The fundamental turn of software into concurrency and distribution is not only a matter of performance, but also of design and abstraction. It calls for programming paradigms that, compared to current mainstream paradigms, would allow us to more naturally think about, design, develop, execute, debug, and profile systems exhibiting different degrees of concurrency, autonomy, decentralization of control, and physical distribution.

The AGERE! workshop is dedicated on programming systems, languages and applications based on actors, agents and any related programming paradigm promoting a decentralized-control mindset in solving problems and in developing systems to implement such solutions.

The workshop is designed to cover both the theory and the practice of design and programming, bringing together researchers and practitioners working on programming models, languages, technologies, as well as real-world systems and applications.

Submissions deadline: August 5 (abstract), August 12 (paper), 2012 (Note: two-day workshop.)