[Hotstorage-chairs] HotStorage'26 paper — non-student workshop registration requirement

[Tomáš Faltín]

Dear Guilherme,

The requirement for "one full (non-student) registration" applies to the main conference only. So, if you publish on the workshop only, it is not required, although highly encouraged. So, it's up-to-you. All your proposed options are possible. 

Please let us know how you decide. If you go with one of your proposed options or keep it as it is. 

Best,
Tomas Faltin

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Mgr. Tomáš Faltín, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Department of Software Engineering
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
Prague, Czechia
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guilherme Lima <guilherme.lima at sou.inteli.edu.br>
> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2026 11:38 PM
> To: registration at sosp26.cit.tum.de
> Cc: workshop at sosp26.cit.tum.de; tmsasaki at prof.inteli.edu.br;
> chairs26 at hotstorage.org
> Subject: HotStorage'26 paper — non-student workshop registration
> requirement
> 
> Dear SOSP'26 Registration Chairs,
> 
> I am writing about the registration requirement for accepted workshop
> papers.
> 
> Our paper, "To Migrate or Not to Migrate: KOxI, an Evidence-Gated Pipeline for
> Rust-for-Linux Storage Drivers" (DOI 10.1145/3837053.3837340), was
> accepted at HotStorage'26, the 18th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage
> and File Systems, co-located with
> SOSP'26 in Prague. The authors are myself and Tomaz Mikio Sasaki, both at
> Instituto de Tecnologia e Liderança (Inteli), São Paulo, Brazil. I have already
> registered for Conference + Workshops at the student rate, under my ACM
> student membership; the registration is in my name, using this email address.
> 
> I have since seen the reminder that each accepted paper must have at least
> one full (non-student) workshop registration. I understand this to be a
> requirement on the paper rather than on the rate any individual author is
> entitled to, so I would like to confirm how we can best satisfy
> it:
> 
> 1. Does the non-student workshop registration have to belong to the
>    author who attends and presents the paper, or is the requirement
>    satisfied as long as one of the co-authors holds one?
> 
> 2. My co-author, Tomaz Mikio Sasaki, is not a student and is willing to
>    take a workshop-only non-student registration, but is unlikely to
>    travel to Prague. Would that registration satisfy the policy on its
>    own, with me attending and presenting the paper under my current
>    registration? In other words, does the requirement concern the
>    registration itself, or actual attendance by the non-student
>    registrant?
> 
> 3. If neither option applies, would a waiver be possible in our case? We
>    are a small group at a Brazilian undergraduate institution without
>    conference travel funding, and the difference between the student and
>    non-student Conference + Workshops rates is roughly EUR 600, which is
>    substantial for us on top of intercontinental travel.
> 
> If no waiver is possible I will of course upgrade my own registration to the
> non-student rate. I would simply like to be sure which option actually satisfies
> the policy before making the change, so that we do not pay for a registration
> that turns out not to.
> 
> I am happy to provide my ACM member number, my registration
> confirmation, or any other detail that helps you locate the booking.
> 
> Thank you very much for your time.
> 
> Best regards,
> Guilherme Lima
> Instituto de Tecnologia e Liderança (Inteli), São Paulo, Brazil