[[PageOutline]] = The GENI Research and Educational Experiment Winter Camp (GREE-WC 2014) = '''Theme: GENI as a Platform for Cloud Computing Research''' '' January 8 -11, Boston MA '' == Overview == The Global Environment for Network Innovation (GENI) infrastructure is becoming a mature virtual laboratory for exploring future Internet at-scale. It supports at-scale experimentation on shared and heterogeneous GENI resources among multiple users, permits users deep programmability throughout the network, and offers collaborative and exploratory environments for innovative research and education. More and more researchers, educators, and students have started or are starting to conduct research and educational experiments on the GENI infrastructure. The GENI project is funded by the [http://www.nsf.gov National Science Foundation (NSF)] and is free to use for research and education. Please see [http://www.geni.net] for more information. The theme for this camp will be ''GENI as a platform for cloud computing research''. GENI may be viewed as a collection of clouds distributed across the United States that are connected by national research backbone networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail. GENI therefore enables experimentation with distributed clouds. Cloud-research relevant topics to be covered at this camp include !OpenFlow and Hadoop-style experiments on GENI. The camp is suitable for those who have never used GENI and those with some GENI experience looking to further develop their knowledge of GENI. The camp will start with introductory tutorials on using GENI and GENI tools such as the GENI Portal, Flack, !LabWiki and GIMI. Over the course of the camp participants will form teams to define a research project that requires experimentation with GENI. This is the third GREE camp and follows two successful summer camps at the Rochester Institute Technology (RIT) and University of Connecticut in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Final project presentations from these camps can be found at http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GENIExperimenter/GENISummerCamp and http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/APRAGENI/GREE-SC2013. == Who Should Attend == Undergraduate and graduate students; faculty; researchers from industry. No prior experience with GENI needed. Those with prior experience are also welcome as they will benefit from the advanced tutorials and team-based projects. == Application == Please send the following information in a single pdf file to greecamp@gmail.com. [[BR]] 1. Your '''resume''', including your home institution, the current year in your degree path and when the degree is expected 2. A '''short description''' (1-2 pages) on why you are interested in this camp, your expectations, area of interests for GENI experiments, and if applicable, your experience with GENI; 3. For student applicants, a '''support letter''' from your advisor to confirm the expected benefits to the applicant; 4. An '''estimate of travel cost'''. Preference will be given to applicants who will continue to use GENI resources for research and education after the camp, and who will try to publish their results. == Program Details == • Duration: January 8-11, 2014 (tentative) [[BR]] • Location: Boston, MA [[BR]] • Stipend: Lodging: covered; Travel: covered up to $400; $200 stipend [[BR]] == Application Deadline == December 10, 2013 Please send your application to greecamp@gmail.com. == Schedule == [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/UGREE-GENI/GREE-WC2014/GREE-WC2014-Agenda.pdf?format=raw GREE-WC2014 Agenda] [[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/UGREE-GENI/GREE-WC2014/GREE-WC2014-handoutUpdated.pdf?format=raw GREE-WC2014 Handout] [[BR]] Link to [wiki:UGREE-GENI/GREE-WC2014/Prework Pre-work] == Keynote Speech == [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/UGREE-GENI/GREE-WC2014/GREE-WC2014-keynote.pdf?format=raw Dr. Azer Bestavros's Talk Abstract and Short Bio] [[BR]] == Setting up GENI Tools == Follow the instructions at [wiki:UGREE-GENI/GREE-WC2014/toolSetup GENI tools setup]. == Tutorials == === Getting Started With GENI and Omni === '''Wednesday afternoon''' * Part I: "Lab Zero" A First Experiment Using GENI - [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GENIEducation/SampleAssignments/LabZero/Procedure Instructions] - [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/UGREE-GENI/GREE-WC2014/WC14_LabZero_FINAL.pptx?format=raw Slides] * Part II: Understanding the AM API - [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GENIEducation/SampleAssignments/UnderstandAMAPI/Procedure Instructions] - [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/UGREE-GENI/GREE-WC2014/WC14_UnderstandAMAPI_FINAL.pptx?format=raw Slides] * Part III: Getting Started with Your Own Experiment - [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/UGREE-GENI/GREE-WC2014/WC14_PartIII_FINAL.pptx?format=raw Slides] === !LabWiki and GIMI === '''Thursday morning''' * [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GEC18Agenda/GettingStartedWithGENI_III_GIMI/Procedure Instructions] == Final Presentation == == Camp Location == BBN Technologies [[BR]] 10 Moulton Street [[BR]] Cambridge, MA 02138 [[BR]] Directions to BBN and the hotel can be found in the [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/UGREE-GENI/GREE-WC2014/GREE-WC2014-handoutUpdated.pdf?format=raw GREE-WC2014 Handout] [[BR]] == Camp Co-organizers == Kaiqi Xiong (Rochester Institute of Technology) [[BR]] Yong Guan (Iowa State University) [[BR]] Yin Pan (Rochester Institute of Technology) [[BR]] Bing Wang (University of Connecticut) [[BR]] Mark Berman (BBN-GPO) [[BR]] Niky Riga (BBN-GPO) [[BR]] Vicraj Thomas (BBN-GPO) [[BR]] == Camp Sponsors == BBN-GENI Program Office/NSF == Contact Information == Please send inquiries to greecamp@gmail.com.