2026 Mauro Birattari: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	57	3711	3606	37	35	365	62542

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Mauro Birattari is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Their scientific work primarily focuses on the intersection of computer science and engineering, with particular expertise in mechanical engineering, artificial intelligence, and computer networks and communications.

Their research explores several main topics, including:

Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
Robot Manipulation and Learning
Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications
Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research

Birattari has contributed to both theoretical and applied aspects of robot swarms and control software design. Their recent publications include:

"Swarm SLAM: Challenges and Perspectives," 2021, Frontiers in Robotics and AI
"Empirical assessment and comparison of neuro-evolutionary methods for the automatic off-line design of robot swarms," 2021, Nature Communications
"Disentangling automatic and semi-automatic approaches to the optimization-based design of control software for robot swarms," 2020, Nature Machine Intelligence
"Automatic Design of Collective Behaviors for Robots that Can Display and Perceive Colors," 2020, Applied Sciences
"Phormica: Photochromic Pheromone Release and Detection System for Stigmergic Coordination in Robot Swarms," 2020, Frontiers in Robotics and AI

The venues where Birattari frequently publishes reflect their research interests and include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
PeerJ Computer Science
Swarm and Evolutionary Computation

Birattari collaborates with several researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

David Garzón Ramos
Antoine Ligot
Ken Hasselmann
Miquel Kegeleirs
Gianpiero Francesca

In recognition of their contributions, Birattari was designated as an ACM Senior Member in 2018.

Best Publications

Ant colony optimization: artificial ants as a computational intelligence technique

Marco Dorigo;Mauro Birattari;Thomas Stützle

15230
Citations
Ant Colony Optimization

M. Dorigo;M. Birattari;T. Stutzle

14848
Citations
Ant Colony Optimization.

Marco Dorigo;Mauro Birattari

11535
Citations
Swarm robotics: a review from the swarm engineering perspective

Manuele Brambilla;Eliseo Ferrante;Mauro Birattari;Marco Dorigo

1984
Citations
The irace package: Iterated racing for automatic algorithm configuration

Manuel López-Ibáñez;Jérémie Dubois-Lacoste;Leslie Pérez Cáceres;Mauro Birattari

1957
Citations
A Racing Algorithm for Configuring Metaheuristics

Mauro Birattari;Thomas Stützle;Luis Paquete;Klaus Varrentrapp

762
Citations
ARGoS: a modular, parallel, multi-engine simulator for multi-robot systems

Carlo Pinciroli;Vito Trianni;Rehan O’Grady;Giovanni Pini

638
Citations
Improvement strategies for the F-Race algorithm: sampling design and iterative refinement

Prasanna Balaprakash;Mauro Birattari;Thomas Stützle

557
Citations
Swarmanoid: A Novel Concept for the Study of Heterogeneous Robotic Swarms

Marco Dorigo;Dario Floreano;Luca Maria Gambardella;Francesco Mondada

544
Citations
F-race and iterated F-race: An overview

Mauro Birattari;Zhi Yuan;Prasanna Balaprakash;Thomas Stützle

526
Citations
Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence

Marco Dorigo;Mauro Birattari;Christian Blum;Luca Maria Gambardella

474
Citations
Tuning Metaheuristics: A Machine Learning Perspective

Mauro Birattari

429
Citations
Frankenstein's PSO: A Composite Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

M.A. Montes de Oca;T. Stutzle;M. Birattari;M. Dorigo

413
Citations
Model-based search for combinatorial optimization: A critical survey

Mark Zlochin;Mauro Birattari;Nicolas Meuleau;Marco Dorigo

351
Citations
Lazy learning for local modelling and control design

Gianluca Bontempi;Mauro Birattari;Hugues Bersini

346
Citations
A comparison of the performance of different metaheuristics on the timetabling problem

Olivia Rossi-Doria;Michael Sampels;Mauro Birattari;Marco Chiarandini

305
Citations
Parameter Adaptation in Ant Colony Optimization

Thomas Stützle;Manuel López-Ibáñez;Paola Pellegrini;Michael Maur

229
Citations
An effective hybrid algorithm for university course timetabling

Marco Chiarandini;Mauro Birattari;Krzysztof Socha;Olivia Rossi-Doria

227
Citations
A comparison of the performance of different metaheuristics on the timetabling problem

Olivia Rossi-Dorial;Michael Sampels;Mauro Birattari;Marco Chiarandini

208
Citations
The problem of tuning metaheuristics as seen from a machine learning perspective

Mauro Birattari;Marco Dorigo

203
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Dorigo Université Libre de Bruxelles

Thomas Stützle Université Libre de Bruxelles

Gianluca Bontempi Université Libre de Bruxelles

Hugues Bersini Université Libre de Bruxelles

Luca Maria Gambardella Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research

Vito Trianni National Research Council (CNR)

Gianni A. Di Caro Carnegie Mellon University

Holger H. Hoos RWTH Aachen University

Andries P. Engelbrecht Stellenbosch University

Francesco Mondada École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

External Links

Personal website of Mauro Birattari Google Scholar page

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