Predictive data grouping: Defining the bounds of energy and latency reduction through predictive data grouping and replication. - David Essary; Ahmed Amer (ACM Trans. Storage, 2008)

Avoiding state-space explosion of predictive metadata with SESH. - David Essary; Ahmed Amer (IPCCC, 2009)

Sustainable predictive storage management: on-line grouping for energy and latency reduction. - David Essary; Ahmed Amer (SYSTOR, 2011)