Full papers
Original research papers submitted for peer review and presentation at the conference, as evidenced by the published list of accepted full papers.
Systems/CORE A*
PODC 2026
ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing
ACM PODC 2026 is an international forum dedicated to the theory, design, analysis, implementation, and application of distributed systems and networks. The conference welcomes papers from all viewpoints—including theory, practice, and experimentation—to advance the understanding of fundamental principles in distributed computing.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Abstract registration
February 12, 2026
AoE
Full paper
February 17, 2026
AoE
Conference timeline
Submission and decisions
Abstract registrationKey deadline
February 12, 2026 · AoE
Full paperKey deadline
February 17, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Brief announcements
Shorter contributions presenting preliminary or condensed results, as indicated by the inclusion of 'Brief Announcements' in the list of accepted papers.
Research areas in scope
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Topics of interest
biological distributed algorithms and systemscoding and reliable communicationcombinatorics and topology of distributed computingcommunication networksconcurrency, synchronization, and persistencedesign and analysis of concurrent and distributed algorithms and data structuresdistributed and cloud storage, replication and consistencydistributed computing for machine learning, artificial intelligence and big datadistributed graph algorithmsdistributed ledgers and decentralized finance protocolsdistributed operating systems, middleware, and databasesdistributed resource management and schedulingfault-tolerance, reliability, self-organization, and self-stabilizationgame-theoretic approaches to distributed computinghigh-performance, cluster, cloud and grid computinginternet applicationslower bounds and impossibility results for distributed computingmobile computing, population protocols and autonomous agentsmodels and languages for distributed computingmultiprocessor and multi-core architectures and algorithmspeer-to-peer systems, overlay networks, and social networksquantum and optics based distributed computingsecurity and cryptography in distributed computingspecifications, semantics, verification, and formal methods for distributed systemssystem-on-chip and network-on-chip architecturestransactional memorywireless, sensor, mesh, and ad hoc networks
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions are subject to double-blind review.
- There is a strict page limit for submissions (implied by the context of camera-ready instructions and accepted paper formats).
- Dual submission to other conferences or journals is not permitted.
- Authors must submit a camera-ready version by the specified deadline (May 20, 2026).
- Author lists cannot be changed after the submission deadline without approval.
- AI-generated content must be disclosed in accordance with ACM policy (implied by standard ACM guidelines referenced in conference context).
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
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Last verified September 9, 2026