AOS Group has established collaborative
relationships and
partnerships with a number of
organization.
These partner
organizations
are listed below.
Partners
Agent Oriented Software Limited,
UK
Cambridge
University, Institute of Manufacturing
Collaboration in agent-based Holonic Manufacturing
Systems. Co-located with the Institute. http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/
Instituto
Trentino di Cultura - Centro per la Ricerca Scientifica
e Tecnologica (ITC-irst)
Collaborative Agreement to work together on the
development of agent-based systems and products.
ITC-irst is now
recognized
as a "JACK
Center
of Excellence" and is able to provide qualified
personnel to conduct training in agent systems and
JACK. http://sra.itc.it/index.epl
Agent Oriented Software Pty.
Ltd., Australia
Australian
Department of Defence, Defence Science and Technology
Organisation, (DSTO)
Strategic agreement on the provision of JACK
to DSTO, joint research, and co-location of expert
AOS agent analysis and development staff on site
at DSTO Electronic and Surveillance Research Centre,
Salisbury, South Australia. http://www.dsto.defence.gov.au/corporate/publicity/smartedge/main.html
University
of Melbourne
Co-location with the University's Intelligent
Agent Laboratory and collaborative research on
agent systems. http://www.cs.mu.oz.au
RMIT
University, Melbourne, Australia
Collaborative research program on agent systems
specification and design, under a "SPIRT" research
funding award from the Australian Government.
Three year, postdoctoral research project. http://www.rmit.edu.au
Ownership and
Investors
Agent Oriented Software
Group comprises three companies, Agent Oriented Software
NA (AOS NA), registered in Delaware, Agent Oriented Software
Limited (AOS UK), registered in the Unite\ d Kingdom, and Agent
Oriented Software Pty. Ltd. (AOS), registered in Australia.
AOS NA, AOS UK and AOS are privately owned by the Directors,
staff and a group of private investors.
New in Jack v5.0:
The JACK Development Environment (JDE) has been extended to provide
the ability to trace execution using JACK Design Diagrams.
After configuring the JDE to trace certain diagrams, it can connect to a running JACK™ application and when any transitions occur that match links in the diagram, they will be highlighted.