The ACM Symposium on Principles of Database Systems (PODS) is an international research conference on database theory, and has been held yearly since 1982. It is sponsored by three Association for Computing Machinery SIGs, SIGAI, SIGACT, and SIGMOD. Since 1991, PODS has been held jointly with the ACM SIGMOD Conference, a research conference on systems aspects of data management.
| Symposium on Principles of Database Systems | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PODS |
| Discipline | Database theory |
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| Publisher | ACM |
| History | 1982–present |
| Frequency | Annual |
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| Website | sigmod |
PODS is regarded as one of the top conferences in the area of database theory and data algorithms. It holds the highest rating of A* in the CORE2021 ranking [1]. The conference typically accepts between 20 and 40 papers each year, with acceptance rates fluctuating between 25% and 35%.