{"id":34,"date":"2025-10-20T15:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2026\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-02-02T19:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:45:02","slug":"call-for-workshops-and-tutorials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2026\/call-for-workshops-and-tutorials\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for workshops and tutorials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 45th Annual ACM SIGACT-SIGOPS Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC&nbsp;2026) invites submission of proposals for&nbsp;workshops&nbsp;and tutorials&nbsp;to be held in conjunction with PODC&nbsp;2026. PODC&nbsp;is the premier conference in the field of Distributed Computing. PODC&nbsp;workshops&nbsp;and tutorials provide a forum where researchers can exchange opinions, discuss new results and ideas, and provide in-depth presentations of topics of interest to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PODC 2026 will be co-located with SPAA 2026 and ICALP 2026 and will be held in Egham, UK (near London), July&nbsp;6-10, 2026. The days reserved for&nbsp;workshops&nbsp;and tutorials are Monday, July 6th and Friday, July 10th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All proposals will be judged on their merits and a selection of the proposals will be accepted.&nbsp;Workshops&nbsp;and tutorial organizers are encouraged to submit proposals early to allow more time for organizational scheduling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/\">https:\/\/www.podc.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mastodon:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mathstodon.xyz\/@podc_disc\">https:\/\/mathstodon.xyz\/@podc_disc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>X:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/podc_disc\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/podc_disc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Proposal submission deadline: February 28, 2026\u00a0(AoE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final notification of acceptance: March 14, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dates of the\u00a0workshops\u00a0and tutorials: July 6th and July 10th, 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposals should be sent by e-mail to the\u00a0Workshop\u00a0Chairs,\u00a0Siddhartha\u00a0Jayanti\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sjayanti@google.com\">&lt;siddhartha.visveswara.jayanti@dartmouth.edu><\/a>\u00a0and Quanquan C. Liu\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sjayanti@google.com\">&lt;quanquan.liu@yale.edu><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A proposal should include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Title of the\u00a0workshop\u00a0or tutorial<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A description of the subject matter and why it would be of interest to the PODC\u00a0community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Name(s) and contact information of the organizer(s)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proposed format (e.g., invited speakers only, or peer-reviewed papers with proceedings, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Length (e.g., full-day, half-day, two hours)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Estimated number of speakers and attendees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Link to previous editions of the same\u00a0workshop\u00a0(if applicable)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, please don&#8217;t hesitate to contact&nbsp;Siddhartha and Quanquan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scope<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Potential topics for&nbsp;workshops&nbsp;and tutorials range all aspects of distributed computing,&nbsp;including traditional and emerging areas of study such as (but not restricted to):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>distributed algorithms: design, analysis, and complexity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>multiprocessor and multicore algorithms and architectures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>concurrency, concurrent and asynchronous algorithms, concurrent programming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>shared and transactional memory, synchronization protocols, concurrent programming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fault-tolerance, reliability, availability, self-organization, self-stabilization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>formal methods, machine-verification, and model-checking in distributed computing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>specification, semantics, and verification of concurrent algorithms and systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>distributed operating systems, middleware platforms, databases<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>distributed computation on graphs and networks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>communication networks: algorithms, architectures, services, protocols, applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>codes and reliable communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>internet applications, social networks, recommendation systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>peer-to-peer systems, overlay networks, distributed data management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sensor, mesh, and ad hoc networks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>nanonetworks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>wireless networks, mobile computing, autonomous agents and robots<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dynamic, adaptive and machine learning-based distributed algorithms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>game-theoretic approaches to distributed computing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>distributed mechanisms design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>high-performance computing, cluster computing, cloud computing, and grid computing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>context-aware distributed systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>security in distributed computing, cryptographic protocols<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>distributed cryptocurrencies and blockchain protocols<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>biological distributed algorithms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>optics-based distributed algorithms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>quantum distributed computing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>relativistic distributed computing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 45th Annual ACM SIGACT-SIGOPS Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC&nbsp;2026) invites submission of proposals for&nbsp;workshops&nbsp;and tutorials&nbsp;to be held in conjunction with PODC&nbsp;2026. PODC&nbsp;is the premier conference in the field of Distributed Computing. PODC&nbsp;workshops&nbsp;and tutorials provide a forum where researchers can exchange opinions, discuss new results and ideas, and provide in-depth presentations of topics &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2026\/call-for-workshops-and-tutorials\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Call for workshops and tutorials&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}