Omkar Desai

Omkar Desai

PhD Candidate in Computer Science at Syracuse University. Storage & ML systems researcher. Graduating July 2026.

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A principled approach for selecting block I/O traces

Published in 14th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems, 2022

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Recommended citation: Omkar Desai, Seungmin Shin, Eunji Lee, and Bryan S. Kim. 2022. A principled approach for selecting block I/O traces. In Proceedings of the 14th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 52–58. https://doi.org/10.1145/3538643.3539754 https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3538643.3539754

Leveraging keys in key-value SSD for production workloads

Published in 32nd International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC '23), 2023

Download paper here Recommended citation: Manoj Pravakar Saha, Omkar Desai, Bryan S. Kim, and Janki Bhimani. 2023. Leveraging Keys In Key-Value SSD for Production Workloads. In Proceedings of the 32nd International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC ‘23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 327-328. https://doi.org/10.1145/3588195.3595949

Recommended citation: Manoj Pravakar Saha, Omkar Desai, Bryan S. Kim, and Janki Bhimani. 2023. Leveraging Keys In Key-Value SSD for Production Workloads. In Proceedings of the 32nd International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 327-328. https://doi.org/10.1145/3588195.3595949 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3588195.3595949

Two-level indexing for key-value persistent storage device

Published in United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 2024

View patent here Recommended citation: Omkar Desai, Changho Choi, and Yangwook Kang. 2024. Two-level indexing for key-value persistent storage device. U.S. Patent 11,954,345, filed February 9, 2022, granted April 9, 2024. Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Recommended citation: Omkar Desai, Changho Choi, and Yangwook Kang. 2024. Two-level indexing for key-value persistent storage device. U.S. Patent 11,954,345, filed February 9, 2022, granted April 9, 2024. Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. https://patents.google.com/patent/US11954345B2/en

System and method for managing tasks in a storage device

Published in United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 2025

View patent here Recommended citation: Omkar Desai, Shuyi Pei, Jing Yang, and Rekha Pitchumani. 2025. System and method for managing tasks in a storage device. U.S. Patent 12,411,630, filed July 17, 2023, granted September 9, 2025. Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Recommended citation: Omkar Desai, Shuyi Pei, Jing Yang, and Rekha Pitchumani. 2025. System and method for managing tasks in a storage device. U.S. Patent 12,411,630, filed July 17, 2023, granted September 9, 2025. Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. https://patents.google.com/patent/US12411630B2/en

Preparation meets opportunity: enhancing data preprocessing for ML training with Seneca

Published in 24th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST '26), 2026

Download paper here Recommended citation: Omkar Desai, Ziyang Jiao, Shuyi Pei, Janki Bhimani, and Bryan S. Kim. 2026. Preparation Meets Opportunity: Enhancing Data Preprocessing for ML Training With Seneca. In 24th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST ‘26), Santa Clara, CA, USA, 221-238.

Recommended citation: Omkar Desai, Ziyang Jiao, Shuyi Pei, Janki Bhimani, and Bryan S. Kim. 2026. Preparation Meets Opportunity: Enhancing Data Preprocessing for ML Training With Seneca. In 24th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST '26), Santa Clara, CA, USA, 221-238. https://www.usenix.org/conference/fast26/presentation/desai

Cost-efficient training and checkpointing for large models on preemptible cloud VMs

Published in 6th Workshop on Machine Learning and Systems (EuroMLSys '26), 2026

Download paper here Recommended citation: Omkar Desai, Shuyi Pei, Janki Bhimani, and Bryan S. Kim. 2026. Cost-Efficient Training and Checkpointing for Large Models on Preemptible Cloud VMs. In Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Machine Learning and Systems (EuroMLSys ‘26).

Recommended citation: Omkar Desai, Shuyi Pei, Janki Bhimani, and Bryan S. Kim. 2026. Cost-Efficient Training and Checkpointing for Large Models on Preemptible Cloud VMs. In Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Machine Learning and Systems (EuroMLSys '26). https://doi.org/10.1145/3805621.3807617

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Teaching experience 1

Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014

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Teaching experience 2

Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015

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