Marco Dorigo is a research director for the Belgian Funds for Scientific Research (FNRS), and a co-director of IRIDIA, the artificial intelligence lab of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He is the ambassador and the pioneer of the "Ant Colony Optimization" metaheuristic (see his book published by MIT Press in 2004), and one of the founders of the swarm intelligence research field. For these contributions, in 2003 he was awarded the "Marie Curie Research Excellence Award" by the European Commission and on November 22, 2005, he was presented the "FNRS - Dr A. De Leeuw-Damry-Bourlart award in Applied Sciences" by the King of Belgium, Albert II.

Publications (selected)

• Ant Colony Optimization with Thomas Stützle, MIT Press, 2004. (ISBN 0262042193)
• Swarm Intelligence : From Natural to Artificial Systems with Eric Bonabeau and Guy Theraulaz, Oxford University Press, 1999. (ISBN 0195131592)
• Robot Shaping with Marco Colombetti, MIT Press, 1998. (ISBN 0262041642)

References

• "First EU Marie Curie Awards in recognition of world-class achievements in Europe", Marie Curie Research Excellence Awards

External links

• Professor Dorigo's Home Page
• Ant Colony Optimization Home Page
• Belgian Funds for Scientific Research (FNRS)

Belgian academics