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==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].</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]], 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, 1999 and 2011.

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 was 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 was organised in the 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 took place in [[Zürich]], Switzerland, and DISC 2010 took place in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].