<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt" ><div dir="ltr" ><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt" ><div dir="ltr" ><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Call for Papers</span></b></h2>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Hotstorage ’21</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><a href="http://www.hotstorage.org/hotstorage21" target="_blank" >http://www.hotstorage.org/hotstorage21</a></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >The </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >13th Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage '21)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" > will take place July 27-28, 2021 in association with the </span><a href="https://www.systor.org/2021/" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" ><span>2021 ACM International System and Storage Conference</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" > (SYSTOR ’21). We expect that HotStorage ‘21 will receive sponsorship from the ACM such that publications will appear in the ACM Digital Library and will be held in cooperation with USENIX.</span></b></p>
<h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:3pt;padding:4pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Important Dates</span></b></h2>
<ul dir="ltr" > <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Paper submissions due:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" > Friday, April 30, 2021, AoE</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Notification to authors: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Tuesday, June 8, 2021</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 3pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Final papers due: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Tuesday, June 29, 2021</span></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" > </b></li></ul>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Workshop Organizers</span></b></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Program Chairs</span></b></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Philip Shilane, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Dell Technologies</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Youjip Won, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)</span></b></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" > </b></h3>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Organizing Committee</span></b></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Ali Anwar, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >IBM Research</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Umesh Deshpande, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >IBM Research</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Travis Janssen,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" > IBM Research</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Lukas Rupprecht, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >IBM Research</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Dimitris Skourtis, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Vectorized Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" > </span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Vasily Tarasov, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >IBM Research</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Luna Xu Yamada, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >IBM Research</span></b></p>
<h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:12pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Overview</span></b></h2>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >The HotStorage workshop provides a forum for cutting-edge storage research, a place where researchers and industry practitioners can discuss new opportunities and challenges in storage technology. Submissions should propose new research directions, explore non-traditional approaches, or report on noteworthy or counterintuitive learnings and experience in emerging areas. Submissions will be judged on their originality, technical merit, topical relevance, and the likelihood of leading to insightful discussions that will influence future storage systems design and applications.</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >In keeping with the goals of the HotStorage workshop, the review process will favor submissions that are forward-looking and open-ended. If you are only a few months away from submitting to FAST, NSDI, EuroSys, VLDB, OSDI, SOSP, etc. you are probably already past the sweet spot for HotStorage. If you have a forward-looking or unorthodox idea or new research, and some evidence or early working system to support your view, but still have open questions, please consider bringing your work to HotStorage. The program committee will also welcome position papers that solicit discussion on controversial topics, introduce emerging methods and paradigms, or call out for new research directions.</span></b></p>
<h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:4pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Topics of Interest</span></b></h2>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >HotStorage '21 welcomes innovative submissions in the broad areas of storage, data management, data applications, and cross-disciplinary topics that relate to these. Specific areas are below but are not exhaustive.</span></b></p>
<ul dir="ltr" > <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Application-specific storage</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Applications of machine learning and deep learning to storage</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Archival storage </span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Blockchain storage</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Caching, tiering, and replication </span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Cloud storage</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Container and serverless storage</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Distributed storage </span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Edge device (sensors, home, and IoT, etc.) storage</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Energy-efficient storage</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Erasure coding</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 3pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >File systems</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Flash/SSD</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Key-value and NoSQL stores</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Memory-centric storage systems</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Mobile storage</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Next generation storage (DNA, glass)</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Performance modeling and prediction for storage</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Persistent memory</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Programming models for data management</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Quality of service for storage</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Security and privacy of storage</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Software-defined storage</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Storage for analytics applications</span></b></li> <li role="presentation" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Verified storage systems</span></b></li></ul>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >What to Expect from the Workshop</span></b></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >HotStorage '21 will be a two-day virtual workshop with video presentations of each paper followed by discussion. At least one author of each accepted paper must attend the virtual workshop to participate in discussions and answer questions; if you have any questions or concerns about attending the workshop as a presenting author, please contact the program co-chairs via </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#336db1;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >chairs21@hotstorage.org</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" > to discuss. Presentation details and guidelines will be communicated to the authors of the accepted papers. </span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Paper presentations will each be 15 minutes plus Q&A. There will also be an online discussion for each paper, which will provide another forum for engagement. </span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Submission Instructions</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Submissions must be no longer than five (5) two-column pages excluding references and should be submitted electronically via the submission form. The URL of the submission form will be shared closer to the submission deadline.</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Indicating Paper Type.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" > Authors should indicate one of two paper types in both the submission and on HotCRP: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Position</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" > or </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Regular</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >. Paper titles should be prefixed by their type in the submission. For example, “Position: XYZ”. Position titles should explicitly state and argue for a position; the more interesting or forward-looking the position, the better the paper is a match for HotStorage. Position papers may also be used to put forward a vision for storage systems. Regular papers might contain a new and interesting result that is at an early stage and not yet ready for a conference submission. </span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Papers should be submitted electronically as a PDF. All text and figures must fit within a 7”x9” text block, centered on the page, using two columns with .33 inches of separation. The paper should be typeset using a 10-point font (Times New Roman or similar) with a 12-point (single-spaced) leading.</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:3pt 0pt 11pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Please follow </span><a href="https://www.systor.org/2021/files/sample-systor2021-paper.pdf" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" ><span>paper formatting instructions</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >. The author kit, which contains the Latex style and template, </span><a href="https://www.systor.org/2021/files/systor2021_paper_template.zip" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" ><span>is available here</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >. Please ensure that your paper satisfies all the above requirements for content and formatting before submission; if you have a question about any of these issues, please email the program chairs </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0d7373;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >chairs21@hotstorage.org</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >.</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Additional instructions regarding camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be sent directly to the corresponding authors and will appear here online closer to the deadline.</span></b></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:5pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Originality</span></b><br><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Submissions to HotStorage '21 may not be under consideration for any other venue. Simultaneous submission of the same work to multiple venues, submission of previously published work, or plagiarism constitutes dishonesty or fraud. HotStorage, like other scientific and technical conferences and journals, prohibits these practices and may take action against authors who have committed them. See the </span><a href="https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/simultaneous-submissions" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" ><span>ACM Prior Publication and Simultaneous Submissions Policy</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" > for the policy we are following. Questions? Contact your program chairs.</span></b></h3>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:8pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Anonymizing</span></b><br><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >The review process is double-blind. Authors must not be identified in the submissions, either explicitly or by implication. When it is necessary to cite your own work, cite it as if it were written by a third party. Do not say "reference removed for blind review." Papers from industry may identify the company or the product. For example, it is acceptable to talk about Company X's Product Y (X and Y need not be blinded). Papers accompanied by nondisclosure agreement forms will not be considered. Accepted submissions will be treated as confidential prior to publication on the HotStorage '21 website; rejected submissions will be permanently treated as confidential.</span></b></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >All papers will be available online to registered attendees before the workshop. If your accepted paper should not be published prior to the event, please notify </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >the chairs</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >. The papers will be available online to everyone beginning on the first day of the workshop.</span></b></p>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:10pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Declaring and Avoiding Conflicts</span></b></h3>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >When registering a submission, all its co-authors must provide information about conflicts with the HotStorage'21 program committee (PC) members. You are conflicted with a member if: (1) you are currently employed at the same institution, have been previously employed at the same institution within the past two years, or are going to begin employment at the same institution; (2) you have a past or present association as thesis advisor or advisee (no time limit); (3) you have collaborated on a project, publication, grant proposal, or editorship within the past two years; or (4) you have spouse or first-degree relative relations.</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Do not declare a conflict if you discussed your submission with a PC member before the HotStorage '21 PC lists were publicized. Do not declare a conflict merely because you wish to avoid a review from a specific committee member; such unethical behaviour might result in immediate rejection. All conflicts will be reviewed to ensure the integrity of the reviewing process.</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Authors and others are prohibited from directly or indirectly communicating with any HotStorage ’21 PC member about any potentially submitted paper. All requests should be made exclusively to chairs. Violations of these guidelines may seek remedies as stipulated by the ACM.</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >We look forward to receiving your submissions!</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >Philip Shilane (Dell Technologies) and Youjip Won (KAIST)</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" >HotStorage '21 Program Chairs</span></b></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" ><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b2afc5e-7fff-d5b1-ef12-f063cbcb662a" style="font-weight:normal;" ><a href="mailto:chairs21@hotstorage.org" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" ><span>chairs21@hotstorage.org</span></a></b></p></div></div></div>
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