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Personal profile
Research expertise
Stien Heremans researches the use of remote sensing and machine learning models for deriving information on land use, ecosystem composition and functioning. We focus on information that can be implmented for monitoring and evaluating environmental policy in Flanders. A broad range of imagery can be used, from drones to satellite images. Also, the techniques for transforming these images to useful information are diverse, ranging from mechanistic models over statistical relations to non-parametric machine learning models.
Education/Academic qualification
Applied biological sciences, PhD, Machine learning methods for crop area and crop yield assessments from time series of low resolution remotely sensed imagery, KU Leuven
Award Date: 15-Dec-2015
Earth Observation, master, KU Leuven
Award Date: 30-Jun-2009
Bio-engineer, master, KU Leuven
Award Date: 30-Jun-2007
External positions
Postdoctoral researcher, KU Leuven
1-Apr-2020 → …
Thematic List 2020
- Protected nature
Thematic List
- Biological valuation map and Natura 2000 habitat map
Disciplinecode List
- Environmental monitoring
- Conservation and biodiversity
Policy
- local conservation status
- Natura 2000
- ecosystem services
Technological
- image analysis
- detection technology
- modelling
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Biodiversa+ Biodiversity Monitoring Pilot “Mapping and monitoring of grassland and wetland habitats”
Oosterlynck, P. (Project leader), Cool, R. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Spanhove, T. (Cooperator) & Vanpoucke, K. (Cooperator)
1/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: coöperation agreement
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Flanders Ecosystem Accounting (FLEA)
Van Reeth, W. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Alaerts, K. (Cooperator), Courtens, W. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), De Saeger, S. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Dochy, O. (Cooperator), Dumortier, M. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Jacobs, S. (Cooperator), Lettens, S. (Cooperator), Leyman, A. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Maebe, K. (Cooperator), Michels, H. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Petersen, F. (Cooperator), Peymen, J. (Cooperator), Provoost, S. (Cooperator), Spanhove, T. (Cooperator), Stevens, M. (Cooperator), Thomaes, A. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Gossum, P. (Cooperator), Van Landuyt, W. (Cooperator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator), Vanhellemont, M. (Cooperator), Vught, I. (Cooperator) & Wils, C. (Cooperator)
23/11/23 → 20/07/26
Project: own initiative (position paper)
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Investigating pine mortality management prescriptions in Flanders
De Haeck, A. (Project leader), De Geest, L. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Roskams, P. (Cooperator), Sioen, G. (Cooperator) & Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator)
1/09/23 → 30/09/25
Project: coöperation agreement
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Spatio-temporal deep learning workflows for transforming remote sensing data into geo-indicators for environmental policy support
Heremans, S. (Project leader), Callebaut, J. (Cooperator), Casaer, J. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Pallemaerts, L. (Cooperator), Rutten, A. (Cooperator) & Turkelboom, F. (Cooperator)
1/10/20 → 30/09/24
Project: Evinbo
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Area covering Biological Valuation Map for Flanders, with research into the possibilities of efficiency gains
De Saeger, S. (Project leader), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Paelinckx, D. (Cooperator), Spanhove, T. (Cooperator), Van Hove, M. (Cooperator) & Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator)
1/01/20 → 31/12/24
Project: own initiative (position paper)
Research output
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BIOLOGICAL VALUATION MAP OF FLANDERS: A SENTINEL-2 IMAGERY ANALYSIS
Li, M., Grujicic, D., De Saeger, S., Heremans, S., Somers, B. & Blaschko, M. B., Jul-2024. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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EuropaBON EBV workflow templates
Lumbierres, M., Abecasis, D., Alcaraz-Segura, D., Alison, J., Álvarez-Presas, M., Anderle, M., Avci, F., Bajocco, S., Baldo, M., Beja, P., Bergamini, A., Bergami, C., Blanco-Aguiar, J. A., Boada, J., Bonn, A., Borges, P., Borgwardt, F., Borja, A., Breeze, T. & Brotons, L. & 156 others, , 14-Apr-2024, 297 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book not published by INBO
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Integrating citizen science and multispectral satellite data for multiscale heathland management
Van Eupen, C., Maes, D., Heremans, S., Swinnen, K. R. R., Somers, B. & Luca, S., 22-Mar-2024, In: Biodiversity & Conservation. 33, 4, p. 1479-1501 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Mapping orchard meadows with deep learning & aerial imagery: a case study in Flanders, Belgium
Vanpoucke, K., Spanhove, T. & Heremans, S., 25-Mar-2024. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Satellite-based mapping of purple moor grass for wildfire fuel load assessment in heathlands
Heremans, S., Wepener, V. & Somers, B., 18-Jul-2024, (Accepted/In press). 5 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract