ICDCS was launched by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP) in October 1979. It was held every 18 months until1983 and has been held annually since 1984. It is the oldest conference in the field of distributed computing systems in the world.

The past conference locations were:
 

2002: Vienna, Austria	1994: Poznan, Poland	1987: Berlin, Germany
2001: Phoenix, AZ, USA	1993: Pittsburgh, PA, USA	1986: Cambridge, MA, USA
2000: Taipei, Taiwan	1992: Yokohama, Japan	1985: Denver, CO, USA
1999: Austin, TX, USA	1991: Arlington, TX, USA	1984: San Francisco, CA, USA
1998: Amsterdam, The Netherlands	1990: Paris, France	1982: Hollywood, FL, USA
1997: Baltimore, MD, USA	1989: Newport Beach, CA, USA	1981: Versailles, France
1996: Hong Kong	1988: San Jose, CA, USA	1979: Huntsville, AL, USA
1995: Vancouver,  BC, Canada

A listing of the contents of nearly all ICDCS proceedings can be found here.
                                                                      
 
 
 
 
                                           
 
 
 
 
 
                                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
                  ICDCS Future:
                  (subject to change):
                  2003: Providence, RI
                  2004: Keio University, Japan