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We appreciate your help with the reviews. For your review preference, you have indicated 20 for only one paper and -20 for the rest.</div>
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However, due to the significant increase in papers this year, we assigned you four papers, which is still half the load of the other reviewers. The three papers assigned (with -20 preference) are about erasure coding, which we believe is an area that you can
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-Bryan and Young-ri</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 18, 2026 02:54<br>
<b>To:</b> Eitan Yaakobi <yaakobi@cs.technion.ac.il><br>
<b>Cc:</b> HotStorage 2026 HotCRP <noreply-hotstorage26@hotcrp.com>; chairs26@hotstorage.org <chairs26@hotstorage.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Hotstorage-chairs] [HotStorage 2026] Review assignments - due July 14</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Dear Eitan Yaakobi,<br>
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You have been assigned new reviews for the 18th ACM Workshop on Hot <br>
Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage 2026). Thank you for your <br>
help and contribution to our research community. Below are the papers <br>
assigned to you.<br>
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* Your reviews: <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fhotstorage26.hotcrp.com%2fsearch%3fq%3dre%3ame&c=E,1,Kg619gdq2nFziuyixYWYnbYxUSVExRoxSCGpluGHH9QGhPDU6NG_TrC7g_GoXuhcE7j5pcC_NimR4AHimC4fl23HI132YzGwbmjKfqP8T1uOVaHyAWTPv5k,&typo=1">
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* New assignments: #53 Breaking the Placement Barrier: Co-located <br>
Erasure Coding with Replication<br>
#63 HORIZON: A Read-Efficient Firmware for DNA Storage with Horizontal <br>
Layout<br>
#168 Asclepius: Duplication and Heterogeneity-Aware Data Repair in <br>
Erasure-Coded Storage Systems<br>
#262 Placement Matters: The Crucial Role of Data Placement in <br>
SHEC-Based Erasure-Coded Storage Systems<br>
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The upcoming important dates are as follows.<br>
* Review due (single round): July 14 (Tuesday), 11:59 PM AOE<br>
* HotCRP online discussion: July 15-19<br>
* Online PC meeting: July 20-21, tentatively<br>
* Notification to authors: July 24<br>
* Camera-ready due: Aug. 12<br>
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Thank you, and please contact PC chairs <chairs26@hotstorage.org> with <br>
any questions or concerns.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
Young-ri Choi and Bryan S. Kim<br>
HotStorage 2026 Program Co-Chairs<br>
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