Friday, June 29, 2012

UK lawmakers call for Alan Turing banknote tribute

Sixty years ago, Alan Turing sat down to write a computer algorithm which could play a human at chess. Sadly, he never got to see it running on a computer, but now it's been coded up and who better to pit it against than Garry Kasparov?

Bruce Sterling gave a speech at the North American Summer School in Logic, Language, and Information (NASSLLI) on the eve of the Alan Turing Centenary, and delivered a provocative, witty and important talk on the Turing

A group of British lawmakers called Wednesday for World War II code-breaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing to be commemorated on a banknote.

He broke the Nazis' code. He pioneered artificial intelligence. And he died a victim of bigotry.

Collector's stamp and envelope being issued by Bletchley Park Post Office for Olympic Torch Relay on 9th July. Features Alan Turing as the torch bearer to celebrate his centenary and London Olympics year.

UK lawmakers call for Alan Turing banknote tribute

Managers do not understand computer geeks or what they do. So they sack them and pay the consequences.

Alan Turing would have turned 100 this week, an event that would have, no doubt, been greeted with all manner of pomp -- the centennial of a man whose.

In 48 hours it would be June 23, 2012: the 100th birthday of Alan Turing. (Sadly, Turing did not live to see even his 50th. In 1952 his honesty and integrity led him to acknowledge when talking to the police that a young man

Bruce Sterling gave a speech at the North American Summer School in Logic, Language, and Information (NASSLLI) on the eve of the Alan Turing Centenary, and delivered a provocative, witty and important talk on the Turing

He broke the Nazis' code. He pioneered artificial intelligence. And he died a victim of bigotry.

UK lawmakers call for Alan Turing banknote tribute

(AP) – 1 minute ago. LONDON (AP) — A group of British lawmakers is calling for World War II code-breaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing to be commemorated on a banknote. This year marks the centenary of the birth of Turing, who helped crack secret

Thoughts on a war hero whose country turned on him.

This Saturday, June 23rd, would have marked the 100th birthday of Alan Turing. A visionary mathematician, logician and codebreaker, Turing was a pioneer in the fields of computer science and artificial intelligence.

It's no exaggeration to say that Alan Turing was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. Regarded as the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, he also made ground-breaking contributions to the

(AP) – 1 minute ago. LONDON (AP) — A group of British lawmakers is calling for World War II code-breaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing to be commemorated on a banknote. This year marks the centenary of the birth of Turing, who helped crack secret

UK lawmakers call for Alan Turing banknote tribute

Managers do not understand computer geeks or what they do. So they sack them and pay the consequences.

The Turing Machine gave the world a model for how computers could operate - Page 1.

Bruce Sterling gave a speech at the North American Summer School in Logic, Language, and Information (NASSLLI) on the eve of the Alan Turing Centenary, and delivered a provocative, witty and important talk on the Turing

In a doodle celebrating the 100th birthday of Alan Turing tomorrow, Google creates a conundrum that the majority of humanity simply won't understand. This is a good thing. Read this blog post by Chris Matyszczyk on

Alan Turing would have turned 100 this week, an event that would have, no doubt, been greeted with all manner of pomp -- the centennial of a man whose.