National Science Foundation's First Town Hall Meeting on GENI-Global Environment for Networking Innovations

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: National Science Foundation's First Town Hall Meeting on
GENI-Global Environment for Networking Innovations
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:55:17 -0500
From: Dana Neill <dneill () cra org>




Event:   National Science Foundation's First Town Hall Meeting on
GENI-Global Environment for Networking Innovations



Coordinated by: Computing Research Association (CRA)



Date: March 10, 2006

Time: 9:00am -4:30 pm

Place:  Hyatt Arlington

            1325 Wilson Boulevard

Arlington, VA

The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
(CISE) is planning a new initiative, "Global Environment for Networking
Investigations" (GENI), to explore new networking capabilities that will
advance science and stimulate innovation and economic growth. GENI's
goal is to increase the quality and quantity of experimental research
outcomes in networking and distributed systems, and to accelerate the
transition of these outcomes into products and services that will
enhance economic competitiveness and help to secure the nation's future.
Ultimately, the research supported by GENI is expected to lead to next
generation of network capabilities and services.

Specifically, the GENI initiative envisions the creation of new
networking 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 secure control and management of other critical
infrastructures;
*       include ease of operation and usability; and
*       foster 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, distributed
systems and networked applications at scale.

CRA is organizing the First National Science Foundation's Town Hall
Meeing, March 10, 2006, to gather broad community input that provides
information about GENI to the research community and further informs and
refines the design of the GENI facility plan.



This meeting will provide CISE with the opportunity to engage the
broader research community in the GENI initiative by:



*       Describing the goals and rationale for GENI
*       Explaining the details of the process for defining, funding, and
building GENI
*       Providing a detailed overview of the "strawman" GENI facility
plan developed by the GENI planning committee (see
<http://www.geni.net/> www.geni.net for the current strawman plan); and
*       Inviting the broader community to provide feedback on the GENI
initiative including the plans for the GENI facility.



The March 10th Town Hall meeting will include a morning of presentations
and an afternoon of breakout sessions to discuss and provide feedback on
such research topics as they relate to the GENI facility:



.        Wireless and sensor networks;

.        Optical networks;

.        Distributed computing and applications;

.        Protocols and new Internet architectures-(e.g. relationship of
GENI to NeTS FIND focus area;

.        Measurement, theory, analytical research, and performance;

.        Real-time systems;

.        Security; and/or

.        Overall facility design and management





Prior to the meeting, relevant materials will be provided to ensure that
the discussions and feedback are productive.





To find out more specific information and to register please go to
<http://www.cra.org/> www.cra.org and follow the link at the top of the
webpage for the GENI Program.






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