[Hotstorage-organizers] Invitation Letter for 18th ACM

Fri Jul 31 08:10:28 EDT 2026

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://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fsigops.org%2fs%2fconferences%2fsosp%2f2026%2findex.html%23registration&c=E,1,U40bIBHBkB8V-r7rMvv6rbsOHnaGoSgI8NyiUlyRkICA5yXfJGe8pstbS7NRXIURF6A2v4ck9VQYK81t3_FX-IOg7rh1yQu-1HaPfYkQDMuI_9kNKdr_&typo=1>. This year's HotStorage is co-located with SOSP, and SOSP will handle the registration.

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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://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fsigops.org%2fs%2fconferences%2fsosp%2f2026%2faccepted.html&c=E,1,QOPSnQu8nPv8C3_h-uVOyPEP1tsXaFRaGais2EMka4kAXwkJpXFX9K6OZkLmkLZKNK_XZ9qDjoUQads0qt_W5C9zgN8q31Ulohb62y-PAZ0wIDPNUqE,&typo=1> and consider attending SOSP.
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If you are not an ACM member, you would choose the non-member option.
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I would imagine that the Visa support letter request<https://supportletters.acm.org/> 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>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2026 02:24
To: Bryan S. Kim <bkim01 at syr.edu>; Pradeep Kumar Nalla <pnalla at marvell.com>
Cc: organizers26 at hotstorage.org <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

From: Bryan S. Kim <bkim01 at syr.edu>
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To: Alok Prasad <palok at marvell.com>; Pradeep Kumar Nalla <pnalla at marvell.com>
Cc: 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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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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