Network coding is a promising methodology for reducing the amount of data transmitted over the network by mixing packet streams at the intermediate nodes in the network. One emerging application of network coding is to improve the robustness of distributed storage systems. Recent work has shown that network coding can improve the performance of data recovery in case of node failure, while requiring less resources (storage and/or bandwidth) than traditional storage approaches such as replication and erasure coding. Nevertheless, there remains substantial research work for advancing both the theoretical and practical impacts of network coding in distributed data storage.

The First Workshop on Network Coding and Data Storage (NCDS) is organized by the Institute of Network Coding http://www.inc.cuhk.edu.hk/ at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The aim of NCDS is to bring together researchers in the fields of network coding, data storage, and distributed systems to explore the potential of network coding applications in distributed storage systems.

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