New Scientist

Alan Turing

Alan Turing was one of the most influential British figures of the 20th century. In 1936, Turing invented the computer as ...
Princeton University

Grad alum Avi Wigderson wins Turing Award for 'groundbreaking insights' in computer science

Princeton graduate alumnus Avi Wigderson has won the 2023 A.M. Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), recognizing his profound contributions to the mathematical underpinnings ...
Ars Technica

Computer scientist wins Turing Award for seminal work on randomness

Computational scientist and mathematician Avi Wigderson of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton has won the 2023 A.M. Turing Award. The prize, which is given annually by the Association ...
Live Science

Avi Wigderson wins $1 million Turing Award for using randomness to change computer science

The 2023 Turing Award has been given to Avi Wigderson, a mathematician who discovered the strange connection between computation and randomness. Wigderson was announced the winner of the Association ...

Quote of the day by Alan Turing: "If a machine can think, it might think more intelligently than we do, and then where should we be?"

In the early 1950s, most people had never seen a computer. Those who had were unlikely to describe it as anything more than a ...
Hyperallergic

Researchers Restore First Recording of Computer Music, Made in Alan Turing’s Lab

Detail of a rebuilt Colossus computer at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. The model is similar to the Mark II, on which the first recorded computer music was played. (photo by Alan ...