 PODS began in 1982, and has been held jointly with the SIGMOD conference since 1991.Each year, the group gives out several awards to contributions to the field of data management.The most important of these is the SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award (named after the computer scientist Edgar F. Codd), which is awarded to "innovative and highly significant contributions of enduring value to the development, understanding, or use of database systems and databases".