Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing
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The Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC) is an academic conference
Academic conference
An academic conference or symposium is a conference for researchers to present and discuss their work. Together with academic or scientific journals, conferences provide an important channel for exchange of information between researchers.-Overview:Conferences are usually composed of various...

 in the field of distributed computing
Distributed computing
Distributed computing is a field of computer science that studies distributed systems. A distributed system consists of multiple autonomous computers that communicate through a computer network. The computers interact with each other in order to achieve a common goal...

 organised annually by the Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...

 (special interest groups SIGACT
ACM SIGACT
ACM SIGACT or SIGACT is the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory, whose purpose is support of research in theoretical computer science. It was founded in 1968 by Patrick C. Fischer.-Publications:...

 and SIGOPS).

Scope and related conferences

Work presented at PODC typically studies theoretical aspects of distributed computing, such as the design and analysis of distributed algorithms
Distributed algorithms
A distributed algorithm is an algorithm designed to run on computer hardware constructed from interconnected processors. Distributed algorithms are used in many varied application areas of distributed computing, such as telecommunications, scientific computing, distributed information processing,...

. The scope of PODC is similar to the scope of International Symposium on Distributed Computing
International Symposium on Distributed Computing
The International Symposium on Distributed Computing is an annual academic conference for refereed presentations, whose focus is the theory, design, analysis, implementation, and application of distributed systems and networks. The Symposium is organized in association with the European...

 (DISC), with the main difference being geographical: DISC is usually organised in European locations, while PODC has been traditionally held in North America. The Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing is presented alternately at PODC and at DISC.

Other closely related conferences include ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures
Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures
SPAA, the ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures, is an academic conference in the fields of parallel computing and distributed computing...

 (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.

Reputation and selectivity

PODC is often mentioned to be one of the top conferences in the field of distributed computing. In the 2007 Australian Ranking of ICT Conferences, PODC was the only conference in the field that received the highest ranking, "A+".

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%.

History

PODC was first organised on 18–20 August 1982, in Ottawa
Ottawa
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, Canada
Canada
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. PODC was part of the Federated Computing Research Conference
Federated Computing Research Conference
The Federated Computing Research Conference, FCRC, is an event that brings together several academic conferences, workshops, and plenary talks in the field of computer science...

 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. In 2010, PODC was held in Europe for the first time in its history, and in the same year, its European sister conference DISC was organised in the USA for the first time in its history. PODC 2010 took place in Zürich
Zürich
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, Switzerland
Switzerland
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, and DISC 2010 took place in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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.

Locations

  • 2011: San Jose
    San José
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    , California
    California
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    , USA
  • 2010: Zurich
    Zürich
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    , Switzerland
    Switzerland
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  • 2009: Calgary
    Calgary
    Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

    , Alberta
    Alberta
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    , Canada
    Canada
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  • 2008: Toronto
    Toronto
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    , Canada
    Canada
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  • 2007: Portland
    Portland, Oregon
    Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

    , Oregon
    Oregon
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    , USA
  • 2006: Denver, Colorado
    Colorado
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    , USA
  • 2005: Las Vegas
    Las Vegas, Nevada
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    , Nevada
    Nevada
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    , USA
  • 2004: St. John's
    St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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    , Newfoundland and Labrador
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    , Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • 2003: Boston
    Boston
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    , Massachusetts
    Massachusetts
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    , USA
  • 2002: Monterey, California
    California
    California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

    , USA
  • 2001: Newport
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    , Rhode Island
    Rhode Island
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    , USA
  • 2000: Portland
    Portland, Oregon
    Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

    , Oregon
    Oregon
    Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

    , USA
  • 1999: Atlanta, Georgia
    Georgia (U.S. state)
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    , USA
  • 1998: Puerto Vallarta
    Puerto Vallarta
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    , Mexico
    Mexico
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  • 1997: Santa Barbara
    Santa Barbara, California
    Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...

    , California
    California
    California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

    , USA
  • 1996: Philadelphia, PA
    Pennsylvania
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    , USA

  • 1995: Ottawa
    Ottawa
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    , Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

    , Canada
    Canada
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  • 1994: Los Angeles
    Los Ángeles
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    , California
    California
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    , USA
  • 1993: Ithaca
    Ithaca
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    , New York
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    , USA
  • 1992: Vancouver
    Vancouver
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    , British Columbia
    British Columbia
    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

    , Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • 1991: Montreal
    Montreal
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    , Quebec
    Quebec
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    , Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • 1990: Quebec City
    Quebec City
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    , Quebec
    Quebec
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    , Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • 1989: Edmonton
    Edmonton
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    , Alberta
    Alberta
    Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

    , Canada
    Canada
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  • 1988: Toronto
    Toronto
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    , Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

    , Canada
    Canada
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  • 1987: Vancouver
    Vancouver
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    , British Columbia
    British Columbia
    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

    , Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • 1986: Calgary
    Calgary
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    , Alberta
    Alberta
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    , Canada
    Canada
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  • 1985: Minaki, Ontario
    Ontario
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    , Canada
    Canada
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  • 1984: Vancouver
    Vancouver
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    , British Columbia
    British Columbia
    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

    , Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • 1983: Montreal
    Montreal
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    , Quebec
    Quebec
    Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

    , Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • 1982: Ottawa
    Ottawa
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    , Ontario
    Ontario
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    , Canada
    Canada
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See also


External links

  • PODC proceedings in ACM
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     digital library.
  • PODC proceedings information in DBLP
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