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The GENI Vision
A national facility to explore radical designs for a future
global networking infrastructure
Large, wide-area footprint
Enables large-scale,
end-to-end experiments
Shared among researchers by virtualization & slices

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A bright idea
Trying it out
It turns into a really good idea
Experiment turns into reality
Meanwhile . . .
Moral of this story
GENI is meant to enable . . .
Trials of new architectures, which may or may not
be compatible with todayÕs Internet
Long-running, realistic experiments with enough instrumentation to provide real insights and data
ÔOpt inÕ for real users into long-running experiments
Large-scale growth for successful experiments, so good ideas can be shaken down at scale
A reminder . . .
GENI itself is not an experiment !
GENI is a stable facility on which experiments run

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An ambitious goal
Managing real risks
Spiral Development
GENI grows through a well-structured, adaptive process
Federation
GENI grows by Ògluing togetherÓ heterogeneous facilities over time
ItÕs all about managing risks
The Central Goal of GENI Planning and Construction
GENI Engineering Conferences
Meet every 4 months to review progress together
2nd meeting March 3-4, 2008 in DC, open to all
Reviews current GENI status, Working Group meetings
Also discuss GPO solicitation, how to submit a proposal, evaluation process & criteria, how much money, etc.
Travel grants for participant diversity (US academics only)
Subsequent Meetings, open to all who fit in the room
Held at regular 4-month periods
Held on / near university campuses (volunteers?)
All GPO-funded teams required to participate
Systematic, open review of each Working Group status
(all documents and prototypes / trials / etc.)
Also time for Working Groups to meet face-to-face
Results in prioritized list for next round of prototype funding areas (priorities decided by GSC and GPO)

GENI is a Huge Opportunity
GENI is an unbelievably exciting project for the community
Our research community has changed the world profoundly. GENI opens up a space to do it again.
We believe the whole community will build GENI together
Our vision is for a very lean, fast-moving GPO, with substantially all design and construction work performed by academic and industry research teams.
We'd like the community to start building prototypes immediately
within a GENI project framework that is open, transparent, and broadly inclusive.