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== 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], 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 organised in European locations,<ref name="disc-dblp">[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/wdag/ DISC] in [[DBLP]].</ref> while PODC has been traditionally held in North America.<ref name="podc-dblp">[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.
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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.
Between 1982 and 2009, PODC was always held in a North American ___location – usually in USA or Canada, and once in Mexico.<ref name="podc-dblp"/> In 2010, PODC will be held in Europe for the first time in its history,<ref>[http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?coll=Portal&dl=ACM&idx=SERIES391&linked=1&part=series PODC in ACM Digital Library].</ref> and in the same year, its European sister conference DISC will be organised in USA for the first time in its history.<ref name="disc-dblp"/><ref>[http://listserv.acm.org/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0910&L=PODC&T=0&F=&S=&P=725 DISC'2010 Preliminary Call for Papers].</ref> PODC 2010 will take place [[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]], and DISC 2010 will take place in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].
== See also ==
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