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{{Short description|Annual conference on computing}}

{{Infobox Academic Conference

| history = 1982–1982–present

| discipline = [[Distributed computing]]

| abbreviation = PODC

| publisher = [[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]]

| country = International

| frequency = annual

}}

[[International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems|The]] '''ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing''' ('''PODC''') is an [[academic conference]] in the field of [[distributed computing]] organised annually by the [[Association for Computing Machinery]] (special interest groups [[ACM SIGACT|SIGACT]] and [[SIGOPS]]).<ref>[http{{cite web |title=ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing |url=https://www.podc.org/ |website=PODC web site].}}</ref>

==Scope and related conferences==

Work presented at PODC typically studies theoretical aspects of distributed computing, such as the design and analysis of [[distributed algorithms]]. The scope of PODC is similar to the scope of [[International Symposium on Distributed Computing]] (DISC),<ref>In Roger Wattenhofer's [http://dcg.ethz.ch/publications/podc07.pdf PODC 2007 Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706230731/http://dcg.ethz.ch/publications/podc07.pdf |date=2011-07-06 }}, DISC is the number 1 conference on the list of other conferences where PODC authors publish their work.</ref> with the main difference being geographical: DISC is usually organized in European locations,<ref name="disc-dblp">[httphttps://wwwdblp.informatik.uni-trier.de/~leyorg/dbstreams/conf/wdag/ DISC] in [[DBLP]].</ref> while PODC has been traditionally held in North America.<ref name="podc-dblp">[httphttps://wwwdblp.informatik.uni-trier.deorg/~ley/dbstreams/conf/podc/ PODC] in [[DBLP]].</ref> The [[''Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing]]'' is presented alternately at PODC and at DISC.<ref>[[European Association for Theoretical Computer Science|EATCS]] web site: [http://www.eatcs.org/index.php/eatcs-awards#dijkstra_prize Awards: Dijkstra Prize].</ref><ref>PODC web site: [http://www.podc.org/dijkstra/ Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing].</ref><ref>[[International Symposium on Distributed Computing|DISC]] web site: [http://www.disc-conference.org/dijkstra-award.html Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602084402/http://www.disc-conference.org/dijkstra-award.html |date=2008-06-02 }}.</ref>

Other closely related conferences include ACM [[Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures]] (SPAA), which – as the name suggests – puts more emphasis on [[parallel algorithms]] than distributed algorithms. PODC and SPAA have been co-located in 1998, 2005, and 2009.

==Reputation and selectivity==

PODC is often mentioned to be one of the top conferences in the field of distributed computing.<ref name="lynch">[[Nancy Lynch|Nancy Ann Lynch]]: ''Distributed Algorithms'', Morgan Kaufmann, 1996, {{ISBN|978-1-55860-348-6}}. Section 1.4, "Bibliographic notes", mentions the following conferences in this order: PODC, FOCS, STOC, SPAA, WDAG.</ref><ref name="tel">Gerard Tel: ''Introduction to Distributed Algorithms'', 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2000, {{ISBN|978-0-521-79483-1}}. Sect. 1.3.3, "Research field", mentions the following conferences in this order: PODC, WDAG/DISC, STOC, FOCS.</ref><ref name="georgiou">Chryssis Georgiou, Alexander A. Shvartsman: ''Do-All Computing in Distributed Systems: Cooperation in the Presence of Adversity'', Springer, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-387-30918-7}}. Section "Bibliographic notes" in "Preface" mentions the following conferences in this order: PODC, SPAA, STOC, SODA, FOCS, ICDCS, DISC, OPODIS, SIROCCO.</ref> In the 2007 Australian Ranking of ICT Conferences, PODC was the only conference in the field that received the highest ranking, "A+".<ref>[http://www.core.edu.au/rankings/Conference%20Ranking%20Main.html 2007 Australian Ranking of ICT Conferences] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002002344/http://www.core.edu.au/rankings/Conference%20Ranking%20Main.html |date=2009-10-02 }}.</ref>

During the recent years 2004–2009, the number of regular papers submitted to PODC has fluctuated between 110 and 224 each year. Of these submissions, 27–40 papers have been accepted for presentation at the conference each year; acceptance rates for regular papers have been between 16% and 31%.<ref>Forewords of [http://portal.acm.org/toc.cfm?id=SERIES391 PODC proceedings], 2004–2009.</ref><ref>[http://portal.acm.org/acceptrates.cfm?idx=SERIES391&CFID=78313622&CFTOKEN=47801202 PODC: Papers Acceptance Statistics].</ref>

==History==

PODC was first organised on 18–20 August 1982, in [[Ottawa, Ontario]], Canada.<ref>Robert L. Probert, [[Michael J. Fischer]], and Nicola Santoro, editors: Proceedings of the First ACM SIGACT-SIGOPS Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, 1982, ACM Press. {{ISBN|0-89791-081-8}}. [http://portal{{doi|10.acm.org1145/citation.cfm?id=800220]}}</ref> PODC was part of the [[Federated Computing Research Conference]] in 1996, 1999 and 2011.

Between 1982 and 2009, PODC was always held in a North American ___location – usually in USAthe United States or Canada, and once in Mexico.<ref name="podc-dblp"/> In 2010, PODC was held in Europe for the first time in its history,<ref>[http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?coll name=Portal&dl=ACM&idx=SERIES391&linked=1&part=series PODC in ACM Digital Library].<"podc-dblp"/ref> and in the same year, its European sister conference DISC was organised in the USAUnited States for the first time in its history.<ref name="disc-dblp"/><ref>[{{cite web |title=DISC 2010: The 24th International Symposium on Distributed Computing |url=http://listservwww.acmwikicfp.orgcom/scriptscfp/waservlet/event.exeshowcfp?A2eventid=ind0910&L7109 |website=PODC&T=0&F=&S=&P=725 DISC'2010 Preliminary Call for Papers].WikiCFP}}</ref> PODC 2010 took place in [[Zürich]], Switzerland, and DISC 2010 took place in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].

Since 2000, a review of the PODC conference appears in the year-ending issue of the ACM SIGACT News Distributed Computing Column.<ref>[http{{cite web |title=The ACM SIGACT News Distributed Computing Column |url=https://people.csail.mit.edu/idish/sigactNews/ ACM|website=people.csail.mit.edu SIGACT|access-date=17 NewsApril Distributed Computing Column].2024}}</ref> The review is usually written by a member of the distributed computing research community.

==See also==

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==External links==

*{{Official website}}

*[http://portal.acm.org/toc.cfm?id=SERIES391 PODC proceedings] in [[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]] digital library.

*[httphttps://wwwdl.informatikacm.uni-trier.deorg/~ley/db/conf/podcaction/doSearch?target=browse-proceedings-specific&ConceptID=120255 PODC proceedings information] in [[DBLPACM Digital Library]].

*[https://dblp.org/streams/conf/podc PODC proceedings information] in [[DBLP]].

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