It's the birthday of Alan Turing, who was born in 1912 in London. Turing studied
mathematics at Cambridge and Princeton, where he worked on computational logic. In 1938,
1YEAR before Germany invaded Poland, Turing joined Government Communications
to work part-time on analyzing Germany's Enigma codes. Breaking the codes was team
effort. Turing's main contribution was in pioneering the use of statistical analysis carried out
by computers, which he designed. After World War II, Turing became interested in artificial
intelligence. In his 1950 paper, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence," he described the
properties of practical AI and his famous test. Before his untimely death in 1954, Turing was
working on the mathematical basis of the formation of zebra stripes, limb configurations and
other biological patterns. His theory of how a set of chemical reactions could produce such
patterns was vindicated earlier this year.
mathematics at Cambridge and Princeton, where he worked on computational logic. In 1938,
1YEAR before Germany invaded Poland, Turing joined Government Communications
to work part-time on analyzing Germany's Enigma codes. Breaking the codes was team
effort. Turing's main contribution was in pioneering the use of statistical analysis carried out
by computers, which he designed. After World War II, Turing became interested in artificial
intelligence. In his 1950 paper, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence," he described the
properties of practical AI and his famous test. Before his untimely death in 1954, Turing was
working on the mathematical basis of the formation of zebra stripes, limb configurations and
other biological patterns. His theory of how a set of chemical reactions could produce such
patterns was vindicated earlier this year.
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