Full papers
Up to 14 pages, not including references; must be previously unpublished and complete research.
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MSST 2026
International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology
MSST 2026 is the 40th International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology, hosted at Santa Clara University, bringing together academic researchers and industry practitioners to share advancements in storage systems. The conference featured a three-day industry/invited track and a two-day research track focused on peer-reviewed, original research in massive-scale storage technologies for HPC, enterprise, and web-scale systems.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
April 14, 2026
AoE
Conference timeline
Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
April 14, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Short papers
4–6 pages, not including references; must be complete work, not 'Work-in-progress.'
Research areas in scope
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Research Topics
Application- and workload-specific storageArchival and backup storageAuditing and provenanceDeduplication and compressionCaching, tiering, and replicationData protection and recoveryDisaggregated and distributed storageStorage on the edgeEnergy-efficient storageExascale storage architecture and designExperiences with real-world systems and data storage challengesFile systemsFlash/SSDHeterogeneous memory/storage systemsMemory-centric storage systemsNew storage hardware, DPUs, persistent memoryNext-generation storage (DNA, glass)Performance modeling and prediction for storageUsability and quality of service for storageSecurity and privacy of storageStorage for emerging applicationsStorage reliability, erasure codingStorage virtualizationStorage systems for ML and applying ML to storage systems
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions are double-blind reviewed.
- Submissions must be previously unpublished.
- LLM use must be disclosed; LLMs are permitted for editing or translation but not for generating significant text or graphs.
- Manuscripts should follow the standard IEEE conference proceedings format in US Letter size.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026