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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks Bryan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Yes Vijay Inavolu is also planning to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Couple of queries though , do all travelers need to register through SOSP ? If so, which option should we select during registration?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Since we are not ACM members, should we choose the
<b>Non-Member Workshop</b> option?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ACM Invitation can only be done after registration?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks,<br>
Alok<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 30, 2026 7:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alok Prasad <palok@marvell.com>; Pradeep Kumar Nalla <pnalla@marvell.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> organizers26@hotstorage.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: Invitation Letter for 18th ACM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Dear Alok and Pradeep, Vijay Inavolu had sent us a similar request about workshop registration and the invitation letter regarding your paper, although he was not
one of the authors. Below was my response to the earlier e-mail. Hello, I am Bryan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Dear Alok and Pradeep, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Vijay Inavolu had sent us a similar request about workshop registration and the invitation letter regarding your paper, although he was not one of the authors. Below was my response to
the earlier e-mail. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Hello, I am Bryan S. Kim, one of the program committee co-chairs for this year's HotStorage. I first want to congratulate you on the (conditional) acceptance of your work. Please work with
your assigned shepherd (Eunji Lee) to complete the final version of the paper. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">To register for the workshop, please visit
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sigops.org_s_conferences_sosp_2026_index.html-23registration&d=DwMFAg&c=nKjWec2b6R0mOyPaz7xtfQ&r=Qj20_cZkWXAFqNr-izZFek2OlLDmWE9MPvNfQbrTWW4&m=I5crDrvEK1h5URuVS0cy4o22uJ4yOAvMiroK5688VTERUOd_0g4OP-7OmMQKH9EP&s=zj48dxl5MaIGUzLFirExETT662_B4gnGxVfHbRcM7LE&e=" target="_blank" title="https://sigops.org/s/conferences/sosp/2026/index.html#registration">
this year's SOSP (Symposium on Operating Systems Principles) webpage</a>. This year's HotStorage is co-located with SOSP, and SOSP will handle the registration. At least one author needs to register to travel to the workshop for the presentation, once conditionally
accepted. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">The invitation letter (for VISA) can be obtained through
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__supportletters.acm.org_&d=DwMFAg&c=nKjWec2b6R0mOyPaz7xtfQ&r=Qj20_cZkWXAFqNr-izZFek2OlLDmWE9MPvNfQbrTWW4&m=I5crDrvEK1h5URuVS0cy4o22uJ4yOAvMiroK5688VTERUOd_0g4OP-7OmMQKH9EP&s=fNEnkaffJepUONHPOvyRRrcBUPifg0HQ990WBB06ikc&e=" target="_blank" title="https://supportletters.acm.org/">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">We hope to see you and hear more about your work at the workshop. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">-Bryan S. Kim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Hotstorage-organizers <<a href="mailto:hotstorage-organizers-bounces@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu">hotstorage-organizers-bounces@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu</a>>
on behalf of Alok Prasad via Hotstorage-organizers <<a href="mailto:hotstorage-organizers@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu">hotstorage-organizers@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 28, 2026 20:50<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:organizers26@hotstorage.org">organizers26@hotstorage.org</a> <<a href="mailto:organizers26@hotstorage.org">organizers26@hotstorage.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Pradeep Kumar Nalla <<a href="mailto:pnalla@marvell.com">pnalla@marvell.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Hotstorage-organizers] Invitation Letter for 18th ACM</span> <o:p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear HotStorage '26 Organizing Committee,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are planning to attend The 18th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage '26),
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">which will be held in person on September 28-29, 2026, in Prague, Czech Republic.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are co-authors of the accepted paper:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">"CXL Memory for LLM Inference Staging via an On-Device DMA Controller"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As co-authors of this accepted paper, we plan to participate in the workshop and
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">would like to request an official invitation letter to support our visa and travel application process.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NAME OF PERSON TRAVELLING.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1.ALOK PRASAD</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2.PRADEEP KUMAR NALLA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We would greatly appreciate your assistance in providing the invitation letter at your earliest convenience.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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