating current forest conditions within the Talladega National Forest of the Southern United States. Artificial Intelligence and Other Advanced Technology Solutions for Eastern United States Forestry. Athens, GA. May 13, 2025.
Sandoval, S., S. Kinane, and B. Bullock. 2025. Morality modeling: An approach using segmented models for loblolly pine stands. PMRC Annual Advisory Committee Meeting. Athens, GA. July 16-18, 2025.
Sankhe, A., C. Vatandaslar, P. Bettinger, F.W. Maier, and T. Lee. 2024. Automating forest stand delineation using AI integration of optical imagery, airborne LiDAR, and forest inventory. 2024 AI in Agriculture and Natural Resources Conference. College Station, TX. April 15, 2024.
Senevirathne, D.M., S.-I.Yang, D. Zhao, B. Bullock, and S. Kinane. 2025. Predicting tree mortality in southern pine forests using advanced modeling techniques. Artificial Intelligence and Other Advanced Technology Solutions for Eastern United States Forestry. Athens, GA. May 13, 2025.
Tiwari, M., J. Siry, and J. Abrams. 2025. Forest product companies' willingness to invest (WTI) in ecosystem services projects. Artificial Intelligence and Other Advanced Technology Solutions for Eastern United States Forestry. Athens, GA. May 13, 2025.
Tiwari, M., J. Siry, J. Abrams, P. Bettinger, and K. Merry. 2025. Understanding forest product companies' perceptions of ecosystem services. Society of American Foresters National Convention. Hartford, Connecticut. October 22-25, 2025.
Voll, D., B. Alaila, S. Sandoval, and P. Bettinger. 2025. Using LANDIS-II as a tool for large scale modeling to evaluate harvest prescriptions impacts. PMRC Annual Advisory Committee Meeting. Athens, GA. July 16-18, 2025.
Zhao, D., P. Bettinger, K. Merry, B. Bullock, D. Dickens, and S. Kinane. Mapping forest productivity using mapped soil and geospatial variables across the Georgia landscape. Artificial Intelligence and Other Advanced Technology Solutions for Eastern United States Forestry. Athens, GA. May 13, 2025.
2024
Sankhe, A., C. Vatandaslar, P. Bettinger, F.W. Maier, and T. Lee. 2024. Automating forest stand delineation using AI integration of optical imagery, airborne LiDAR, and forest inventory. 2024 AI in Agriculture and Natural Resources Conference. College Station, TX. April 15, 2024.
Tiwari, M., J. Siry, P. Bettinger, and J. Abrams. 2024. Sustainability of forest industries and their linkages with ecosystem services. PERSEUS Annual Meeting. Orono, ME. July 24-25, 2025.
Vatandaslar, C., T. Lee, P. Bettinger, and J. Stober. 2024. Are remote sensing-backed forest inventory models and maps reliable for large and structurally complex forest? 14th North American Forest Ecology Workshop. Asheville, NC. June 27, 2024.
2023
Bettinger, P., K. Merry, C. Vatandaslar, and T. Lee. 2023. Explaining AI and remote sensing to non-scientists using Online Learning in Applied Forestry (OLAF). Society of American Foresters National Convention. Sacramento, CA. October 25-28, 2023.
Lee, T., A. Peduzzi, C. Vatandaslar, P. Bettinger, K. Merry, and J. Stober. 2023. Estimating forest attributes using airborne LiDAR and vegetation indices: Case study from a natural pine-dominated ecosystem in the Southeastern US. Society of American Foresters National Convention. Sacramento, CA. October 25-28, 2023.
Lee, T., A. Peduzzi, C. Vatandaslar, P. Bettinger, K. Merry, and J. Stober. 2023. The effect of inherent positional error of GNSS receiver on the accuracy of models for estimating forest variables using airborne LiDAR. 14th Southern Forestry and Natural Resource Management GIS Conference. Athens, GA. December 10-11, 2023.
Merritt, C., and T. Lowe. 2023. Deep neural networks enable rapid and scalable forest inventory estimates. 14th Southern Forestry and Natural Resource Management GIS Conference. Athens, GA. December 10-11, 2023.
Merry, K., P. Bettinger, T. Lee, C. Vatandaslar, and C. Merritt. 2023. OLAF: The Online Learning in Applied Forestry education tool. IUFRO Conference on Forest Knowledge Exchange: Advancing Innovation with Tradition. Padua, Italy. October 8-13, 2023.
Vatandaslar, C., T. Lee, A. Peduzzi, P. Bettinger, K. Merry, and J. Stober. 2023. Mapping ecological condition classes of a natural pine-dominated national forest in the southeastern US. IEEE International Symposium on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IGARSS). Piscataway, NJ. July 17, 2023.