The two handouts from the NSF about Geni

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

The GENI Initiative

The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering  
(CISE) is developing an Initiative called Global Environment for  
Networking Investigations or GENI to explore new networking  
capabilities that will advance science and stimulate innovation and  
economic growth. The GENI Initiative responds to an urgent and  
important challenge of the 21st Century to advance significantly the  
capabilities provided by networking and distributed system  
architectures.

GENI comprises two components:  the GENI Research Program and the  
experimental GENI Facility.  It is intended to catalyze a broad  
community effort that will engage other agencies, other countries,  
and corporate entities.
Research that falls under the broad conceptual umbrella of this  
Initiative will focus on designing new network architectures and  
services by rethinking network functions, designing in key  
capabilities such as security, robustness and economic viability, and  
including applications and new technologies as design components. New  
technologies range from new wireless and sensor devices to customized  
routers and optical switches to control and management software.   
Research will call on multiple disciplines to explore a spectrum of  
areas from large-scale distributed services to high-level policy  
(e.g., network access).

To have significant impact, innovative research and design ideas must  
be implemented, deployed, and tested in realistic environments  
involving significant numbers of users and hosts.  The Initiative  
includes the deployment of a state-of-the-art, global experimental  
GENI Facility that will permit exploration and evaluation under  
realistic conditions.  The GENI Facility will permit a range of  
researchers, including network engineers, policy analysts, protocol  
designers, system architects, and economic modelers to contribute to  
and study innovative new capabilities for the global network of the  
future.
The GENI Initiative builds on the extensive experience of the broad  
research community and two decades of NSF-supported networking  
research.  For the past several years, CISE has supported a series of  
workshops, planning grants, and meetings with leaders in the  
networking field in preparation for this Initiative.

For more information see www.cise.nsf.gov/geni or send comments to  
geni-info () nsf gov (NOTE: Valid after 8/29/2005).

and

The GENI Initiative

Fact Sheet


The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering  
(CISE) is developing an Initiative called Global Environment for  
Networking Investigations or GENI to explore new networking  
capabilities that will advance science and stimulate innovation and  
economic growth. The GENI Initiative responds to an urgent and  
important challenge of the 21st Century to advance significantly the  
capabilities provided by networking and distributed system  
architectures.

The GENI Initiative  envisions the creation of  new network and  
distributed system architectures that, for example:

Build in security and robustness;
Enable the vision of pervasive computing and bridge the gap between  
the physical and virtual worlds by including mobile, wireless and  
sensor networks;
Enable control and management of other critical infrastructures;
Include ease of operation and usability; and
Enable new classes of societal-level services and applications.

The GENI Initiative includes:

A research program; and
A global experimental facility designed to explore new architectures  
at scale.

CISE is encouraging a broad community effort that engages other  
agencies, other countries, and corporate entities.
 

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