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podc-related-work

Use when writing the related-work and positioning of an ACM PODC paper — covering the distributed-computing literature lanes (PODC/DISC/SPAA and the JACM / Distributed Computing journals), writing a model-and-bound-precise delta over prior results, distinguishing your model from neighboring ones, and keeping self-citation safe under lightweight double-blind review.

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# PODC Related Work

Position against results, not topics. In distributed-computing theory a "related" paper is one that
proves a **bound in a comparable model**, and your delta must be stated in the currency the field
uses: **model + problem + cost measure + bound**. A related-work section that lists topics ("several
works study consensus") without the bounds and models tells a PODC reviewer nothing.

## The literature lanes

- **PODC and DISC** — the two distributed-theory flagships; most of your closest prior bounds live
  here. They share the Dijkstra Prize and Dissertation Award and much of a reviewer pool, so their
  results are the ones your reviewers know best.
- **SPAA** — parallel algorithms/architectures; relevant for shared-memory and concurrency results,
  less so for message-passing/fault-tolerance.