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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear all,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sorry if you receive this CFP multiple times.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The
<b>18th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage ’26)</b> is now calling for paper submissions!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Important Dates:</b></span></p>
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<span style="text-transform: none;" role="presentation">Paper submissions due: <b>
Friday, June 5, 2026, AoE</b></span></li><ul data-start="402" data-end="445">
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<span style="text-transform: none;" role="presentation">HotCRP is open and accepting submissions.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="text-transform: none;" role="presentation">Notification to authors: <b>
Friday, July 24, 2026, AoE</b></span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="text-transform: none;" role="presentation">Final papers due: <b>Wednesday, August 12, 2026, AoE</b></span></li></ul>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Workshop Details:</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">HotStorage ’26 will be held in person on
<b>September 28–29, 2026, in Prague, Czechia</b>, preceding the <b>32nd ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP ’26)</b>. The workshop is sponsored by ACM in cooperation with USENIX, and its proceedings will appear in the ACM Digital Library. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">HotStorage provides a forum for cutting-edge storage research, where academic researchers
and industry practitioners discuss new opportunities and challenges in storage technology. We welcome submissions that propose new research directions, explore non-traditional approaches, or report noteworthy or counterintuitive learnings and experiences in
emerging areas.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Submissions should be forward-looking and discussion-oriented. If you have an early but
promising idea, an unorthodox direction, a position paper, or a new system with initial evidence and open questions, please consider submitting to HotStorage ’26.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For more information, please refer to the Call for Papers:<br>
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.hotstorage.org%2f2026%2f&c=E,1,iSLun2Tz13IoLtdbCUeJdjUcvvKs6n7a5ogHTCMlLpHr9V59O5XswZ3uWwYskKdOeiufsewMu6R9cXBmRr8bcHLyme95Qmn4kjn4mxzJiqJd&typo=1" target="_new" class="decorated-link" rel="noopener" data-start="1595" data-end="1626" data-outlook-id="6483672d-ae72-4e90-9eb0-bd4af2b93054" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">http://www.hotstorage.org/2026/</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Submission site:<br>
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fhotstorage26.hotcrp.com%2f%3futm_source%3dchatgpt.com&c=E,1,y3jNdsL2kNgb3yfcWwqp3FSSqInxhk0O5KWzNIyXkmYcl-ZT4AoZSEaA76WmWgL7gbKiutPddQscOAgK9uluRCd85SFHS7Yn1GWzYc4-DEtN4oG8hXoKUw,,&typo=1" target="_new" class="decorated-link" rel="noopener" data-start="1647" data-end="1679" data-outlook-id="775919c7-26af-4910-8854-4d751a672518" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://hotstorage26.hotcrp.com/</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We look forward to your submissions and hope to see you in Prague for an engaging and
thought-provoking workshop!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best regards,<br>
<b>Nara Batsoyol and Zeren Yang</b><br>
HotStorage ’26 Publicity Chairs</span></p>
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