This summer, in celebration of the life and work of Alan Turing, the University of Manchester is hosting the Turing Centenary Conference. The conference promises to be one of the biggest events in the history of Computer Science with contributions from seminar thinkers including Google Senior Vice President Dr. Vint Cerf, chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov and Dr. David Ferrucci, Senior Manager at IBM.
June 23, 2012 marks the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing. Alan Turing is arguably the most famous computer scientist of all time. The Turing Centenary Conference will be held in Manchester on June 22-25, 2012, hosted by The University in Manchester, where Turing worked in 1948-1954. The main theme of the conference is Alan Turing’s Centenary. It has the following aims:
- to celebrate the life and research of Alan Turing;
- to bring together the most distinguished scientists, to understand and analyse the history and development of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence;
The conference includes two special public lectures (90 minutes each), 17 lectures (60 minutes each) by invited speakers, including lectures presenting the work of Alan Turing, one dinner lecture, two panel discussions, the presentation of awards to the research competition winners and short presentations from the selected research competition winners.
In addition, the Conference will include the following events
- a computer chess event;
- a poster session;
- the best paper award ceremony;
- a competition of computer programs proving theorems.
Should you wish to register to attend either the conference or the public lectures, you can do so here.
For more information on the Turing Centenary Conference, please visit the conference website:www.turing100.
manchester.ac.uk/
