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Hi Arash,</div>
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Thanks for letting me know. Now that you have submitted to TAPS, no further action is required. Let’s wait for the update on the TAPS side.</div>
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Best,</div>
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<b>From: </b>Arash Tavakkol <arash82ir@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 21:20<br>
<b>To: </b>Chenhao Ye <chenhaoy@cs.wisc.edu>; duo.zhang@sk.com <duo.zhang@sk.com>; chairs26@hotstorage.org <chairs26@hotstorage.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Ji Zhang <r.jizhang@huawei.com>; Shai Aviram Bergman <shai.aviram.bergman@huawei.com>; huangxin (CE) <huangxin213@huawei.com>; jiaxinlei <jiaxinlei@huawei.com>; luolongfei (A) <luolongfei3@huawei.com>; zhangjiaquan <zhangjiaquan269@huawei.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Fwd: HotStorage 2026 Paper - TAPS HTML Conversion Failure<br>
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Hi Chenhao and Duo,<br>
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I am forwarding our correspondence with TAPS Support regarding our HotStorage 2026 camera-ready submission.<br>
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We uploaded all the required source files before the deadline, but there appears to be an issue with the automated conversion of the paper to XML and HTML, which is outside of our control. We reached out to TAPS Support, and they have confirmed that our paper
was successfully uploaded and that they are currently working to resolve the conversion error on their end.<br>
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Please let us know if any further action is required from us.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Arash Tavakkol<br>
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Date: Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM<br>
Subject: Re: HotStorage 2026 Paper - TAPS HTML Conversion Failure<br>
To: Arash Tavakkol <<a href="mailto:arash82ir@gmail.com" data-outlook-id="822419b4-04e4-493d-84df-988d0df2e300">arash82ir@gmail.com</a>>,
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Dear Author,</div>
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Thanks for writing to us.</div>
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We would like to update you that your paper was uploaded with us. Moreover, as TAPS auto-converts the paper source file to XML and HTML, your paper has some conversion errors, and we are working on it. So, there is no need for you to worry. We are looking into
this and will get back to you as soon as possible.</div>
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Thanks & Regards,</div>
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Vikas Chandra</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> 13 August 2026 14:11<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> HotStorage 2026 Paper - TAPS HTML Conversion Failure</span>
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<div class="msg-9199574449430094772" style="direction: ltr;">Dear TAPS Support,</div>
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<div class="msg-9199574449430094772" style="direction: ltr;">We submitted the camera-ready source for our HotStorage 2026 paper, but TAPS reports:</div>
<div class="msg-9199574449430094772" style="direction: ltr;">“Source to HTML conversion issue. File processing has been moved to TAPS Support.”</div>
<div class="msg-9199574449430094772" style="direction: ltr;">Paper/file: hotstorage26-8</div>
<div class="msg-9199574449430094772" style="direction: ltr;">Processing date: August 13, 2026</div>
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<div class="msg-9199574449430094772" style="direction: ltr;">Paper Title: <span style="font-size: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(18, 19, 24);">
MQSim 2.0: A Framework for Realistic Studies of AI-Era SSDs and Disaggregated Storage</span></div>
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<div class="msg-9199574449430094772" style="direction: ltr;">The LaTeX source compiles successfully and produces the expected PDF locally. Could you please check the HTML conversion issue and let me know whether any source changes are required from our side?</div>
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<div class="msg-9199574449430094772" style="direction: ltr;">This is a time-sensitive HotStorage 2026 camera-ready submission.</div>
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<div class="msg-9199574449430094772" style="direction: ltr;">Thank you very much,</div>
<div class="msg-9199574449430094772" style="direction: ltr;">Arash Tavakkol</div>
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