Regular biography
Prof Jon Crowcroft is a Fellow at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the Department of Computer Science and Technology. He holds the Marconi Professor of Communications Systems title and is a researcher-at-large at the Turing Institute. His research interests span systems and networking, security, and machine learning. Crowcroft has held academic positions at the University of London and is affiliated with multiple institutions, including Wolfson College and the Imperial College London. His work includes advising on technical projects and contributing to various research initiatives.
Scholar-generated biography
Jon Crowcroft is a researcher in Communications Systems with a focus on network coding, delay tolerant networks, and quality of service. His work explores practical network coding techniques, such as XORs in wireless networks, and develops routing strategies for resource reservation and multi-media applications. Crowcroft also investigates social-based forwarding in delay tolerant networks and the impact of human mobility on opportunistic forwarding. His research includes peer-to-peer overlay networks, congestion control mechanisms, and security protocols for internet worms. He has contributed to recommendations on queue management and congestion avoidance in the internet, emphasizing scalable and robust communication systems.