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LSN Workshop on Future Internet and Experimentation Facility Design
(with GENI as an Example Proposed Initiative)

July 24-25, 2006
NSF, Stafford II-555

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The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is planning a new initiative, “Global Environment for Networking Innovations” (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 into products and services that will enhance economic competitiveness and help to secure the nation's future. Ultimately, the research enabled by GENI is expected to lead to a 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 organized the National Science Foundation invitation-only interagency meeting to build on the developing programs of the DOD, DOE, the NSF (GENI), and the other agencies. It was intended to provide guidance for the research and coordination needed among the Federal agencies to develop the new networking architectures. Attendees met in four panels:

Mobile Wireless and Sensornets
Optical Technologies and Networks
Security and Robustness
Distributed Systems and Services

>> Agenda and Slides

Questions? Contact CRA's Dana Neill, dneill [at] cra.org

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