ANTS 2006
Fifth International Workshop on
Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence
September 2006. Brussels, Belgium
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Best paper award

The Best Paper Award at ANTS 2006 continues a grand tradition started at ANTS 2002

Only full-length papers were eligible for the award. Each ANTS~2006 participant was given ten votes to distribute among up to three articles. The paper that received the most votes was declared the winner.

The prize winner received a certificate signed by the conference organizers and a sculpture of an ant expressly created for the ANTS workshop by the Italian sculptor Matteo Pugliese.

The finalists were as follows:
  • A Framework and Model for Soft Routing
    Martin Roth

  • An Analysis of the Different Components of the AntHocNet Routing Algorithm
    Frederick Ducatelle, Gianni A. Di Caro, and Luca Maria Gambardella

  • Negotiation of goal direction for cooperative transport
    Alexandre Campo, Shervin Nouyan, Mauro Birattari, Roderich Groß, and Marco Dorigo

  • On the Invariance of Ant System
    Mauro Birattari, Paola Pellegrini, and Marco Dorigo

  • PLANTS: Application of Ant Colony Optimization to Structure-Based Drug Design
    Oliver Korb, Thomas Stützle, and Thomas E. Exner

The winning paper was:
  • PLANTS: Application of Ant Colony Optimization to Structure-Based Drug Design
    Oliver Korb, Thomas Stützle, and Thomas E. Exner

Our congratulations to the winners!


Matteo Pugliese's
sculpture awarded to the best paper presented at ANTS 2006


Gianni di Caro casts his vote

Alcherio Martinoli invites the finalists onto the podium

Alcherio Martinoli announces the winner

Thomas Stützle receives the prize