[Hotstorage-organizers] Invitation Letter for 18th ACM

Alok Prasad palok at marvell.com
Tue Aug 11 23:39:10 EDT 2026 

Hi Bryan,
Thanks for the detailed explanation and for taking the time to help with these small visa-related queries. I really appreciate it.
It would be great to meet you at the workshop as well, and I look forward to our conversation there.

Thanks again for your help.
Regards,
Alok


From: Bryan S. Kim <bkim01 at syr.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 8:08 AM
To: Alok Prasad <palok at marvell.com>
Cc: Pradeep Kumar Nalla <pnalla at marvell.com>; organizers26 <organizers26 at hotstorage.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Invitation Letter for 18th ACM

Dear Alok, I encourage you to list the information in the ACM's visa support letter. None of the organizers are local to Czechia, so you should write the hotel address for item #30. There is no physical address or telephone number for HotStorage. 
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Dear Alok,

I encourage you to list the information in the ACM's visa support letter.

  *   None of the organizers are local to Czechia, so you should write the hotel address for item #30.

  *   There is no physical address or telephone number for HotStorage. Please list ACM (the publisher) for item #31.

As an addendum, as with most academic conferences and workshops, HotStorage is not a company, and it exists to serve the research community. All of our organizers (chairs and reviewers) have their own home institutions (listed on the workshop webpage<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.hotstorage.org_2026_organizers.html&d=DwMF_g&c=nKjWec2b6R0mOyPaz7xtfQ&r=Qj20_cZkWXAFqNr-izZFek2OlLDmWE9MPvNfQbrTWW4&m=S12hHnHJtiOChQboHM5O7VHnbaAd9bKmBV8eorV-WPmOeXEfv_kg2Ubkc_7_drOX&s=c4pCNaPeiABP-daitpVLJh2ARDxXGQxeTO9BtiLxfRE&e=>), and its composition changes year to year; thus, there is no name and contact details for "company/organization."

I hope to see you at the workshop, and perhaps we can chat more about this.

-Bryan S. Kim, HotStorage'26 program co-chair


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From: Hotstorage-organizers <hotstorage-organizers-bounces at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu<mailto:hotstorage-organizers-bounces at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>> on behalf of Alok Prasad via Hotstorage-organizers <hotstorage-organizers at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu<mailto:hotstorage-organizers at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>>
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Cc: Pradeep Kumar Nalla <pnalla at marvell.com<mailto:pnalla at marvell.com>>
Subject: Re: [Hotstorage-organizers] Invitation Letter for 18th ACM




Hi Organizers,

Can you please send us below details.

Specially Name and contact details



Thanks,

Alok

From: Alok Prasad
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2026 11:10 AM
To: 'Bryan S. Kim' <bkim01 at syr.edu<mailto:bkim01 at syr.edu>>; Pradeep Kumar Nalla <pnalla at marvell.com<mailto:pnalla at marvell.com>>
Cc: 'organizers26 at hotstorage.org' <organizers26 at hotstorage.org<mailto:organizers26 at hotstorage.org>>
Subject: RE: Invitation Letter for 18th ACM



In fact few more fields.



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Thanks,

Alok



From: Alok Prasad
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2026 11:08 AM
To: Bryan S. Kim <bkim01 at syr.edu<mailto:bkim01 at syr.edu>>; Pradeep Kumar Nalla <pnalla at marvell.com<mailto:pnalla at marvell.com>>
Cc: organizers26 at hotstorage.org<mailto:organizers26 at hotstorage.org>
Subject: RE: Invitation Letter for 18th ACM



Thanks Bryan,

I Understand. Not an issue we have registered for the event now.

In the VISA Form we need to fill



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Can we get details of Inviting person , with email and contact .?



Thanks,

Alok



From: Bryan S. Kim <bkim01 at syr.edu<mailto:bkim01 at syr.edu>>
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2026 5:29 PM
To: Alok Prasad <palok at marvell.com<mailto:palok at marvell.com>>; Pradeep Kumar Nalla <pnalla at marvell.com<mailto:pnalla at marvell.com>>
Cc: organizers26 at hotstorage.org<mailto:organizers26 at hotstorage.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Invitation Letter for 18th ACM



Dear Alok, I regret to inform you that there are no complimentary passes. Furthermore, the registrations are handled by SOSP (the main conference), and it is not within our authority to give out (full) discounts. Furthermore, SOSP only offers

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Dear Alok,



I regret to inform you that there are no complimentary passes. Furthermore, the registrations are handled by SOSP (the main conference), and it is not within our authority to give out (full) discounts. Furthermore, SOSP only offers registration discounts for students and ACM members.



-Bryan S. Kim

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From: Alok Prasad <palok at marvell.com<mailto:palok at marvell.com>>
Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2026 00:58
To: Bryan S. Kim <bkim01 at syr.edu<mailto:bkim01 at syr.edu>>; Pradeep Kumar Nalla <pnalla at marvell.com<mailto:pnalla at marvell.com>>
Cc: organizers26 at hotstorage.org<mailto:organizers26 at hotstorage.org> <organizers26 at hotstorage.org<mailto:organizers26 at hotstorage.org>>
Subject: RE: Invitation Letter for 18th ACM



Hi Bryan,



We only intend to present our paper in workshop. Do authors receive a complimentary pass for presenting the paper?



Thanks,

Alok



From: Bryan S. Kim <bkim01 at syr.edu<mailto:bkim01 at syr.edu>>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2026 5:40 PM
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Cc: organizers26 at hotstorage.org<mailto:organizers26 at hotstorage.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Invitation Letter for 18th ACM



Dear Alok, Yes, the registration is done through SOSP, as I have explained before. To register for the workshop, please visit this year's SOSP (Symposium on Operating Systems Principles) webpage. This year's HotStorage is co-located with SOSP,

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Dear Alok,



Yes, the registration is done through SOSP, as I have explained before.

To register for the workshop, please visit this year's SOSP (Symposium on Operating Systems Principles) webpage<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sigops.org_s_conferences_sosp_2026_index.html-23registration&d=DwMF_g&c=nKjWec2b6R0mOyPaz7xtfQ&r=Qj20_cZkWXAFqNr-izZFek2OlLDmWE9MPvNfQbrTWW4&m=EnhCcoV-fG0tEnD_efLI1XsNbrNyjPG9b_dJ1aOTKqWnzMrsNo_8m45gWtsOIK6l&s=ZyyWsueq-dUPfU4X70XdJS6UpjXJRo4s0dqtpwQ-Oxk&e=>. This year's HotStorage is co-located with SOSP, and SOSP will handle the registration.

  *   It is your choice to decide between (1) full conference + workshops or (2) workshops only. I do highly recommend that you check out the list of accepted papers at SOSP<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sigops.org_s_conferences_sosp_2026_accepted.html&d=DwMF_g&c=nKjWec2b6R0mOyPaz7xtfQ&r=Qj20_cZkWXAFqNr-izZFek2OlLDmWE9MPvNfQbrTWW4&m=EnhCcoV-fG0tEnD_efLI1XsNbrNyjPG9b_dJ1aOTKqWnzMrsNo_8m45gWtsOIK6l&s=V1ABSUIlb1oNoPkkDQmoUecAgePu4RAa8WLiddbfDkg&e=> and consider attending SOSP.

  *   If you are not an ACM member, you would choose the non-member option.

  *   I would imagine that the Visa support letter request<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__supportletters.acm.org_&d=DwMF_g&c=nKjWec2b6R0mOyPaz7xtfQ&r=Qj20_cZkWXAFqNr-izZFek2OlLDmWE9MPvNfQbrTWW4&m=EnhCcoV-fG0tEnD_efLI1XsNbrNyjPG9b_dJ1aOTKqWnzMrsNo_8m45gWtsOIK6l&s=f62pLdxOqwyk2vYS5rkyJ7QtLLhzbkBelsEyMgU0PtA&e=> would ask for the registration confirmation number.



I hope this clarifies your questions.



-Bryan S. Kim



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From: Alok Prasad <palok at marvell.com<mailto:palok at marvell.com>>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2026 02:24
To: Bryan S. Kim <bkim01 at syr.edu<mailto:bkim01 at syr.edu>>; Pradeep Kumar Nalla <pnalla at marvell.com<mailto:pnalla at marvell.com>>
Cc: organizers26 at hotstorage.org<mailto:organizers26 at hotstorage.org> <organizers26 at hotstorage.org<mailto:organizers26 at hotstorage.org>>
Subject: RE: Invitation Letter for 18th ACM



Thanks Bryan,



Yes Vijay Inavolu  is also planning to attend.

Couple of queries though , do all travelers need to register through SOSP ? If so, which option should we select during registration?

Since we are not ACM members, should we choose the Non-Member Workshop option?



ACM Invitation can only be done after registration?



Thanks,
Alok









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Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2026 7:33 AM
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Cc: organizers26 at hotstorage.org<mailto:organizers26 at hotstorage.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Invitation Letter for 18th ACM



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

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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 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.



To register for the workshop, please visit this year's SOSP (Symposium on Operating Systems Principles) webpage<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=>. 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.



The invitation letter (for VISA) can be obtained through ACM<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=>.



We hope to see you and hear more about your work at the workshop.

-Bryan S. Kim



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Cc: Pradeep Kumar Nalla <pnalla at marvell.com<mailto:pnalla at marvell.com>>
Subject: [Hotstorage-organizers] Invitation Letter for 18th ACM



Dear HotStorage '26 Organizing Committee,

We are planning to attend The 18th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage '26),

which will be held in person on September 28-29, 2026, in Prague, Czech Republic.



We are co-authors of the accepted paper:

"CXL Memory for LLM Inference Staging via an On-Device DMA Controller"

As co-authors of this accepted paper, we plan to participate in the workshop and

would like to request an official invitation letter to support our visa and travel application process.



NAME OF PERSON TRAVELLING.

1.ALOK PRASAD

2.PRADEEP KUMAR NALLA





We would greatly appreciate your assistance in providing the invitation letter at your earliest convenience.



Regards
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