The Jackdaw® University Development Environment (JUDE v1.0) is a platform independent development environment aimed at the academic world. Jude is based on Jackdaw which facilitates the construction and maintenance of multi-agent systems both locally and across the networks by creating and executing agents which operate in a Jackdaw MAS. Jackdaw works to integrate existing services, enhance security and provide mechanisms for quickly creating and deploying new applications in the mobile world. Currently, Jude is used by number of leading universities for research projects in multi-agent technology across Europe.

The license of JUDE is FREE for academic use. For more information about JUDE, its licensing and how to get it, email to jude-enquiries@calicojack.co.uk.