[Hotstorage-sc] Hotstorage updates (and request for input)

Wed Sep 2 20:52:36 EDT 2026

I agree with Sam's nominations based on what I have seen of their PC
participation and running posters/wips.

A/M Zhichao Cao, Arizona State University (3)
A/M Chun Jason Xue, City University of Hong Kong/Mohamed bin Zayed
University of Artificial Intelligence (3)
A/F Janki Bhimani, FIU (3)

Phil

On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 8:48 PM Sam H. Noh via Hotstorage-sc <
hotstorage-sc at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> wrote:

> My suggestions for the HS 27 chairs would be the following three who have
> recently published as well as actively participated in HS.
> As SOSP will be in Vancouver (correct me if I am wrong) next year, Zhichao
> may have some travel restrictions as, AFIK, he is still waiting for his
> green card.
> Barring this, I think Zhichao and Janki would be my first choice.
>
> A/M Zhichao Cao, Arizona State University (3)
> A/M Chun Jason Xue, City University of Hong Kong/Mohamed bin Zayed
> University of Artificial Intelligence (3)
> A/F Janki Bhimani, FIU (3)
>
> My 2 cents worth.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --- sam
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM Ashvin Goel via Hotstorage-sc <
> hotstorage-sc at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi HotStorage SC,
>>
>> *A) I wanted to update you on ongoing HotStorage activities.*
>>
>> HS '26 (https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.hotstorage.org%2f2026%2f&c=E,1,FIMVhsfBP2f64eW7vJMZkWd6jfAJOPvia5UMKmKnpA7kBs2pYULyVQ7mZq9UML5WsEhwcez39V8Ye1ZJrVUK6-vGpLTmCbdIflSEGpuUeOHJSw2qA8osg1Y,&typo=1
>> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.hotstorage.org%2f2026%2f&c=E,1,NX-ZQy8Bs5Cn5dG-nSp-UUBb5vS2AAEbuIcanFx8DoSzxdO8xFzFnURGLm5QnaUkATUhOECrC3DcCauTAnoAeHh3s-8gmhhI9r00783gW34SIALELuudNJckthoB&typo=1>)
>> is being held as a SOSP workshop this year. Unlike regular SOSP workshops
>> that are one day long, HS '26 will be 1.5 days long (Oct 28, 29). We hope
>> to see you there. If you are planning to attend, please let me know. In a
>> pinch, the PC chairs may ask you to chair a session.
>>
>> While SOSP will cover all our costs for Oct 29, we are covering the costs
>> for Oct 28. However, SOSP did not allow us to charge a separate
>> registration fee for HotStorage (attendees pay a fixed fee for all SOSP
>> workshops). This has raised two issues. First, we don't have a list of
>> HotStorage attendees, which has complicated planning for T-shirts and
>> dinner on Oct 28. We have come up with some workarounds for this issue.
>> Second, our only source of income this year will be sponsorships.
>> Currently, we are somewhat short but we are hoping additional sponsorships
>> will come through. The SIGOPS chairs are aware of the situation and we will
>> be able to use our surplus funds if needed. In the future, we could
>> consider co-locating HotStorage with SOSP but not as an SOSP workshop
>> (similar to APSys 2025). This would allow us more flexibility with
>> registration but would raise our costs as well.
>>
>> Regarding the AI-generated submissions that we discussed previously, the
>> PC chairs informed me that none of the 10 submissions by the (same) authors
>> were accepted. This was because all the papers were below the bar, not due
>> to any specific policy for AI-generated submissions. Our email discussion
>> led to various suggestions for future workshops. We will revisit them in a
>> later meeting when we do the debriefing with the chairs (likely Dec-Jan
>> timeframe).
>>
>> *B) I am looking for your input regarding PC chairs for HS '27.*
>>
>> We need to choose PC chairs for HS '27. This has been delayed, partly
>> because we are following a different schedule this year (my apologies).
>> Instead of waiting to organize a separate meeting, I thought we could try
>> to come to a consensus by email this time.
>>
>> This is our previous list (A/I: academic/industry).
>>
>> A/M Ali Butt
>> A/M Peter Desnoyers
>> A/M Zhichao Cao, ASU
>> A/M Yu Hua
>> I/M Changwoo Min (declined previous invitation due to family reasons)
>> I/M Peter Macko (declined previous invitation due to chairing FAST '27)
>> A/M George Amvrosiadis (chairing FAST '27)
>> I/F Florentina Popovici
>> I/M Andrew Warfield
>> AI/M Hakim Weatherspoon
>> I/F Andromachi Chatzieleftheriou
>> A/F Janki Bhimani
>>
>> I have also compiled the top-ranked authors from the last 5 workshops
>> (2022-2026). There were other people with three papers but many of them
>> were students.
>>
>> A/M Myoungsoo Jung, KAIST (7)
>> A/M Jian Zhang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
>> (Guangzhou) (5)
>> A/M Zhichao Cao, Arizona State University (3)
>> A/M Chun Jason Xue, City University of Hong Kong/Mohamed bin Zayed
>> University of Artificial Intelligence (3)
>> A/F Janki Bhimani, FIU (3)
>>
>> Please let us know your thoughts about the choices above and if you have
>> other people in mind as well.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ashvin
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