Feted as one of the first computer scientists to be involved in the internet's early days, Jon Crowcroft discusses why the UK is poised to deliver on its technology promise, as well as his latest work in AI. DESPITE REELING under the effects of a stalled post-Covid rebound, post-Brexit uncertainty and the economic shocks of Russia's incursion into Ukraine, "the UK is in a really good place at the moment", says Jon Crowcroft. This is "because we have this distinctive ability to do fundamental research". More than that, says Crowcroft, who is professor of computer science at the University of Cambridge and co-founder of artificial intelligence company iKVA, "what we're really good at in the UK is taking that research and actually going on to make the technology that's based on the research".
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