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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR HONORED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO
COMPUTER NETWORKING
Crowcroft Wins ACM SIGCOMM Award for Pioneering Contributions to Multimedia and
Group Communications
CAMBRIDGE, UK, August 11, 2009 - For his pioneering contributions to multimedia and
group communications, Jonathan Andrew Crowcroft has been awarded the highest honor from
SIGCOMM, ACM's Special Interest Group on Data Communications. Crowcroft, who is
Marconi Professor Communications Systems at Cambridge University, UK, was cited for his
creative, outside-the-box thinking that has spurred the community in novel directions. He will
receive the award and deliver the keynote address at the ACM SIGCOMM annual conference on
August 18, in Barcelona, Spain.
In a career spanning three decades, Crowcroft has worked in the Internet research
community since its inception. He has contributed innovations in many areas of Internet
research, most notably in multimedia and group communications. His research has inspired
technologies that we take for granted today, including video and audio delivery as well as
collaboration and conferencing tools over the Internet. He has also authored more than 100
publications across a variety of research areas in computer networking.
Crowcroft has mentored several students who have independently made impressive
contributions to computer networking, and he has played a unique role in the creative and social
fabric of the networking community. His counterintuitive connections between different areas in
science and art led to productive insights that he has shared freely to contribute to the intellectual
milieu of the community. His service also includes a stint in the Internet Architecture Board, and
as chair of SIGCOMM.
Among Crowcroft’s other roles is Principal Investigator in the University of Cambridge
Computer Laboratory for the European Union (EU) Haggle project, a new autonomic
networking architecture designed to enable communication in the presence of intermittent
network connectivity. He is also a leading participant in the EU Socialnets (Social Networking
for pervasive adaptation) project, which harnesses adaptive human social structures for wireless
networks. Other projects include the EPSRC TINA (The INTelligent Airport) project on
location sensors and wireless networking of airports, and the ITA (International Technology
Alliance in Network and Information Science) project in next generation wireless networks.
Crowcroft is a Fellow of ACM, IEEE, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the IET, the
British Computer Society, and Wolfson College, Cambridge. A graduate of Trinity College,
Cambridge, he holds a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University College London,
England, UK.
About SIGCOMM
The ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM) provides a forum for computing
professionals in the vital field of data communication. It focuses on network architecture, network protocols,
distributed systems and publications. SIGCOMM co-sponsors the ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networking, a
quarterly journal, with the IEEE. SIGCOMM also co-sponsors world-class conferences and publishes the quarterly
newsletter Computer Communication Review (CCR), which includes SIGCOMM's annual conference proceedings.
About ACM
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery www.acm.org, is the world’s largest educational and scientific
computing society, uniting computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources
and address the field’s challenges. ACM strengthens the computing profession’s collective voice through strong
leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the
professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and
professional networking.
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