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Publications in peer-reviewed journals

2012
  1. J. M. Baetens and B. De Baets. Cellular automata on irregular tessellations. Dynamical Systems, In press:x--y, 2012.


  2. J. M. Baetens, P. Van der Weeën, and B. De Baets. Effect of asynchronous updating on the stability of cellular automata. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 45:383--394, 2012. Note: IF 1.729, 30/80. [WWW ]


  3. S. Landschoot, W. Waegeman, K. Audenaert, J. Vandepitte, J. M. Baetens, B. De Baets, and G. Haesaert. An empirical analysis of explanatory variables affecting Fusarium head blight infection and deoxynivalenol content in wheat. Journal of Plant Pathology, 94:135--147, 2012. Note: IF 1.250, 97/133. [WWW ]


  4. I. S. Pauwels, A. M. Mouton, J. M. Baetens, S. Van Nieuland, B. De Baets, and P. Goethals. Modelling a pike (Esox lucius) population in a lowland river using a cellular automaton. Ecological Informatics, In press:x-y, 2012. Note: IF 1.446, 87/130.


  5. I. Van Bree, J. M. Baetens, S. Samapundo, F. Devlieghere, R. Laleman, I. Vandekinderen, B. Noseda, R. Xhaferi, B. De Baets, and B. De Meulenaer. Modelling the degradation kinetics of vitamin C in fruit juice in relation to the initial headspace oxygen concentration. Food Chemistry, 134:207--214, 2012. Note: IF 3.922, 5/128. [WWW ]


  6. P. Van der Weeën, J. M. Baetens, J. Verwaeren, X. Van Doorslaer, P. M. Heynderickx, J. Dewulf, and B. De Baets. Modeling the photocatalytic degradation of fluoroquinolones by means of a stochastic cellular automaton. Chemical Engineering Journal, 188:181--190, 2012. Note: IF 3.171, 10/135. [WWW ]


2011
  1. J. M. Baetens and B. De Baets. On the topological sensitivity of cellular automata. Chaos, 21:023108, 2011. Note: IF 2.134, 14/236. [WWW ]


  2. P. Van der Weeën, J. M. Baetens, and B. De Baets. Design and parameterization of a stochastic cellular automaton describing a chemical reaction. Journal of Computational Chemistry, 32:1952--1961, 2011. Note: IF 5.041, 28/147. [WWW ]


2010
  1. J. M. Baetens and B. De Baets. Phenomenological study of irregular cellular automata based on Lyapunov exponents and Jacobians. Chaos, 20:033112, 2010. Note: IF 2.134, 14/236. [WWW ]


2009
  1. J. M. Baetens, K. Verbist, W. M. Cornelis, D. Gabriels, and G. Soto. On the influence of coarse fragments on soil-water retention. Water Resources Research, 45:W07408, 2009. Note: IF 3.081, 2/76. [WWW ]


  2. K. Verbist, J. Baetens, W. M. Cornelis, D. Gabriels, C. Torres, and G. Soto. Hydraulic conductivity as influenced by stoniness in degraded drylands of Chile. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 73:471--484, 2009. Note: IF 2.598, 13/32. [WWW ]


Conference Proceedings and Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science

  1. J. M. Baetens and B. De Baets. Topological perturbations and their effect on the dynamics of totalistic cellular automata. In S. Bandini, S. Manzoni, H. Umeo, and G. Vizzari, editors, Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Cellular automata for research and industry, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Santorini, Greece, pages x--y, September 2012. Springer-Verlag. Note: In press, indexed by Web Of Science.


  2. S. Van Nieuland, J. M. Baetens, I. Pauwels, B. De Baets, A. M. Mouton, and P. L. M. Goethals. A spatially explicit migration model for pike (Esox lucius L.). In S. Bandini, S. Manzoni, H. Umeo, and G. Vizzari, editors, Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Cellular automata for research and industry, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Santorini, Greece, pages x--y, September 2012. Springer-Verlag. Note: In press, indexed by Web Of Science.


  3. J. M. Baetens and B. De Baets. Towards the full Lyapunov spectrum of cellular automata. In G. Psihoyios T.E. Simos, C. Tsitouras and Z.A. Anastassi, editors, Proceedings of the International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2011, Halkidiki, Greece, pages 981-986, September 2011. American Institute of Physics. Note: Indexed by Web Of Science.


  4. J. M. Baetens and B. De Baets. Continuous cellular automata on irregular tessellations: mimicking steady-state heat flow. In H. Takagi, A. Abraham, M. Köppen, K. Yoshida, and A. C. P. L. F. de Carvalho, editors, Proceedings of the Second World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC2010), Kitakyushu, Japan, pages 53--59, December 2010. IEEE.


  5. J. M. Baetens and B. De Baets. Towards generalized measures grasping CA dynamics. In S. Bandini, S. Manzoni, H. Umeo, and G. Vizzari, editors, Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Cellular automata for research and industry, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Acoli Piceno, Italy, pages 177--187, September 2010. Springer-Verlag. Note: Indexed by Web Of Science.


  6. J. M. Baetens and B. De Baets. Tracking uncertainty in a spatially explicit susceptible-infected epidemic model. In S. Bandini, S. Manzoni, H. Umeo, and G. Vizzari, editors, Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Cellular automata for research and industry, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Acoli Piceno, Italy, pages 95--105, September 2010. Springer-Verlag. Note: Indexed by Web Of Science.


  7. J. M. Baetens and B. De Baets. Incorporating fuzziness in spatio-temporal epidemic spread models. In J. P. Carvalho, D. Dubois, U. Kaymak, and J. M. C. Sousa, editors, Proceedings of the Joint 2009 International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress and 2009 European Society of Fuzzy Logic and Technology Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, pages 201--206, July 2009. Springer-Verlag. Note: Best student paper award and indexed by Web Of Science.


  8. J. M. Baetens and B. De Baets. Towards Spatial Irregularity in Cellular Automata. In P. P. B. de Oliveira and J. Karri, editors, Proceedings of 15th International Workshop on Cellular Automata and Discrete Complex Systems (AUTOMATA 2009), São Paulo, pages 346--356, October 2009. Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.


Conference Abstracts

  1. J. M. Baetens and B. De Baets. The Lyapunov spectrum of cellular automata unravelled. In Summer Solstice 2012 Proceedings, Arcidosso, Italy, June 2012.


  2. P. Van der Weeën, J. M. Baetens, X. Van Doorslaer, P. M. Heynderickx, J. Dewulf, and B. De Baets. A cellular automata approach for modeling the photocatalytic degradation of fluoroquinolones. In D. Makowiec, A. T. Lawniczak, and B. N. Di Stefano, editors, Turku Center for Computer Science Lecture Notes publication, Turku, Finland, June 2011. Turku Center for Computer Science.


  3. J. M. Baetens and B. De Baets. A discrete, spatially explicit and GIS-coupled model for epidemic spread. In P. Goethals, editor, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Ecological Informatics (ISEI7), Ghent, Belgium, pages 113, December 2010. Ghent University. Note: Best student presentation award.


  4. B. De Baets and J. M. Baetens. Cellular automata: When irregularity meets reality. In E. Pap and J. Fodor, editors, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Intelligent Systems and Informatics (SISY 2010), Subotica, Serbia, pages 11, September 2010. IEEE.


  5. I. S. Pauwels, J. M. Baetens, B. De Baets, A. M. Mouton, and P. Goethals. A concept study for modeling a pike (Esox lucius L.) population using a cellular automaton. In P. Goethals, editor, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Ecological Informatics (ISEI7), Ghent, Belgium, pages 111, December 2010. Ghent University.


  6. P. Van der Weeën, J. M. Baetens, and B. De Baets. Parameterization of a stochastic cellular automaton describing a chemical reaction. In Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Applied biological sciences, volume 76 of Communications in agricultural and applied biological sciences, Ghent, Belgium, pages 41-44, December 2010. Note: Procter & Gamble Modeling and Simulation award.


  7. J. M. Baetens, W. M. Cornelis, K. Verbist, E. Gonzalez, G. Soto, and D. Gabriels. Estimating the water retention curve of stony soils from on-the-spot tension infiltrometry. In Proceedings of the 5th EGU General Assembly, volume 10 of Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vienna, Austria, April 2008. European Geosciences Union.


  8. J. M. Baetens, K. Verbist, W. M. Cornelis, and D. Gabriels. On the influence of coarse fragments on soil water retention: an inverse modelling approach. In Day of Young Soil Scientists, Brussels, Belgium, February 2008. Soil Science Society of Belgium.


Speaker at international scientific events

  • European Conference on Complex Systems. Brussels, Belgium, September 2012.

  • Green Engineering Camp, COST Interdisciplinary Science Initiative. Plitvice, Croatia, July 2012.

  • Summer Solstice 2012. Arcidosso, Italy, June 2012.

  • Tenth Conference on Cellular Automata for Research and Industry (ACRI 2012). Santorini, Greece, September 2012.

  • Ninth European Conference on Complex Systems. Vienna, Austria, September 2011.

  • Ninth International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics. Halkidiki, Greece, September 2011.

  • Ninth New Kind of Science Summer School. Boston, United States, July 2011.

  • Eighth New Kind of Science Summer School. University of Vermont, Burlington, United States, July 2010.

  • NRIA Winter school `From Data-Driven to Model-Driven Microbial Ecology'. Montpellier, France, December 2010.

  • Ninth Conference on Cellular Automata for Research and Industry (ACRI 2010). Ascoli Piceno, Italy, September 2010.

  • Seventh International Conference on Ecological Informatics. Ghent, Belgium, December 2010.

  • AUTOMATA. São Paulo, Brazil, October 2009.

  • Joint 2009 International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress and 2009 European Society of Fuzzy Logic and Technology Conference. Lisbon, Portugal, July 2009.

  • Seventh New Kind of Science Summer School. Institute of Information Science and Technologies, Pisa, Italy, July 2009.


Awards

  • Submitted project was ranked third among the 63 innovative projects that were submitted to the Green Engineering Camp (GEC), which was a pilot COST Interdisciplinary Science Initiative that aimed at bringing together forest scientists and ICT experts, Plitvice, Croatia, July 2012

  • Procter & Gamble Modeling and Simulation award at the 16th Symposium on Applied biological sciences, Ghent Belgium for our contribution entitled 'Parameterization of a stochastic cellular automaton describing a chemical reaction'

  • Award for the best presentation at the 16th Symposium on Applied biological sciences, Ghent Belgium for our contribution entitled 'Parameterization of a stochastic cellular automaton describing a chemical reaction'

  • Best student presentation at the 7th International Conference on Ecological Informatics (ISEI7), Ghent Belgium for my contribution entitled 'A discrete, spatially explicit and GIS-coupled model for epidemic spread'

  • Best student paper award at the IFSA-EUSFLAT 2009 conference, Lisbon, Portugal for my contribution entitled 'Incorporating fuzziness in spatio-temporal epidemic spread models'

Committee Memberships

  • Member of the technical program committee of the 20th International Conference on Telecommunication (ICT 2013). Casablanca, Morocco, April 2013.

  • Member of the Program Committee of the 2012 Interdisciplinary Symposium on Complex Systems. Kos Island, Greece, September 2012.

  • Member of the Scientific Committee of Summer Solstice 2012. Arcidosso, Italy, June 2012.

  • Organizer of the satellite meeting `Complex behaviour in discrete dynamical systems' in the framework of the 2012 European Conference on Complex Systems. Brussels, Belgium, September 2012.

  • Member of the Program Committee of the 2011 Interdisciplinary Symposium on Complex Systems. Halkidiki, Greece, September 2011.

  • Organizer of the satellite meeting `Unravelling and controlling discrete dynamical systems' in the framework of the 2011 European Conference on Complex Systems. Vienna, Austria, September 2011.

  • Member of the Organizing Committee of the 16th Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences. Ghent, Belgium, December 2010.

  • Member of the Technical Review Committee of the IFSA 2009 World Conference - EUSFLAT 2009 Conference. Lisbon, Portugal, July 2009.


Passive participation in international scientific events

  • Spring school Reasoning and Decision Making under Uncertainty and Imprecision, Mieres, Spain, May 2009.

  • Sixth New Kind of Science Summer School, University of Vermont, Burlington, United States, June 2008.

Contributions to the Wolfram Demonstrations Project

Lyapunov exponents of elementary cellular automata

Sensitivity of elementary cellular automata to their unputs
"Lyapunov exponents of elementary cellular automata" from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project "Sensitivity of elementary cellular automata to their unputs" from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project

CCA for steady-state heat flow

Greenberg-Hastings model
"A Cellular Automaton-Based Heat Equation" from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project "Greenberg-Hastings Model" from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project

Mimicking the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation using cellular automaton

"Lyapunov exponents of elementary cellular automata" from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project