Principal investigator for EU-funded Projects

• 2019-2020: HUMANE AI (Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence): https://humaneai.k4all.org/
• 2016-2019: ATLANTIS (ArTificial Language uNdersTanding In robotS). CHIST-ERA Project: http://www.chistera.eu/projects/atlantis
• 2013-2016: INSPIRE Track 1: Action, Vision and Language, and the Brain Mechanisms in Evolutionary Relationship NSF- National Science Foundation BCS Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1343544
• 2012-2016: ESSENCE (Evolution of Shared SEmaNtics in Computational Environments). FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN-Marie Curie Actions Initial Training Networks: http://www.essence-network.eu
• 2012-2015: PRAISE (Practice and peRformance Analysis Inspiring Social Education). FP7 -ICT-2011: http://www.iiia.csic.es/praise/
• 2011-2016: INSIGHT (Darwinian Neurodynamics). FP7-ICT-2011-FET Open: http://www.insightproject.eu
• 2011-2013: LANGEVO (Cultural and Biological Bases of Language Evolution). FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG- Marie Curie Action, Career Integration Grants: http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/100144_es.html
• 2011-2013: DRUST (Digging for the Roots of Understanding). ESF-EUROSCORES-EuroUnderstanding: http://eurounderstanding.eu/projects/drust
• 2008-2011: ALEAR (Artificial Language Evolution on Autonomous Robots). FP7-STREP-2008: http://www.alear.eu
• 2009-2012: EUCog II (Network of excellence in Cognitive Systems). FP7-ICT-2009: http://www.eucognition.org/
• 2007-2010: ComplexDis (NEST). ESF-EUROSCORES-EuroUnderstanding: http://www.complexdis.org.gu.se
• 2002-2006: CRP 01- JA02 The Cultural Self-organisation of Cognitive Grammar. ESF-EUROSCORES- OMLL: Origins of Man, Language and Languages, Eurocores: http://www.esf.org/coordinating-research/eurocores/programmes/omll/projects/list-of-projects.html
• 2004-2008: ECAgents (Language and robots). FP6-IST information society technologies: http://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/21772_en.html
• 2000-2004: Co-Evolution of Syntax and Semantics (CESS): https://ai.vub.ac.be/research/projects/co-evolution-syntax-and-semantics-cess
• 1997-2000: Origins of Language and Meaning: https://ai.vub.ac.be/research/projects/origins-language-and-meaning
• 1990-1992: CONSTRUCT (Problem Solving)
• 1985-1987: P44 (Massively Parallel Architectures for Knowledge Representation)
• 1983-1988: P82 (Intelligent Office Systems)
• 1985-1986: COST on Knowledge representation. COST Action IC0801: http://www.agreement-technologies.eu/box/posts/1591
• 1982-1983: SUBSYM (Basic research in subsymbolic computation)

Principal Investigator for Belgian Granted Projects 
(from National Science Foundation, the Institute for Applied Research and the Ministry of Education)

• 2004-2009: The evolution of grounded grammars and ontologies.
• 1992-1995: Emergent Functionality in Robotic Agents.
• 1992-1994: CONSTRUCT (Knowledge engineering for design).
• 1982-1992: Application of Complex Dynamics to AI.
• 1987-1992: Concerted Action massive parallelism for AI.
• 1985-1986: Construction of expert systems for diagnosis of technical devices (IRSIA/ACEC)
• 1984-1988: Expert Systems Concerted Action.
• 1984-1985: Knowledge based tools for VLSI design.
• 1983-1985: Machine Vision.