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

Wed Sep 16 08:02:45 EDT 2026

Hi all,

Thanks to Sam for his suggestions and to all of you for your response. I
will invite Zhichao and Janki and if they decline then Jason.

Thanks
Ashvin

On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 3:18 AM Xiaosong Ma via Hotstorage-sc <
hotstorage-sc at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> wrote:

> I agree too.
>
> In addition, I hope to nominate Huaicheng Li (A/M), Virginia Tech. In 2025
> he served as HotStorage publicity chair. My recent interaction as one of
> the ASPLOS PC vice chairs (meta reviewers) shows him as very responsible
> and responsive.
>
> Thank you,
> Xiaosong
>
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> *From: *Hotstorage-sc <hotstorage-sc-bounces at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> on behalf
> of Joo-young Hwang via Hotstorage-sc <hotstorage-sc at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>
> *Date: *Friday, 4 September 2026 at 3:44 AM
> *To: *Ali Anwar <aanwar at umn.edu>
> *Cc: *sc at hotstorage.org <sc at hotstorage.org>; André Brinkmann <
> andre.brinkmann at uni-saarland.de>
> *Subject: *Re: [Hotstorage-sc] Hotstorage updates (and request for input)
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> Hi all,
> I also agree with the sam's list.
>
> best,
> Jooyoung
> 2026년 9월 4일 (금) 오전 2:25, Ali Anwar via Hotstorage-sc <
> hotstorage-sc at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>님이 작성:
>
> I also agree with Sam's list.
>
> -Ali
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2026, 12:15 PM Marcos K. Aguilera via Hotstorage-sc <
> hotstorage-sc at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> wrote:
>
> +1 Sam's shortlist
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 12:57 AM YOUJIP WON via Hotstorage-sc <
> hotstorage-sc at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> wrote:
>
> All,
>
>    I hope everyone is doing well. I support Sam's candidate list. All of
> them should be able to perform PC role very well.
>    If we are to select two out three candidates, I think the experience
> and overall research contributions on the storage systems discipline
>    should also be a good measure to take into account.
> Regards,
>
> --yjw
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 10:22 AM André Brinkmann via Hotstorage-sc <
> hotstorage-sc at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think that all three on this shortlist from Sam would do an excellent
> job!
>
> Best regards,
>
> André
>
> Am 03.09.2026 um 02:48 schrieb Sam H. Noh via Hotstorage-sc <
> hotstorage-sc at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>:
>
> 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,gN-pz_dw8prrRIaPnl1GC-o7TdcUxc7T4KlJ1wdBFQiI_e8ixSLW6Zbu3sl5Ym_nkQLPNBBjTkie33haVKwBIWtVuVZn79I_Q0UgGg6d&typo=1
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> 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.
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> 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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