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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>

== Scope and related conferences ==

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>

TheWork presented at PODC typically studies theoretical aspects of distributed computing, such as the design and analysis of [[Edsgerdistributed Walgorithms]]. DijkstraThe Prizescope inof 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], DISC is presentedthe alternatelynumber at1 conference on the list of other conferences where PODC andauthors atpublish their work.</ref> with the main difference being geographical: DISC is usually organised in European locations,<ref>[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/wdag/ DISC] in [International[DBLP]].</ref> Symposiumwhile onPODC has always been held in North America.<ref>[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/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].</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.

== History ==

== Reputation and selectivity ==

PODC was first organised on 18–20 August 1982, in [[Ottawa]], [[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.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=800220]</ref> PODC was part of the [[Federated Computing Research Conference]] in 1996 and 1999. In 1998, 2005, and 2009, PODC was co-located with the ACM [[Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures]] (SPAA).

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>

During the recent years 2004–2008, the number of regular papers submitted to PODC has fluctuated between 132 and 224 each year. Of these submissions, 32–40 papers have been accepted for presentation at the conference each year; acceptance rates have been between 16% and 31%.<ref>Forewords of [http://portal.acm.org/toc.cfm?id=SERIES391 PODC proceedings], 2004–2008.</ref>

== History ==

PODC was first organised on 18–20 August 1982, in [[Ottawa]], [[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.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=800220]</ref> PODC was part of the [[Federated Computing Research Conference]] in 1996 and 1999. In 1998, 2005, and 2009, PODC was co-located with the ACM [[Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures]] (SPAA).

== See also ==