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Marco Antonio Contreras Salgado

Profesor Asociado

Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Planificación de Operaciones Forestales (Cosecha, Caminos, Transporte) Desarrollo de Sistemas de Ayuda a la Toma de Decisiones Manejo de Recursos Naturales Aplicaciones de información LiDAR en al área forestal Técnicas de optimización y simulación

Educación

  •  Operaciones Forestales, University of Montana. Estados Unidos, 2010
  •  Transporte Forestal, University of Montana. Chile, 2006
  •  Cosecha y Manejo, UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA. Chile, 2003
  •  Ingeniero Forestal, UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA. Chile, 2003

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    University of Kentucky

    Agriculture, Food and Environment

    Lexington, Estados Unidos

    2011 - 2016

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    University of Kentucky

    Agriculture, Food and Environment

    Lexington, Estados Unidos

    2016 - 2019

  •   Profesor Asociado Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

    Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales

    Valdivia, Chile

    2019 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Graduate Research Assistant Full Time

    University of Montana

    Missoula, MT, Estados Unidos

    2004 - 2010

  •   Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

    University of Montana

    Missoula, MT, Estados Unidos

    2011 - 2011


 

Article (25)

Retroactive comparison of operator-designed and computer-generated skid-trail networks on steep terrain

Contreras M.A.; Parrott D.L.; Stringer J.W.

Article SCOPUS
Forest Systems  (2020)

Deep learning for conifer/deciduous classification of airborne LiDAR 3D point clouds representing individual trees

Jacobs, Nathan B.; Clark, Chase H.

Article ISI SCOPUS
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  (2019)

WOOD SUPPLY OPTIMIZATION IN BRAZILIAN PULP INDUSTRY INVOLVING FORESTRY OUTGROWER SCHEME

Ferreira, Matheus Andrade; Silva, Carolina Souza Jarochinski e; Gomide, Lucas Rezende; Contreras, Marco Antonio; Lopes, Ezio Tadeu; Rodrigues, Rafael Carvalho; Mello, José Márcio de; Mendonça, Nathalia de Paiva

Article ISI SCOPUS
REVISTA ARVORE  (2019)

A scalable approach for tree segmentation within small-footprint airborne LiDAR data



Article
Computers and Geosciences  (2017)

Combining ant colony optimization with 1-opt local search method for solving constrained forest transportation planning problems



Article
Artificial Intelligence Research  (2017)

Forest understory trees can be segmented accurately within sufficiently dense airborne laser scanning point clouds



Article
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS  (2017)

Multi-camera surveillance systems for time and motion studies of timber harvesting equipment

Contreras, Marco; Freitas, Rafael; Ribeiro, Lucas; Stringer, Jeffrey; Clark, Chase

Article
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture  (2017)

Quantifying the Accuracy of LiDAR-Derived DEM in Deciduous Eastern Forests of the Cumberland Plateau

Staats, Wesley; Yiang, Jian; Parrott, David

Article
Journal of Geographic Information System  (2017)

Vertical stratification of forest canopy for segmentation of understory trees within small-footprint airborne LiDAR point clouds



Article
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  (2017)

A multilevel ACO approach for solving forest transportation planning problems with environmental constraints

Dai, Ruxin

Article
Swarm and Evolutionary Computation  (2016)

A robust approach for tree segmentation in deciduous forests using small-footprint airborne LiDAR data

Hamraz, Hamid

Article
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation  (2016)

Designing Skid-Trail Networks to Reduce Skidding Cost and Soil Disturbance for Ground-Based Timber Harvesting Operations

Parrott, David L.

Article
FOREST SCIENCE  (2016)

Responses of regeneration and species coexistence to single-tree selective logging for a temperate mixed forest in eastern Eurasia

Qi, Lin; Yang, Jian; Yu, Dapao; Dai, Limin; Contrereas, Marco

Article
ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE  (2016)

Automatically configuring ACO using multilevel ParamILS to solve transportation planning problems with underlying weighted networks

Lin, Pengpeng

Article
Swarm and Evolutionary Computation  (2015)

Quantifying the Effects of Biomass Market Conditions and Policy Incentives on Economically Feasible Sites to Establish Dedicated Energy Crops

Contreras, Marco; Stainback, George; Lhotka, John

Article
Forests  (2015)

A spatially explicit model to identify suitable sites to establish dedicated woody energy crops

Nepal, Sandhya; Lhotka, John M.; Stainback, George A.

Article
Biomass and Bioenergy  (2014)

Above-ground carbon absorption in young Eucalyptus globulus plantations in Uruguay

Moras, G.

Article
Scientia Forestalis  (2014)

Developing a computerized approach for optimizing individual tree removal to efficiently reduce crown fire potential



Article
Forest Ecology and Management  (2013)

Optimising fuel treatments over time and space

Krueger, Kurt; Bramel, Jody; Contreras, Marco

Article
International Journal of Wildland Fire  (2013)

Improving accuracy in earthwork volume estimation for proposed forest roads using a high-resolution digital elevation model

Chung W.

Article
CROATIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST ENGINEERING  (2012)

Modeling tree-level fuel connectivity to evaluate the effectiveness of thinning treatments for reducing crown fire potential

Parsons, Russell A.

Article
Forest Ecology and Management  (2012)

A Modeling Approach to Estimating Skidding Costs of Individual Trees for Thinning Operations



Article
Western Journal of Applied Forestry  (2011)

Evaluating tree competition indices as predictors of basal area increment in western Montana forests

Affleck, David

Article
Forest Ecology and Management  (2011)

Applying ant colony optimization metaheuristic to solve forest transportation planning problems with side constraints

Contreras, Marco A.; Jones, Greg

Article
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH  (2008)

A computer approach to finding an optimal log landing location and analyzing influencing factors for ground-based timber harvesting

Contreras, Marco; Chung, Woodam

Article WOS
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH  (2007)

BookSection (3)

Remote sensing of forests using discrete return airborne LiDAR



BookSection
 (2018)

Uso de tecnología de datos LiDAR en inventarios forestales remotos

Hamraz H.,

BookSection
 (2018)

Forest transportation planning under multiple goals using ant colony optimization

Chung W.; Ostfeld, A.

BookSection
 (2011)

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Marco Contreras

Profesor Asociado

Instituto de Bosques y Sociedad

Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia, Chile