<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Storage Researcher,<div><br></div><div>I'm writing to remind you that the submissions deadline for the 4th<br>USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems <br>(HotStorage '12) is approaching. Please submit your work by March 12, <br>2012, 9:00 p.m. PST.<br><br><a href="http://www.usenix.org/hotstorage12">http://www.usenix.org/hotstorage12</a><br><br>The HotStorage workshop aims to provide a forum for the cutting edge in<br>storage research, a venue where researchers can exchange ideas and engage <br>in discussions with their colleagues. We expect that workshop submissions<br>will advocate fresh, unorthodox approaches advancing the state of the<br>art in file and storage systems design. Ideas presented in the workshop<br>are expected to lead to work that will appear in top-tier systems<br>conferences in the future.<br><br>Topics of interest include but are not limited to:<br>* Archival storage<br>* Cloud storage<br>* Caching, replication, and data consistency<br>* Energy-efficient storage<br>* File system design<br>* Key-value and NoSQL storage<br>* Mobile storage<br>* New memory hierarchies<br>* New storage architectures<br>* Solid-state storage<br>* Storage at home<br>* Storage security<br>* Storage performance modeling and prediction<br>* Storage quality of service<br>* Storage usability<br>* The challenges of "Big Data"<br>* Transactional database storage<br><br>For more details on the submission process, please see the complete<br>Call for Papers at <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/hotstorage12/cfp/">http://www.usenix.org/events/hotstorage12/cfp/</a><br><br>HotStorage '12 will be part of USENIX Federated Conferences Week,<br>which will take place June 12-15, 2012.<br><br>We look forward to receiving your submissions!<br><br>Raju Rangaswami, Florida International University<br>HotStorage '12 Program Chair<br><a href="mailto:hotstorage12chair@usenix.org">hotstorage12chair@usenix.org</a><br><br>---------------------------------<br>Call for Papers<br>4th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems <br>(HotStorage '12)<br>June 13-14, 2012<br>Boston, MA<br>Part of USENIX Federated Conferences Week, June 12-15, 2012<br><a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/hotstorage12/cfp/">http://www.usenix.org/events/hotstorage12/cfp/</a><br>Submissions deadline: March 12, 2012, 9:00 p.m. PST.<br>---------------------------------<br></div></body></html>