1. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 1 GEC18: GEMINI & GeniDesktop Update Added support for more newer OSes on both Instageni and Exogeni in GEMINI –Details at http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GEMINIv3#GEC18SupportedPlatfor msandImages http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GEMINIv3#GEC18SupportedPlatfor msandImages Support for portal slice-membership feature at the GeniDesktop –Any slice member can now view the shared slices at the GeniDesktop and utilize its features.

2. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 2 GEC18: GEMINI & GeniDesktop Update Portal IRODS accounts (RENCI Server) now accepted for Irods archive at the GeniDesktop –Irods archive feature only provided to the member who instrumented the slice Improved robustness, usability, and scalability at GeniDesktop FLACK v17.15 now supported at the GeniDesktop Viewing Active Measurements using GeniDesktop –Minor update required.

3. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 3 GEC18: GEMINI & GeniDesktop Update Re-worked Initial login page to provide a more intuitive experience but providing hints about the next operation to perform

4. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 4 GEC18: GEMINI & GeniDesktop Update More Data Graphing tools added. Add features to GeniDesktop to allow developers to generate new modules which could be easily incorporated into the GeniDesktop. (See us at the Evening Demo Session today) Help Menus added to windows in the GeniDesktop

5. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 5 GEC18: GEMINI & GeniDesktop Update Questions & Comments Come see us –Join us for the Tutorial today ”Getting started with GENI (Part3) –at the “GeniDesktop” Table during the Evening Demo Session today –GEMINI & GIMI Demo Session at 11:00am tomorrow