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The TURING LOUNGE of the Kilburn building in Manchester is named after Alan Turing OBE FRS (1912-1954)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
Father of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Logician, Mathematician and Codebreaker who joined the University of Manchester in 1948. He was prosecuted in 1952 because he was gay*, died in 1954 and was posthumously pardoned in 2013.
The graphics in this lounge celebrate Turing's contribution 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
*Turing 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_law
· T · U · R · I · N · G · spells #TURING
The TURING LOUNGE of the Kilburn building in Manchester is named after Alan Turing OBE FRS (1912-1954)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
Father of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Logician, Mathematician and Codebreaker who joined the University of Manchester in 1948. He was prosecuted in 1952 because he was gay*, died in 1954 and was posthumously pardoned in 2013.
The graphics in this lounge celebrate Turing's contribution 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
*Turing 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_law