Swarm
intelligence research and book cited in Crichton's latest novel Prey.
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He is project coordinator of the following projects:
Coordinator of the "Swarmanoid" project funded by the European Commission within the Future and Emerging Technologies (IST-FET) program. 2006-2010 (42 months). Total grant: 2,500,000 EUR, IRIDIA share of grant: 970,000 EUR.
"Action de Recherche Concertée" (ARC) research award for the project "ANTS". 2003-2008. Funding: 500,000 EUR.
He has been project coordinator of the following completed projects:
Coordinator of "COMP2SYS", an Early Stage Training Site funded by the European Commission within the Marie Curie Actions program. 2004-2008 (48 months). Funding: 1,000,000 EUR.
Coordinator of the study "Evolving a collective consciousness for a swarm of pico-satellites", funded by the ARIADNA programme of the European Space Agency. October 2007 - January 2008. Funding: 26,000 EUR.
FNRS research award for the project "Virtual Swarm-bots". 2002-2003. Funding: 37,000 EUR.
Coordinator of the "Swarm-bots" project funded by the European Commission within the Future and Emerging Technologies (IST-FET) program. 2001-2004 (36 months). Total grant: 1,970,000 EUR, IRIDIA share of grant: 800,000 EUR.
Coordinator of the European "Metaheuristics Network" funded by the European Commission within the Improving Human Potential program. 2000-2004 (48 months). Total grant: 1,200,000 EUR, IRIDIA share of grant: 360,000 EUR.
Coordinator of "EvoNeuroFuzzy", a Marie Curie Training Site funded by the European Commission within the Improving Human Potential program. 2000-2004 (48 months). Funding: 158,000 EUR.
FNRS research award for building a "Beowulf" style cluster of PCs. 2000-2001. Funding: 17,000 EUR.
Scientist in charge and research director for:
A 24 months Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship awarded to Dr. Hussain Saleh by the EC funded Improving Human Potential programme. Oct. 1, 2001 - Sep. 30, 2003. Funding: 152,000 EUR.
A 24 months Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship awarded to Dr. Joshua Knowles by the EC funded Improving Human Potential programme. Sep. 15, 2001 - Sep. 14, 2003. Funding: 152,000 EUR.
A 18 months Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship awarded to Mr. Gianni Di Caro by the EC funded Improving Human Potential programme. Nov. 1, 2001 - Apr. 30, 2003. Funding: 114,000 EUR.
A 24 months Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship awarded to Dr. Stefka Fidanova by the EC funded Improving Human Potential programme. Nov. 1, 2000 - Oct. 31, 2002. Funding: 152,000 EUR.
A 24 months Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship awarded to Dr. Nicolas Meuleau by the EC funded Improving Human Potential programme. Nov. 1, 2000 - Nov. 30, 2001. Funding: 152,000 EUR.
A 15 months Marie Curie doctoral fellowship awarded to Mr. Thomas Stützle by the EC funded TMR programme. Dec. 1, 1998 - Feb. 28, 2000. Funding: 75,000 EUR.
A 30 months Marie Curie doctoral fellowship awarded to Mr. Gianni Di Caro by the EC funded TMR programme. Aug. 1, 1996 - Dec. 31, 1999. Funding: 150,000 EUR.
Scientific Networks:
Local coordinator (IRIDIA, since 2002) for the Network
of Excellence in Complex Systems (Exystence) funded by
the Commission of the European Community.
Local coordinator (IRIDIA, since 1996) for the Network
of Excellence in Evolutionary Computation (EvoNet) funded
by the Commission of the European Community.
Local coordinator (IRIDIA, since 1996) for the Network
of Excellence in Machine Learning (MLnet) funded by the
Commission of the European Community.
Local coordinator (1990-92, PM AI&R, Politecnico di Milano)
of the activities which led first to the formulation of
a proposal, and then to the administration of the project,
for the Italian "Progetto Finalizzato Informatica e Calcolo
Parallelo - Obiettivo Processori Dedicati."
