ALAN TURING (1912-1954)
Born on June 23, Alan Mathison Turing is considered the “Father of Theoretical Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. An English mathematician logician, philosopher, cryptanalyst and the theoretical biologist, he provided a formalization of the concepts of the algorithm and computation with the invention of the Turing machine, the precursor of all modern computers. Turing’s skill in code-breaking led to his cracking the Enigma Code during World War II, which saved lives and determined the war’s course and outcome. A gay man, Turing was convicted of “gross indecency, was sentenced to probation and required to consume a medication that reduced his libido and made him impotent. He was pardoned posthumously in 2009.
“Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of, who do the things no one can imagine.” Alan Turing
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