Affirmation of the team on the area of soft computing (neural networks, fuzzy logic and evolutionary algorithms), and flexible computer architectures. They published the results of their research work in most distinguished journals like Neural Networks, Neurocomputing, FuzzySets&Systems, Int. Journal of Parallel Programming, etc. The team is recognized also through the ICANNGA conferences, where the members of the team are very active and one of them (A. Dobnikar) is also involved in the permanent advisory committee of the conference. International collaboration was going on also through two bilateral projects, one with Great Britain and another one with France.