{"id":1519,"date":"2025-09-30T20:26:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/gaia\/?page_id=1519"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:06:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:06:45","slug":"magali-egger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/gaia\/team\/magali-egger\/","title":{"rendered":"Magali Egger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PhD Researcher (2025 &#8211; present)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics (IDYST) | University of Lausanne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Me<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a PhD researcher at the University of Lausanne (IDYST), focusing on the intersection of data science, and environmental conservation. Prior to starting my PhD, I did a Bachelor&#8217;s in Software Engineering and a Master&#8217;s in Data Science from the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO). I also worked for two years as a Scientific Assistant in the Computational Intelligence for Computational Biology research group (HEIG-VD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My doctoral research investigates the development and application of foundation models in environmental science, with a primary focus on fluvial ecosystems. Integrated within the European project MultiGIS4Rivers, my work uses machine learning and spatial data analysis to study:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) dynamics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>River flood monitoring and risk assessment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biodiversity in riparian and forest corridors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forest fire impacts and prevention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Publications &amp; Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>ICANN 2026<\/strong> (International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks) \u2014 Presentation<br><em>Paper:<\/em> <em>Strengths and Limits of Foundation Models for Land Use Land Cover Classification<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ClimateInformatics 2026<\/strong> \u2014 Poster Presentation<br><em>Abstract:<\/em> <em>Evaluating the Potential of Foundation Models for Land Use and Land Cover Classification<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Email:<\/strong> magali.egger@unil.ch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Office:<\/strong> Geopolis, Room 3247 (UNIL-Mouline) Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics (IDYST), University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD Researcher (2025 &#8211; present) Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics (IDYST) | University of Lausanne About Me I am a PhD researcher at the University of Lausanne (IDYST), focusing on the intersection of data science, and environmental conservation. 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