Dr. Alan Turing

The father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence

Timeline

• 1912 — Born in London, England
• 1936 — Published "On Computable Numbers" — introduced the Turing Machine concept
• 1939-1945 — Worked at Bletchley Park cracking the Enigma code during WWII
• 1946 — Presented the Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) design
• 1950 — Published "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" — proposed the Turing Test
• 1952 — Published his morphogenesis paper on pattern formation in nature
• 1954 — Died in Wilmslow, England

Legacy

Turing's work laid the foundation for modern computing, artificial intelligence, and cryptography. The Turing Award, computing's highest honor, is named after him.