HotStorage 2018 - 10th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems

The purpose of the HotStorage workshop is to provide a forum for the cutting edge in storage research, where both researchers and industry practitioners can exchange and debate new opportunities in our field. The workshop seeks submissions that explore longer-term challenges and opportunities in storage technology and research. Submissions should propose new research directions, advocate non-traditional approaches, or report on noteworthy learnings and experience in emerging areas. We particularly value submissions that effectively advocate fresh, unorthodox, unexpected, controversial, or counterintuitive ideas for advancing the state of the art.
Submissions will be judged on their originality, technical merit, topical relevance, and likelihood of leading to insightful discussions that will influence future storage systems design, application and use.
In keeping with the goals of the HotStorage workshop, the review process will heavily favor submissions that are forward looking and open ended. A good way to think about this is that 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 open questions, please consider bringing your work to HotStorage.