NSF Workshop on GENI in Education

October 26, 2013

8:00 - 8:30: Continental Breakfast, Registration

8:30 - 9:00: Opening Remarks

-- Jay Aikat, UNC - Chapel Hill

-- Mark Berman, GENI Project Office

-- Bryan Lyles, NSF

• 9:00 - 9:30: Keynote -- Jim Kurose, UMass - Amherst

  Title: "Networking education and the hands-on experience: 10 observations, insights, and advice that I wish someone had told me" [abstract][slides]

• 9:30 - 10:15: An Introduction to GENI

  A presentation on GENI followed by a demonstration on setting up and running an experiment using GENI.

  -- Vic Thomas, GENI Project Office

  10:15 - 10:30: Break

  10:30 - 12:00: GENI in the classroom

  How is GENI being used in the classroom today; includes case studies from speakers

  -- Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University: "GENI in the Classroom: The Graduate vs. Undergraduate Class Experience" [abstract][slides]

  -- Jeannie Albrecht, Williams College: "Using GENI to Bring Big Systems to Small Schools" [abstract][slides]

  -- Zongming Fei, University of Kentucky: "GENI-based Network Experiments: Possibilities and Practice" [abstract][slides]

  -- Prasad Calyam, University of Missouri: "GENI Laboratory Exercises for a Cloud Computing course" [abstract][slides]

• 12:00 - 1:00: Lunch

  1:00 - 2:00 -- New GENI-based Curriculum Development

  -- Jay Aikat, UNC - Chapel Hill: "Course Modules for Teaching Networking Concepts" [abstract][slides]

  -- Mike Zink, UMass - Amherst: "A Virtual Computer Networking Lab" [abstract][slides]

  -- Shiv Panwar, Polytechnic University of New York: "Teaching with GENI on a Massive Scale with a GENI MOOC" [abstract][slides]

  2:00 - 3:00 -- Practical Advice for Using GENI in the Classroom

  How do you start using GENI in your classroom, getting access, managing accounts, available resources, where to get help, etc.

  -- Sarah Edwards, GENI Project Office[slides]

  3:00 - 3:20: Break

  3:20 - 4:20 -- Break-out session followed by informal group presentations

  Each group selects one participant case study to develop a plan for using GENI in that classroom/curriculum

  4:20 - 5:00 -- Wrap-up session