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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">The
<b>18th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage ’26)</b> is now calling for paper submissions!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Important Dates:</b></span></p>
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Paper submissions due: <b>Friday, June 12, 2026, AoE</b></li><ul style="flex-direction: column; display: flex;">
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HotCRP is open and accepting submissions.</li></ul>
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Notification to authors: <b>Friday, July 24, 2026, AoE</b></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; text-indent: 0px; align-self: start;">
Final papers due: <b>Wednesday, August 12, 2026, AoE</b></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Workshop Details:</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">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>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">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>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">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>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">For more information, please refer to the Call for Papers:<br>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Submission site:<br>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">We look forward to your submissions and hope to see you in Prague for an engaging and thought-provoking workshop!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Best regards,<br>
<b>Nara Batsoyol and Zeren Yang</b><br>
HotStorage ’26 Publicity Chairs</span></p>
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