How can Great Plains Region Contribute to GENI

How can Great Plains Region Contribute to GENI and FIND? Guru Parulkar CISE/NSF gparulka@nsf. gov

GENI Initiative: Goals • Invent innovative internet architecture(s) and distributed system capabilities -- go beyond Internet • Enable seamless conception-to-deployment process – Facility for experimentation at scale with apps and users • Work with broader community – Academic and industry communities – Other US and international agencies 2

GENI: Research Programs Broad but goal oriented programs: New internet architectures and distributed system capabilities Ne. TS FIND: Future Internet Design Cyber. Trust Clean-slate secured network arch CSR New distributed system capabilities CCF SING CRI Network infrastructure for arch research MRI Network instruments for arch research IIS Program ? ? 3

Case for GENI Facility Maturity Need for Large experimental testbed/infrastructure Shared Deployed Infrastructure This chasm represents a major barrier to impact real world Small Scale Testbeds Research Prototypes Foundations Research Funded by CISE Programs Time 4

GENI Status • Research programs – Several launched and others getting formulated • Facility – Facility definition proceeding as per MREFC process – The big funding expected in FY 10 5

GENI Status: Another Look • Stage is set to focus on “reinventing the Internet” – Change of mindset – Priority setting and resource commitment – High level research direction and facility definition • Fun begins: exciting opportunities/challenges – Identify specific research directions – Explore innovative ideas and rewarding research – Develop technologies and systems Help change the world -- one more time 6

Opportunities for Participation • Submit targeted proposals to programs – FIND, Cyber Trust, CSR, … • Participate in GENI definition – Town hall meetings – Discussion lists – Working groups and planning group • Plan to build and use components of GENI – CRI and MRI programs – Work with GENI Project Office • Plan to use GENI – Propose and prototype exciting new architectures 7

Opportunities for Great Plains Build your own GENI and lead the nation 8

Leadership for Future Internet Great Plains Advantage GENI Vision/Design Great Plains Leadership Future Internet Seed Investment Once in 50 Year Opportunity 9

We are at the beginning and not end Lot of Opportunities to Contribute