'''SODA''', theThe '''Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms''' ('''SODA''') is an [[academic conference]] in the fieldfields of [[algorithm design]] and [[discrete mathematics]]. It is considered to be one of the top conferences for research in algorithms and complexity. SODA has been organized annually since 1990, typically in January. SODA is jointly sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory ([[SIGACT]]) and the SIAM Activity Group on Discrete Mathematics, and in format is more similar to a [[theoretical computer science]] conference than to a mathematics conference.<ref>{{citation|first=Peter|last=Winkler|authorlink=Peter Winkler|title=How (and Why!) to Write a SODA Paper|url=http://www.siam.org/meetings/da98/winkler.ps}}. Distributed by Howard Karloff with the [http://www.siam.org/meetings/da98/da98cfp.htm call for papers for SODA 1998].</ref>
