<div dir="ltr">Hi Chairs,<div><br></div><div>I apologize that I won't be able to take this on. I have been traveling the last few weeks, and plan to start with HotStorage reviews this weekend. But I have to also catch up on email and other work. I just completed my 1st year as a faculty member, and so unfortunately I don't yet have any PhD students that I could delegate reviews to :-(</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you understand.</div><div><br></div><div>kram</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM Bryan S. Kim <<a href="mailto:bkim01@syr.edu">bkim01@syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1474614250347077849">




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Thank you for your contribution and service to HotStorage'26! </div>
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One of the assigned PC members for #262 (<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fhotstorage26.hotcrp.com%2fpaper%2f262&c=E,1,8cz-_YTyjggcdZKbO47Z5rDOyEqdbaAE10dHzXSPOgs_UtKmymtPJg_T_ieqaiTlDK9oNCGHhDQSrnqkO-o4swWZRNFXmLF0tddhAYO10v_5rEOITfXkOdU,&typo=1" id="m_1474614250347077849OWAfa2a832a-6f0e-d803-41b3-e8de55ae3de7" title="https://hotstorage26.hotcrp.com/paper/262" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px" target="_blank">https://hotstorage26.hotcrp.com/paper/262</a>)
 is unable to review the paper. Would you be able to review this paper instead? To mitigate the added load, we would assign you as a secondary reviewer, who has the option to delegate to an external reviewer. </div>
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We are hoping you will be okay with this - please let us know. </div>
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Thank you.</div>
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