T.U.R.I.N.G. : The Alan #Turing Lounge #Manchester
Father of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Logician, Mathematician, and Codebreaker who joined the University of Manchester in 1948. He was prosecuted because he was gay* in 1952, died in 1954.
The graphics in this lounge celebrate Turing's contributions to science and engineering:
T: Universal Turing Machine
U: Turing Test- AI
R: Cryptography - Enigma
I: Game playing- chess
N: Program Verification
G: Natural Morphogenesis
* He was convicted of "gross indecency", a legal term that was originally used to criminalise sexual activity between men. Turing had been prosecuted for consensual private homosexual acts. In 2017, under the Alan Turing law, all men convicted of gross indecency due to consensual, private sexual acts were pardoned. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
T.U.R.I.N.G. : The Alan #Turing Lounge #Manchester
Father of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Logician, Mathematician, and Codebreaker who joined the University of Manchester in 1948. He was prosecuted because he was gay* in 1952, died in 1954.
The graphics in this lounge celebrate Turing's contributions to science and engineering:
T: Universal Turing Machine
U: Turing Test- AI
R: Cryptography - Enigma
I: Game playing- chess
N: Program Verification
G: Natural Morphogenesis
* He was convicted of "gross indecency", a legal term that was originally used to criminalise sexual activity between men. Turing had been prosecuted for consensual private homosexual acts. In 2017, under the Alan Turing law, all men convicted of gross indecency due to consensual, private sexual acts were pardoned. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing