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'''PODC''', the '''ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing''', is an [[academic conference]] in the field of [[distributed computing]]. PODC is organised annually, and it is sponsored by the [[Association for Computing Machinery]] special interest groups [[ACM SIGACT|SIGACT]] and [[SIGOPS]].<ref>[http://www.podc.org/ PODC web site].</ref>

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 9781558603486. 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 9780521794831. 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 9780387309187. 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].</ref> Acceptance rate of PODC in 2007 was 16%.<ref>[http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?coll=Portal&dl=ACM&idx=SERIES391&linked=1&part=series PODC: Papers Acceptance Statistics].</ref>

The [[Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing]] is presented alternately at PODC and at the [[International Symposium on Distributed Computing]] (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].</ref>