Alan Turing

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  • Birth of Alan Turing

  • Entered Cambridge University

    Was able to earn a full scholarship and went to school which setup for his future success in math.

  • Went to Princeton and wrote "On Computable Numbers"

    The paper detailed mathematical procedures that could be converted to work on computers eventually to become the "Turing Machine"

  • Returned to England and recruited during WW2

    British government recruited Turing to decipher German communications

  • Developed the program for Mark I

    Created the code for the general purpose computer developed in Manchester University

  • Developed Turing Test

    Created a set of criteria to determine if a machine is intelligent

  • Death by Cyanide Poisoning