In this month I wrote blog entries for Agent Design and EASSS09. The agent design entry questions on the appropriate programming language to develop an agent and its environment. I concluded that Java is an appropriate programming language. Java has become a popular programming language for teaching computer science in academia, and industry has accepted Java as the appropriate programming language for developing and implementing web based applications as well as batch processing.
The EASSS09 entry refers to the European Agent Systems Summer School for learning agents. The material that I have reviewed thus far has been excellent due to the broaden view of agent and multi-agent design. The instructors provide excellent materials and references for the courses.