History of FLINS

FLINS 2008 is the eighth in a series of conferences on applied computational intelligence. It follows the successful FLINS 1994 (Mol), FLINS 1996 (Mol), FLINS 1998 (Antwerp), FLINS 2000 (Bruges), FLINS 2002 (Gent), FLINS 2004 (Blankenberge), and FLINS 2006 (Genova).
FLINS, an acronym for Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Technologies in Nuclear Science, is a well-established international research forum to advance the theory and applications of computational intelligence for applied research in general and for complex engineering and decision support in particular.
The principal missions of FLINS is bridging the gap between machine intelligence and real complex systems via joint research between Universities and international research institutions, by encouraging interdisciplinary research and bringing multi-discipline researchers together.
Past FLINS conference:
- FLINS 2006: 7th International FLINS Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence. August 29-31, 2006, Genova (Italy), see FLINS 2006 Website
- FLINS 2004: 6th International FLINS Conference on Applied Computational Intelligence. September 1-3, 2004, Blankenberge (Belgium)
- FLINS 2002: 5th International FLINS Conference on Computational Intelligent Systems for Applied Research. September 16-18, 2002, Ghent (Belgium)
- FLINS 2000: 4th International FLINS Conference on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing in Nuclear Science and Engineering. August 28-30, 2000, Bruges (Belgium), see FLINS 2000 Website
- FLINS 1998: 3rd International FLINS Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Technologies for Nuclear Science and Industry. September 14-16, 1998, Antwerp (Belgium), see FLINS 1998 Website
- FLINS 1996: 2nd International FLINS International Workshop on Intelligent Systems and Soft Computing. September 25-27, 1996, Mol (Belgium)
- FLINS 1994: 1st International FLINS Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Technologies in Nuclear Science. September 14-16, 1994, Mol (Belgium)

Published FLINS proceedings by World Scientific:
- Applied Computational Intelligence (D. Ruan, P'hondt, P.F. Fantoni, M. De Cock, M. Nachtegael and E.E. Kerre, Eds.). ISBN: 981-256-690-2 (2006), see http://www.worldscibooks.com/compsci/6049.html
- Applied Artificial Intelligence (D. Ruan, P'hondt, M. De Cock, M. Nachtegael and E.E. Kerre, Eds.). ISBN: 981-238-873-7 (2004), see http://www.worldscibooks.com/compsci/5563.html
- Computational Intelligent Systems for Applied Research (D. Ruan, P'hondt and E.E. Kerre, Eds.). ISBN: 981-238-066-3 (2002) , see http://www.wspc.com/books/compsci/5020.html
- Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing in Nuclear Science and Engineering (D. Ruan, H. Aït Adderrahim, P'hondt and E.E. Kerre, Eds.). ISBN: 981-02-4356-1 (2000), see http://www.wspc.com/books/compsci/4466.html
- Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Technologies for Nuclear Science and Industry (D. Ruan, H. Aït Adderrahim, P'hondt and E.E. Kerre, Eds.). ISBN: 981-02-3532-1 (1998), out of print
- Intelligent Systems and Soft Computing for Nuclear Science and Industry (D. Ruan, P'hondt, P. Govaerts and E.E. Kerre, Eds.). ISBN: 981-02-2738-8 (1996), out of print
- Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Technologies in Nuclear Science (D. Ruan, P'hondt, P. Govaerts and E.E. Kerre, Eds.). ISBN: 981-02-2003-0 (1994), out of print

FLINS 2008 proceedings will be again edited as a book by World Scientific, now including its CD-ROM:
- Title: “Computational Intelligence in Decision and Control”
- Subtitle: Proceedings of the 8th International FLINS Conference
- Editors:
  - Da Ruan, Nuclear Research Centre (SCK*CEN) and Ghent University, Belgium
  - Javier Montero, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
  - Jie Lu, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
  - Luis Martínez, University of Jaén, Spain
  - Pierre D'hondt, Nuclear Research Centre (SCK*CEN), Belgium
  - Etienne E. Kerre, Ghent University, Belgium

FLINS 2008 will be again included in the ISI proceedings as previous ones.

Moreover, a number of SCI journals will devote a special issue to a strictly refereed selection of extended papers presented at FLINS 2008, see the conference main page.

Finally, a new journal will be launched with FLINS 2008:
- International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems (Atlantis Press, guest-editors: L. Martinez and J. Montero)