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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">[https://dblp.org/streams/conf/wdag DISC] in [[DBLP]].</ref> while PODC has been traditionally held in North America.<ref name="podc-dblp">[https://dblp.org/streams/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.

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==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 the 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 name="podc-dblp"/> and in the same year, its European sister conference DISC was organised in the United 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://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=71107109 DISC'2010 Call for Papers].|website=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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[[Category:Recurring events established in 1982]]

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