<div dir="ltr">Hi Chenhao and Duo,<br><br>I am forwarding our correspondence with TAPS Support regarding our HotStorage 2026 camera-ready submission.<br><br>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><br>Please see the email thread below for the full details. <div>Please let us know if any further action is required from us.<br><br>Best regards,<br>Arash Tavakkol<br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Tapssupport</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Tapssupport@aptaracorp.com">Tapssupport@aptaracorp.com</a>></span><br>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">arash82ir@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:chenhaoy@cs.wisc.edu">chenhaoy@cs.wisc.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:chenhaoy@cs.wisc.edu">chenhaoy@cs.wisc.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:duozhang@iastate.edu">duozhang@iastate.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:duozhang@iastate.edu">duozhang@iastate.edu</a>><br>Cc: taps <<a href="mailto:taps@aptaracorp.com">taps@aptaracorp.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg-9199574449430094772">
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<b>Sent:</b> 13 August 2026 14:11<br>
<b>To:</b> Tapssupport <<a href="mailto:Tapssupport@aptaracorp.com" target="_blank">Tapssupport@aptaracorp.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:chenhaoy@cs.wisc.edu" target="_blank">chenhaoy@cs.wisc.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:chenhaoy@cs.wisc.edu" target="_blank">chenhaoy@cs.wisc.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:duozhang@iastate.edu" target="_blank">duozhang@iastate.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:duozhang@iastate.edu" target="_blank">duozhang@iastate.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> HotStorage 2026 Paper - TAPS HTML Conversion Failure</font>
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<div dir="auto">Dear TAPS Support,
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<div dir="auto">We submitted the camera-ready source for our HotStorage 2026 paper, but TAPS reports:</div>
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<div dir="auto">Paper/file: hotstorage26-8</div>
<div dir="auto">Processing date: August 13, 2026</div>
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<div dir="auto">Paper Title: <span style="background-color:rgb(18,19,24);font-size:12.8px">MQSim 2.0: A Framework for Realistic Studies of AI-Era </span><span style="background-color:rgb(18,19,24);font-size:12.8px">SSDs and Disaggregated Storage</span></div>
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<div dir="auto">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 dir="auto">This is a time-sensitive HotStorage 2026 camera-ready submission.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thank you very much,</div>
<div dir="auto">Arash Tavakkol</div>
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