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<p><span style="font-size:12pt">Dear Chenhao and Duo,</span></p>

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<div>The authors of Paper #55 mentioned that the eRights form had already been signed with an author list that included the three original authors and two additional authors.</div>

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<div>Since the author list has now been restored to the original three authors, could you please help them reissue or re-sign the eRights agreement with the correct author list?</div>

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<div>Thank you very much for your help.</div>

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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span>Best wishes,</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span>Young-ri</span></span></p>

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<b>보낸 날짜:</b> 2026년 8월 13일 목요일 오전 10:38<br>

<b>받는 사람:</b> Young-ri Choi<br>

<b>제목:</b> RE: Regarding the Post-Acceptance Authorship Change for Paper #55</font>

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<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">Dear Program Chairs</span><span style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">,</span></p>

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<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">Thank you for your message and for your clear explanation of the policy. We sincerely apologize for this situation. </span></p>

<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">We had no intention whatsoever of undermining the integrity of the review process or the conflict-of-interest declarations.</span></p>

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<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">The two additional authors were included because they contributed ideas during the preparation of the camera-ready </span></p>

<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">version, </span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif">and we believed it was appropriate to acknowledge their

 intellectual contribution. However, we were simply </span></p>

<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif">unaware that any post-acceptance authorship change requires prior approval from the Program Chairs along with a </span></p>

<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif">detailed justification. This was an oversight on our part, and we fully accept the decision to restore the author list to </span></p>

<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif">the original authors: Jaewoong Jung, Hyukyul Kang, and Jaegyu Choi.</span></p>

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<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">We deeply appreciate your handling of this matter with such professionalism and clarity.</span></p>

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<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">We do have one procedural question: we have already received and completed the ACM eRights process for the </span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif">camera-</span></p>

<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif">ready version. Could you kindly advise whether any additional steps are needed on our part to reflect the restored author</span></p>

<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif">list, for example, re-issuing or re-signing the eRights agreement?</span></p>

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<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">Thank you again for your time and understanding. We look forward to presenting our work at HotStorage 2026.</span></p>

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</span><span class="cui-origin-b" style="font-weight:bold; font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">Original Message</span><span style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px"> ---------</span></p>

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<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span class="cui-origin-b" style="font-weight:bold; font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">Date</span><span style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px"> : 2026-08-12 21:59

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<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span class="cui-origin-b" style="font-weight:bold; font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px">Title</span><span style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; font-size:13.3333px"> : Regarding the

 Post-Acceptance Authorship Change for Paper #55</span></p>

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<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span>Dear Authors of Paper #55,<br>

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We noticed that the camera-ready version of your paper includes two additional authors, but to the best of our knowledge, no request or explanation for this post-acceptance authorship change was submitted to the Program Chairs by the authors.</span><br>

<span class="cui-origin-span">Post-acceptance authorship changes are generally not permitted because they may undermine the integrity of the review process and the conflict-of-interest (COI) declarations. As stated in the Call for Papers, any such change requires

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 author list to the original authors: Jaewoong Jung, Hyukyul Kang, and Jaegyu Choi.<br>

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<p style="font-family:"맑은 고딕",sans-serif; line-height:1.9"><span>We appreciate your contribution to HotStorage 2026, and we believe the attendees will find your work very interesting. However, as Program Co-Chairs, we have a responsibility to ensure the integrity

 of the peer review process and the consistent application of the ACM authorship policy.<br>

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Thank you for your understanding.<br>

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Best wishes,<br>

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Young-ri Choi and Bryan S. Kim<br>

HotStorage 2026 Program Co-Chairs</span><br>

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