[Caml-list] BCS-FACS talk on Alan Turing - 5 June 2014, London

[Caml-list] BCS-FACS talk on Alan Turing - 5 June 2014, London

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See below for information on a forthcoming evening seminar under the
auspices of the BCS *Formal Aspects of Computing Science* (FACS) Specialist
Group in central London, UK. All welcome. Do distribute further as
appropriate.


*For free online booking, see:*

*http://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/52335
<http://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/52335>*

*For other BCS-FACS events, see:*

*http://www.bcs.org/category/12468 <http://www.bcs.org/category/12468>*

*For location of the BCS London Office, see:*

*http://www.bcs.org/category/5843 <http://www.bcs.org/category/5843>*


*Jonathan Bowen*

Chair BCS-FACS Specialist Group

www.*bcs*-*facs*.org <http://www.bcs-facs.org/>


*BCS-FACS evening seminar, 2014*



*Thursday 5th June 2014, 5.15pm coffee/tea/biscuits for 6.00pm talk, Wilkes
Room 1/2*

*Alan Turing: The Founder of Computer Science*


*Prof. Jonathan P. Bowen**http://www.bcu.ac.uk/tee/our-staff/jonathan-bowen
<http://www.bcu.ac.uk/tee/our-staff/jonathan-bowen>*

Birmingham City University


*Abstract:* Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954), OBE, FRS, has a rightful
claim to the title of father of modern computing. He laid the theoretical
groundwork for a universal machine that models a computer in its most
general form before World War II. During the war, Turing was instrumental
in developing and influencing actual computing devices that have been said
to have shortened the war by up to two years by decoding encrypted enemy
messages that were believed by others to be unbreakable. Unlike some
theoreticians, he was willing to be involved with practical aspects, and
was as happy to wield a soldering iron as he was to wrestle with a
mathematical problem, normally from a unique angle compared to others. *This
talk will explore Alan Turing’s life, achievements, and legacy, in the
month of the 60th anniversary after his death (on 7th June 1954).*


Prof. Jonathan Bowen
Professor of Computer Science, Birmingham City University
Emeritus Professor, London South Bank University
Chairman, Museophile Limited
http://www.jpbowen.com

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