Important Dates
- Paper submissions due: Tuesday, March 29, 2022, AoE
- Notification to authors: Thursday, May 12, 2022
- Final papers due: Monday, June 6, 2022
Overview
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 or applications.
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.
Topics of Interest
HotStorage '22 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.
- Application-specific storage
- AI for storage and storage for AI
- Archival storage
- Blockchain storage
- Caching, tiering, replication, and deduplication
- Distributed storage (cloud, container/serverless, edge, mobile)
- Energy-efficient storage
- Erasure coding
- File systems
- Flash/SSD
- HPC storage
- Key-value and NoSQL stores
- Memory-centric storage systems
- Next generation storage (DNA, glass)
- Performance modeling, prediction, and management for storage
- Persistent memory
- Programming models for data management
- Security and privacy of storage
- Smart/Active storage
- Software-defined storage
- Verified storage systems
What to Expect from the Workshop
HotStorage '22 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
chairs22@hotstorage.org to
discuss. Presentation details and guidelines will be communicated to the
authors of the accepted papers.
Submission Instructions
Submissions must be no longer than five (5) two-column pages excluding
references and should be submitted electronically via the submission form at
https://hotstorage22.hotcrp.com/.
Indicating Paper Type. Authors should indicate one of two paper
types in both the submission and on HotCRP: Position
or Regular. 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.
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.
Please follow paper formatting instructions. The author kit,
which contains the Latex style and template, is available
here. 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
chairs22@hotstorage.org.
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.
Originality
Submissions to HotStorage '22 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. We are following the
ACM
Prior Publication and Simultaneous Submissions Policy for the policy we
are following. Questions? Contact the program chairs.
Anonymizing
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 '22
website; rejected submissions will be permanently treated as
confidential.
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 the chairs. The papers will be available online to everyone
beginning on the first day of the workshop.
Declaring and Avoiding Conflicts
When registering a submission, all its co-authors must provide information
about conflicts with the HotStorage '22 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.
Do not declare a conflict if you discussed your submission with a PC
member before the HotStorage '22 PC lists were publicized. Do not declare
a conflict merely because you wish to avoid a review from a specific
committee member; such unethical behavior might result in immediate
rejection. All conflicts will be reviewed to ensure the integrity of
the reviewing process.
Authors and others are prohibited from directly or indirectly communicating
with any HotStorage ’22 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.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Xiaosong Ma (QCRI) and Sudarsun Kannan (Rutgers University)
HotStorage '22 Program Chairs
chairs22@hotstorage.org
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