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Dear Young-ri and Bryan,<br><br>I am writing to express my interest in serving as a program committee reviewer for HotStorage 2026, the 18th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems, co-located with SOSP 2026 in Prague, September 28–29.<br><br>I am a Database Engineer III at Amazon Web Services (AWS), with nearly seven years of experience in cloud storage systems, distributed file systems, and large-scale data management. My daily work directly addresses the challenges HotStorage focuses on — I design, evaluate, and operate cloud-native storage systems for enterprise customers globally, including Amazon RDS storage backends, Aurora storage architectures, Amazon Redshift distributed storage, and AWS DMS high-throughput storage pipelines. I work daily with emerging storage challenges: cloud-native storage optimization, disaggregated storage, AI/ML workload storage patterns, and operational lessons from large-scale deployments.<br><br>I hold an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and am recognized as an AWS Database Migration Service Subject Matter Expert. I am also a published author on the AWS Database Blog, with four articles:<br>- AWS DMS Key Troubleshooting Metrics and Performance Enhancers (<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/aws-dms-key-troubleshooting-metrics-and-performance-enhancers/">https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/aws-dms-key-troubleshooting-metrics-and-performance-enhancers/</a>)<br>- Manage Long Running Transactions for AWS DMS Performance (<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/manage-long-running-transactions-for-aws-dms-performance/">https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/manage-long-running-transactions-for-aws-dms-performance/</a>)<br>- Grouping Database Tables in AWS DMS Tasks for Oracle Source Engine (<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/grouping-database-tables-in-aws-dms-tasks-for-oracle-source-engine/">https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/grouping-database-tables-in-aws-dms-tasks-for-oracle-source-engine/</a>)<br>- Group Database Tables Under AWS DMS Tasks for PostgreSQL Source Engine (<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/group-database-tables-under-aws-database-migration-service-tasks-for-postgresql-source-engine/">https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/group-database-tables-under-aws-database-migration-service-tasks-for-postgresql-source-engine/</a>)<br><br>I would be glad to contribute practitioner-level reviews on cloud storage architectures, distributed storage systems, AI/ML storage workloads, and operational experience from large-scale storage deployments.<br><br>My LinkedIn profile: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/manojit-sahasardar">https://www.linkedin.com/in/manojit-sahasardar</a><br><br>Thank you for your consideration.<br><br>Best regards,<br>Manojit Saha Sardar<br>Database Engineer III, Amazon Web Services<br><a href="mailto:manojit.sahasardar@gmail.com">manojit.sahasardar@gmail.com</a> | +1 (847) 902-5369</div>