The scope of PODC is similar to the scope of International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC),[2] with the main difference being geographical: DISC is usually organized in European locations,[3] while PODC has been traditionally held in North America.
[4] The Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing is presented alternately at PODC and at DISC.
Between 1982 and 2009, PODC was always held in a North American location – usually in the United States or Canada, and once in Mexico.
Since 2000, a review of the PODC conference appears in the year-ending issue of the ACM SIGACT News Distributed Computing Column.
[16] The review is usually written by a member of the distributed computing research community.