Scientific journals

Frontiers in Robotics and AI: Multi-Robot Systems
associate editor
since Mar 2015
PeerJ Computer Science
academic editor
since Nov 2014
Swarm Intelligence
associate editor
Oct 2006 – May 2019
editorial board member
since June 2019
Computers and Industrial Engineering
area editor
Dec 2007 – Dec 2013
International Journal of Metaheuristics
editorial board member
since Mar 2012
International Journal of Applied Metaheuristic Computing
editorial board member
since Jan 2009
International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics
editorial board member
since May 2007
Evolutionary Computation
editorial board member
Feb 2007 – Jan 2011

Organization of conferences

War & Peace, and Robotics
general co-chair
BrIAS Forum on War & Peace, and Robotics
Brussels, Belgium
May 29 – 3, 2024
ANTS 2018
vice-general chair
Eleventh International Conference on Swarm Intelligence
Rome, Italy
Oct 29 – 31, 2018
ANTS 2016
vice-chair
Tenth International Conference on Swarm Intelligence
Brussels, Belgium
Sep 7 – 9, 2016
AAAI-15
track co-chair
Artificial Intelligence Video Competition 2015
Austin TX, USA
Jan 26, 2015
ANTS 2014
organization co-chair
Ninth International Conference on Swarm Intelligence
Brussels, Belgium
Sep 10 – 12, 2014
AAAI-14
track chair
Artificial Intelligence Video Competition 2014
Québec City, Canada
Jul 28, 2014
AAAI-13
track co-chair
Artificial Intelligence Video Competition 2013
Bellevue WA, USA
Jul 15, 2013
ANTS 2012
organization co-chair
Eight International Conference on Swarm Intelligence
Brussels, Belgium
Sep 12 – 14, 2012
AAAI-12
track co-chair
Artificial Intelligence Video Competition 2012
Toronto, Canada
Jul 23, 2012
ANTS 2010
organization co-chair
Seventh International Conference on Swarm Intelligence
Brussels, Belgium
Sep 8 – 10, 2010
SLS 2009
as co-chair
Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms
Brussels, Belgium
Sep 3 – 4, 2009
GECCO 2009
track co-chair
Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence
Montréal, Canada
Jul 8 – 12, 2009
ANTS 2008
publication chair
Sixth International Conference on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence
Brussels, Belgium
Sep 22 – 24, 2008
SLS 2007
co-chair
Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms
Brussels, Belgium
Sep 6 – 8, 2007
GECCO 2007
as track co-chair
Ant Colony Optimization, Swarm Intelligence, and Artificial Immune Systems
London, UK
Jul 7 – 11, 2007
ANTS 2006
publication chair
Fifth International Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence
Brussels, Belgium
Sep 4 – 7, 2006
ANTS 2004
publication chair
Fourth International Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence
Brussels, Belgium
Sep 5 – 8, 2004
ANTS 2002
local organization chair
Third International Workshop on Ant Algorithms
Brussels, Belgium
Sep 12 – 14, 2002

Program Committees

  • IJCAI 2022: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence. Vienna, Austria. 2022
  • CEC 2022 AUTODESIGN4EC: Automated Algorithm Design for Evolutionary Computation. Padua, Italy. Jul 18-23 2022
  • ICINCO 2022: Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Lisbon, Portugal. Jul 14-16, 2022
  • GECCO 2022: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Boston MA, USA. Jul 9-13, 2022

  • IJCAI 2021: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence. Montreal, Canada. Aug 21-26, 2021
  • GECCO 2021: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Lille, France. Jul 10-14, 2021
  • ICINCO 2021: Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Online. Jul 6-8, 2021
  • DARS-SWARM 2021: Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics. Kyoto, Japan. Jun 1-4, 2021

  • SWARM 2020: Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics. Kyoto, Japan. Nov 24-27, 2020
  • DARS 2020: Int. Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems. Kyoto, Japan. Nov 24-27, 2020
  • PPSN 2020: Parallel Problem Solving from Nature. Leiden, Netherlands. Sep 7-9, 2020
  • LOD 2020: Int. Conf. on Machine Learning, Optimization and Data Science. Siena, Italy. Jul 19-22, 2020
  • IJCAI 2020: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence. Yokohama, Japan. Jul 11-17, 2020
  • GECCO 2020: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Cancún, Mexico. Jul 8-12, 2020
  • ICINCO 2020: Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Lieusaint-Paris, France. Jul 7-9, 2020
  • ECAI 2020: European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Jun 8-12, 2020

  • TPNC 2019: Int. Conference on the Theory and Practice of Natural Computing. Kingston, Canada. Dec 9-11, 2019
  • SWARM 2019: Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics. Okinawa, Japan. Nov 20-22, 2019
  • LOD 2019: Int. Conf. on Machine Learning, Optimization and Data Science. Siena, Italy. Sep 10-13, 2019
  • ICINCO 2019: Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Prague, Czech Republic. Jul 29-31, 2019
  • GECCO 2019: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Prague, Czech Republic. Jul 13-17, 2019

  • TPNC 2018: Int. Conference on the Theory and Practice of Natural Computing.Dublin, Ireland. Dec 12-14, 2018
  • CIE48: Int. Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering. Auckland, New Zealand. Dec 2-5, 2018
  • DARS 2018: Int. Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems. Boulder, CO, USA. Oct 15-17, 2018
  • LOD 2018: Int. Conf. on Machine Learning, Optimization and Data Science. Volterra, Italy. Sep 13-16, 2018
  • PPSN 2018: Parallel Problem Solving from Nature. Coimbra, Portugal. Sep 13-16, 2018
  • ICINCO 2018: Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Porto, Portugal. Jul 29-31, 2018
  • GECCO 2018: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Kyoto, Japan. Jul 15-19, 2018
  • IJCAI 2018: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence. Stockholm, Sweden. Jul 13-19, 2018
  • RoSE 2018: International Workshop on Robotics Software Engineering. Gothenburg, Sweden. May 28, 2018

  • BNAIC 2017: Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Groningen, Netherlands. Nov 8-9, 2017
  • SWARM 2017: Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics. Kyoto, Japan. Oct 29-Nov 1, 2017
  • CIE47: Int. Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering. Lisbon, Portugal. Oct 11-13, 2017
  • MOD 2017: Int. Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization and big Data. Volterra, Italy. Aug 14-17, 2017
  • ICINCO 2017: Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Madrid, Spain. Jul 29-31, 2017
  • GECCO 2017: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Berlin, Germany. Jul 15-19, 2017
  • AAAI Video Competition 2017. AI video competition. San Francisco CA, USA. Feb 4-9, 2017

  • BNAIC 2016: Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Nov 10-11, 2016
  • DARS 2016: Int. Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems. London, UK. Nov 7-9, 2016
  • CIE46: Int. Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering. Tianjin, China. Oct 29-31, 2016
  • PPSN 2016: Parallel Problem Solving from Nature. Edinburgh, UK. Sep 17-21, 2016
  • MOD 2016: Int. Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization and big Data. Volterra, Italy. Aug 26-29, 2016
  • VALID 2016: Advances in System Testing and Validation Lifecycle. Brussels, Belgium. Aug 21-25, 2016
  • ICINCO 2016: Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Lisbon, Portugal. Jul 29-31, 2016
  • GECCO 2016: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Denver CO, USA. Jul 20-24, 2016
  • HM 2016: Tenth International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics. Plymouth, UK. Jun 8-10, 2016
  • COGNITIVE 2016: Cognitive Technologies and Applications. Rome, Italy. Mar 20-24, 2016
  • AAAI Video Competition 2016. AI video competition. Phoenix AZ, USA. Feb 12-17, 2016

  • SIS 2015: IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium. Cape Town, South Africa. Dec 7-10, 2015
  • VALID 2015: Advances in System Testing and Validation Lifecycle. Barcelona, Spain. Nov 15-20, 2015
  • CIE45: Int. Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering. Metz, France. Oct 28-30, 2015
  • SWARM 2015: Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics. Kyoto, Japan. Oct 28-30, 2015
  • IJCAI 2015: Int. Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Jul 25-31, 2015
  • ICINCO 2015: Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Colmar, France. Jul 21-23, 2015
  • GECCO 2015: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Madrid, Spain. Jul 11-15, 2015
  • MIC 2015: Metaheuristics International Conference. Agadir, Morocco. Jun 7-10, 2015
  • COGNITIVE 2015: Cognitive Technologies and Applications. Nice, France. Mar 22-27, 2015
  • AlgoConf 2015: AAAI-15 Workshop on Algorithm Configuration. Austin Texas, USA. Jan 25, 2015
  • AAAI-15: AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Austin Texas, USA. Jan 25-29, 2015
  • LION 9: Learning and Intelligent Optimization. Lille, France. Jan 12-15, 2015

  • VALID 2014: Advances in System Testing and Validation Lifecycle. Nice, France. Oct 12-16, 2014
  • PPSN 2014: Parallel Problem Solving from Nature. Ljubljana, Slovenia. Sep 13-17, 2014
  • ICINCO 2014: Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Vienna, Austria. Sep 1-3, 2014
  • ECAI 2014: European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Prague, Czech Republic. Aug 18-22, 2014
  • GECCO 2014: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Vancouver, Canada. Jul 12-16, 2014
  • HM 2014: Ninth International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics. Hamburg, Germany. Jun 9-13, 2014
  • COGNITIVE 2014: Cognitive Technologies and Applications. Venice, Italy. May 25-29, 2014
  • AAMAS 2014: Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. Paris, France. May 5-9, 2014
  • LION 8: Learning and Intelligent Optimization. Gainesville FL, USA. Feb 16-21, 2014

  • TPNC 2013: Theory and Practice of Natural Computing. Caceres, Spain. Dec 3-5, 2013
  • GCIS 2013: Global Congress on Intelligent Systems. Hong Kong. Dec 3-4, 2013
  • BNAIC 2013: Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Delft, Netherlands. Nov 7-8, 2013
  • CIE43: Int. Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering. Hong Kong. Oct 16-18, 2013
  • ECAL 2013: European Conference on Artificial Life. Taormina, Italy. Sep 2-6, 2013
  • MIC 2013: Metaheuristics International Conference. Singapore. Aug 5-8, 2013
  • ICINCO 2013: Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Reykjavik, Iceland. Jul 29-31, 2013
  • GECCO 2013: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Jul 6-10, 2013
  • COGNITIVE 2013: Cognitive Technologies and Applications. Valencia, Spain. May 27-Jun 1, 2013
  • HM 2013: Eight International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics. Ischia, Italy. May 23-25, 2013
  • AAMAS 2013: Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. St. Paul MN, USA. May 6-10, 2013
  • LION 7: Learning and Intelligent Optimization. Catania, Italy. Jan 7-11, 2013

  • ICMDM 2012 PHD Student Forum : Int. Conference on Data Mining. Bruxelles, Belgium. Dec 10-13, 2012
  • BNAIC 2012: Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Maastricht, Netherlands. Oct 25-26, 2012
  • TPNC 2012: Theory and Practice of Natural Computing. Tarragona, Spain. Oct 1-5, 2012
  • PPSN 2012: Parallel Problem Solving from Nature. Taormina, Italy. Sep 1-5, 2012
  • ECAI 2012: European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Montpellier, France. 27-31 Aug 2012
  • ICINCO 2012: Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Rome, Italy. Jul 28-31, 2012
  • COGNITIVE 2012: Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications. Nice, France. Jul 22-27, 2012
  • ICIEA 2012: 7th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications. Singapore. Jul 18-20, 2012
  • GECCO 2012: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Philadelphia PA, USA. Jul 7-11, 2012
  • LION 6: Learning and Intelligent Optimization. Paris, France. Jan 16-20, 2012

  • Bayesian Optimization, Experimental Design and Bandits. Sierra Nevada, Spain. Dec. 16, 2011
  • COGNITIVE 2011: Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications. Rome, Italy. Sep 25-30, 2011
  • ECAL 2011: European Conference on Artificial Life. Paris, France. Aug 8-12, 2011
  • ICINCO 2011: Inform. in Control, Automation and Robotics. Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands. Jul 28-31, 2011
  • MIC 2011: Metaheuristics International Conference. Udine, Italy. Jul 25-28, 2011
  • GECCO 2011: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Dublin, Ireland. Jul 12-16, 2011
  • ICIEA 2011: 6th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications. Beijing, China. Jun 21-23, 2011
  • CSIE 2011: Computer Science and Information Engineering. Changchun, China. Jun 17-19, 2011
  • AAMAS 2011: Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. Taipei, Taiwan. May 2-6, 2011
  • SIS 2011: IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium. Paris, France. Apr 11-15, 2011
  • LION 5: Learning and Intelligent Optimization. Rome, Italy. Jan 17-21, 2011

  • GCIS 2010: Global Congress on Intelligent Systems. Wuhan, China. Dec 16-17, 2010
  • HM 2010: Seventh International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics. Vienna, Austria. Oct 1-2, 2010
  • EMACS: Exp. Methods for the Assessment of Computational Systems. Krakow, Poland. Sep 11, 2010
  • GECCO 2010: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Portland OR, USA. Jul 7-11, 2010
  • ICINCO 2010: Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Madeira, Portugal. Jun 15-18, 2010
  • ICIEA 2010: 5th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications. Taichung, Taiwan. Jun 15-17, 2010
  • LION 4: Learning and Intelligent Optimization. Venice, Italy. Jan 18-22, 2010

  • ISDA'09: Intelligent Systems Design and Applications. Pisa, Italy. Nov 30-Dec 2, 2009
  • HM 2009: Sixth International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics. Udine, Italy. Oct 16-17, 2009
  • SLS-DS 2009: SLS Doctoral Symposium. Brussels, Belgium. Sep 4, 2009
  • CIE39: International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering. Troyes, France. Jul 6-8, 2009
  • ICIEA 2009: 4th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications. Xi'an, China. May 25-27, 2009
  • GCIS 2009: Global Congress on Intelligent Systems. Xiamen. China, May 19-21, 2009
  • CEC 2009: IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation. Trondheim, Norway. May 18-21, 2009
  • SIS 2009: IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium. Nashville TN, USA. Mar 30-Apr 2, 2009
  • LION 3: Learning and Intelligent Optimization. Trento, Italy. Jan 14-18, 2009

  • HM 2008: Fifth International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics. Málaga, Spain. Oct 8-9, 2008
  • HIS 2008: 8th Int. Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems. Barcelona, Spain. Sep 10-12, 2008
  • WCCI 2008: IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence. Hong Kong. Jun 1-6, 2008

  • HM 2007: Fourth Int. Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics. Dortmund, Germany. Oct 8-9, 2007
  • SIS 2007: IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium. Honolulu HI, USA. Apr 1-5, 2007

  • EMAA 2006: Empirical Methods for the Analysis of Algorithms. Reykjavik, Iceland. Sep 9, 2006
  • HM 2006: Third International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics. Agaete, Spain. Oct 13-15, 2006

  • HM 2005: Second International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics. Barcelona, Spain. Aug 29-30, 2005