In January, 2011, Dr. Carlos A. Coello Coello attended the fifth edition of the conference Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN (LION 5), which took place in Rome, Italy. In fact, besides presenting a paper and a tutorial, Dr. Coello acted as the technical chair of this conference.

During this trip, Dr. Coello had the opportunity to hang out with high-caliber researchers such as Profs. Xin Yao, Roberto Battiti, Benjamin Wah, Edward Tsang and Marc Schoenauer. Additionally, he had the chance to visit the Vatican museums and the Sistine Chapel.

Below, you can see pictures from Dr. Coello's trip, including some of his room (he stayed at an apartment), of the venue, the banquet and some emblematic sites from Rome (e.g., the famous roman colisseum).