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Dear Alok, </div>
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Yes, the registration is done through SOSP, as I have explained before. </div>
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To register for the workshop, please visit <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fsigops.org%2fs%2fconferences%2fsosp%2f2026%2findex.html%23registration&c=E,1,QoCarrstpEgDQawBC0dvPkzE39dSRiRwKCYApfVO3NG9Y9u9ZrXJnkEUiHv5WGWd_ETWPhOG-6JAKNObACngAZI0nGs1PrOQQytrc3Xo&typo=1" target="_blank" id="OWAeb872b0a-0fa9-0b42-2d64-8cf78c90eb2c" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://sigops.org/s/conferences/sosp/2026/index.html#registration" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
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.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation">It is your choice to decide between (1) full conference + workshops or (2) workshops only. I do highly recommend that you check out the
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list of accepted papers at SOSP</a> and consider attending SOSP. </div>
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I hope this clarifies your questions. </div>
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-Bryan S. Kim</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 30, 2026 02:24<br>
<b>To:</b> Bryan S. Kim <bkim01@syr.edu>; Pradeep Kumar Nalla <pnalla@marvell.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> organizers26@hotstorage.org <organizers26@hotstorage.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Invitation Letter for 18th ACM</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks Bryan,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Yes Vijay Inavolu is also planning to attend.</span></p>
<p class="x_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?</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Since we are not ACM members, should we choose the
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ACM Invitation can only be done after registration?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks,<br>
Alok</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Bryan S. Kim <bkim01@syr.edu>
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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</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style=""><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</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Dear Alok and Pradeep, </span></p>
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<p class="x_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. </span></p>
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<p class="x_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. </span></p>
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<p class="x_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. </span></p>
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<p class="x_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="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">We hope to see you and hear more about your work at the workshop. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">-Bryan S. Kim</span></p>
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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> </p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear HotStorage '26 Organizing Committee,</span></p>
<p class="x_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="x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">which will be held in person on September 28-29, 2026, in Prague, Czech Republic.</span></p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are co-authors of the accepted paper:</span></p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">"CXL Memory for LLM Inference Staging via an On-Device DMA Controller"</span></p>
<p class="x_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="x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">would like to request an official invitation letter to support our visa and travel application process.</span></p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NAME OF PERSON TRAVELLING.</span></p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1.ALOK PRASAD</span></p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2.PRADEEP KUMAR NALLA</span></p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We would greatly appreciate your assistance in providing the invitation letter at your earliest convenience.</span></p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regards</span></p>
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