MASSim in Teaching

Our MASSim platform has been used extensively in teaching. Below you will find an overview of the courses/projects we are aware of. (If you used MASSim or the MAPC in your teaching, we would be happy to include your entry as well!)

Course “Software Agents and Multi-Agent Systems 2023” in the MSc AI programme at University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom. Held by Rafael C. Cardoso. Using Jason in the Agents Assemble scenario (2019).
We were invited to give a lecture and a shourt course at WESAAC 2021.
- It looks like the lecture has been recorded.
- The slides of the lecture are here (you need a PDF reader that can play videos).
- The slides of the short course are here.
- The code of the short course can be found here.
Course “Agent Oriented Programming & Design” at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Held by Sebastian Sardina. Using SARL and SWI Prolog in the agents-in-the-city scenario (2018).
Application System Project, SS2017 and WS2017/2018, Technische Universität Berlin, DAI-Labor. Held by Christopher-Eyk Hrabia und Axel Hessler. Python/ROS and MASSim using the agents-in-the-city scenario.
Agententechnologien in der Forschung, WS2017/2018, Technische Universität Berlin, DAI-Labor. Held by Christopher-Eyk Hrabia und Stefan Fricke. Python/ROS and MASSim further developing the agents-in-the-city scenario.
Bachelor’s project A.I., 2016, Department of Informatics, Clausthal University of Technology. Held by Tobias Ahlbrecht, Jürgen Dix, and Niklas Fiekas. C++/Goal/Jason and MASSim using the agents-in-the-city scenario.
Multi-Agent Systems - Research & Teaching - Laboratory Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark Held by Jørgen Villadsen 2009 to 2017
Course “Multi-Agent Systems I” at Department of Informatics, Clausthal University of Technology. Held by Tristan Behrens, Michael Köster, Federico Schlesinger, and Jürgen Dix.
- In 2012: Java and MASSim. Agents-on-mars scenario. TUC Slides 2012.
- In 2011: Java and MASSim. Agents-on-mars scenario. TUC Slides 2011.
- In 2010: Jason and MASSim. Cows-and-cowboys scenario. TUC Slides 2010.
- In 2009: 2APL and MASSim. With toy-examples and the goldminers scenario. TUC Slides 2008.
Practical course (extra-curricular) “Multi-agent programming contest 2011” at Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Dortmund. Held by Patrick Krümpelmann, and Matthias Thimm. Java/ASP and MASSim using the agents-on-mars scenario.
Principles of multi-agent programming - PJ Multi Agent Contest, Bachelor course, 2011, TU Berlin, DAI-Labor, JIAC. Held by Axel Hessler and Thomas Konnerth using the agents-on-mars scenario.
Principles of multi-agent programming - PJ Multi Agent Contest, Bachelor course, 2010, TU Berlin, DAI-Labor, JIAC and microJIAC. Held by Axel Hessler and Marcel Patzlaff using the cows-and-cowboys scenario.
Principles of multi-agent programming - PJ Multi Agent Contest, Bachelor course, 2009, TU Berlin, DAI-Labor, JIAC and microJIAC. Held by Axel Hessler and Tuguldur Erdene-Ochir using the cows-and-cowboys scenario.
MAS course at Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, held twice by Marco Alberti and Joao Leite, Martin Slota respectively. Jason/Java and MASSim using the cows-and-cowboys scenario.
MAS course at Agent Technology Center, Czech Technical University in Prague. Held by Michal Pechoucek, Michal Jakob, Peter Novák. Jason/Java and MASSim using the cows-and-cowboys scenario.
Practical course “Intelligent Cowbots” at Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Dortmund. Held by Gabriele Kern-Isberner, Patrick Krümpelmann, and Matthias Thimm. Jason/Java/ASP and MASSim using the cows-and-cowboys scenario.
Course “Agent Oriented Programming and Design” at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Held by Sebastian Sardina. Using Prometheus Design Tool + JACK Intelligent Agents in the gold-miner scenario.
MAS course at St. Etienne, France. Held by Olivier Boissier in 2008. Using Java-/Jason-agents in the gold-miners scenario.