[agents] [CFP] AGERE! @ SPLASH 2016 - Programming based on Actors, Agents, and Decentralized Control

[Alessandro Ricci]

CFP: AGERE! @ SPLASH 2016 - http://2016.splashcon.org/track/agere2016

6th International ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Programming based on Actors, Agents, and Decentralized Control

Held at SPLASH Conference http://2016.splashcon.org/
Amsterdam, Netherlands - October 30, 2016

=====  Introduction  =====

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.  

AGERE! is an ACM SIGPLAN workshop dedicated to focusing on and developing the
research  on programming systems, languages and applications based on actors,
agents and any related programming paradigm promoting a decentralized 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 working on the models,
languages and  technologies, and practitioners developing real-world systems
and applications.   
     
More info about the specific topics can be found on the AGERE! 2016 website. 
      
===== Contributions =====

The workshop welcomes three main kinds of contributions:

(1) mature contributions, to be published on the ACM Digital Library as an official ACM SIGPLAN publication;

(2) position papers and work-in-progress contributions, to be discussed during the event and included in the informal proceedings;

(3) demos that will be presented and discussed during the event.

Info about the format and the page limits can be found on the AGERE! 2016 website (http://2016.splashcon.org/track/agere2016)

=====  Important dates =====

- Full-paper abstract deadline:	August 1, 2016
- Full-paper deadline (strict):	August 15, 2016
- Full-paper notification:	September 5, 2016
- Position/work-in-progress papers:	September 14, 2016
- Demos/posters:	September 14, 2016

Papers can be submitted here:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ageresplash2016

in PDF format. Submissions should use the ACM SIGPLAN format, following the guidelines at http://www.sigplan.org/authorInformation.htm.

===== Organization and Committees

Organizers and PC chairs:

Sylvan Clebsch - Imperial College, London
Travis Desell - University of North Dakota, United States
Philipp Haller - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Alessandro Ricci - University of Bologna, Italy

Steering Committee

Gul Agha - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Rafael Bordini - FACIN-PUCRS, Brazil
Alessandro Ricci - University of Bologna, Italy
Assaf Marron - Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel


===== AGERE! @ SPLASH 2016