Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Alan Turing



The Man Who Made the UK Say “I’m Sorry For What We Did To Turing.”

John Graham-Cumming used cunning and data to get the apology




Arriving in theaters this fall is a major new film about Alan Turing, the man who broke the German codes, an achievement critical in winning World War II. Turing is also one of the greatest computer scientists ever — the father of machine theory and artificial intelligence.
John Graham-Cumming knows the story well. As a computer scientist, a security specialist and somewhat of a math nerd, he shares some intellectual DNA with Turing. But his name is intertwined with Turing’s more indelibly by a campaign he led in the summer of 2009./.../
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23/12/2013 22h55 - Atualizado em 24/12/2013 07h21

Pai da computação, Turing recebe o perdão real 59 anos após morrer

Alan Turing (1912-1954) foi condenado pelo Reino Unido por ser gay.
O matemático decodificou as mensagens alemãs na 2ª Guerra Mundial.

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