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Distributed Computing & Software Agents Research Centre
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Software agents are used both for modelling complex interactive systems and for providing robust services in an open, distributed environment. See the Agents page for basic information about what software agents are.

The Otago Distributed Computing & Software Agents Research Centre, a member of the Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA), is engaged in research and development of advanced technology covering a range of practical techniques and applications in this area. These include

Distributed computing platforms and infrastructure
Agent architectures and communication
Distributed interactive architectures
Ontology representation and usage
Agent interaction protocols, institutions, and policies

Distributed information system applications
Peer-to-peer and Grid applications
Mobile, location-aware computing
Wireless applications
Situated agents and robotics

International PhD fees
University fees for international PhD students are the same as domestic fee levels. The fee policy also allows the children of all international PhD students to attend school without paying international student fees.