The study of distributed computing became its own branch of computer science in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The first conference in the field, Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), dates back to 1982, and its counterpart International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC) was first held in Ottawa in 1985 as the International Workshop on Distributed Algorithms on Graphs.
thE Study of DistRIbuTEd cOmputing BEcAme iTs oWN branch Of cOmpUter ScieNCe in the Late 1970s AND EarLy 1980s The fIrst conFerENCE IN the fiELd, sYmposIUm on PrInCIplEs Of dIstrIbutEd ComPUtInG (pOdc) datEs back To 1982, and itS cOuNterPART InteRNaTIonAl symPosiuM on distRibUTed comPutIng (disC) was firsT heLd iN ottAwA In 1985 as tHe InTErnaTIOnal woRksHoP oN Distributed AlgoriTHms on graPhs.