Turing died young. In his 42-year life, his creativity is colorful. He is a gifted mathematician and expert in computer theory. He put forward Turing machine theory at the age of 24, participated in the development of Colossus 438+0 at the age of 365, conceived the simulation system at the age of 33, put forward the concept of automatic programming at the age of 35, and designed Turing test at the age of 38. All these waves of inspiration shine with his foresight in the history of computer development. Alan turing, who is revered as the father of artificial intelligence, will always occupy a place in the historical picture of the computer industry changing at ten times the speed. His amazing talent and early death in the prime of life also painted a mysterious legend on his personal life.
1939, he returned to Cambridge to do research work and was invited to join the British government to decipher the German code of World War II.
1940-1942, as one of the main participants and contributors, has made outstanding achievements in deciphering the communication codes of Nazi Germany, successfully deciphering the codes of German U-boats, and made great contributions to reversing the situation of the allied Atlantic battlefield in World War II.
1943-1945, as the general consultant of British and American cryptography department.
65438-0945, invited to engage in computer theory research in the British National Physics Laboratory.
1946, at this time, Turing's thoughts and achievements in the original theory of computer and programming established his position as a theoretical pioneer. Because of Turing's outstanding contribution, he was awarded the OBE Knight Order by the British royal family.
1947-1948, mainly engaged in the research of computer program theory, and made groundbreaking theoretical research in the fields of neural network and artificial intelligence.
1948 was invited to join the University of Manchester in the UK for research work, and served as the deputy director of the Computing Laboratory of the University of Manchester.
1949, he became the first scientist in the world who really used computers for mathematical research.
1950 published the paper "Computing Machine and Intelligence", which provided a pioneering idea for the later artificial intelligence science. Put forward the famous "Turing test" theory.
195 1 year, engaged in biological nonlinear theory research. Turing, who was only 39 years old, was elected as a member of the Royal Society.
1952, in the era of conservatism and ignorance and the cold war, Turing, a homosexual, was arrested and imprisoned after the police learned that Turing had close ties with same-sex friends. During the trial, Turing clearly told people that he didn't think he had done anything wrong. In that backward era, in order to avoid being sentenced to prison, Turing was forced to choose the so-called "treatment" of injecting estrogen for one year before returning to research work.
From 1953 to 1954, he continued his research in biology and physics. Turing, who was forced to bear the "treatment" of homosexuality, was greatly hurt physically and mentally because he loved sports.
1On June 7th, 954, Turing was found dead in his bed at home. The cause of death was cyanide poisoning, and the police concluded that it was suicide. The premature death of a generation of heroes is a great regret in the history of human science.
Turing's birthday and anniversary are in June. However, in a sense, the anniversary of his death is even more special. Turing's birthday just came into this world like countless other ordinary people. Turing's early death was caused by his ignorant and backward social concept. Ignorance and prejudice against homosexuality are the killers behind Turing's murder. Today's Britain and many other places in the world have changed from backward ideas and policies more than half a century ago to modern societies that respect, equality and oppose discrimination. Today, while commemorating Turing, people should not only admire and appreciate Turing's outstanding contribution to computer science, but also know how to respect and cherish every different person. It is every different person who makes our world better in different ways. If Turing can live happily in the world for ten years, twenty years or even longer, with his talent, wisdom and spirit of exploration, perhaps the computer science in our world today and all aspects directly or indirectly affected will go further. Discrimination and prejudice will only hinder the progress of social civilization, respect and tolerance, and bring prosperity and beauty to society. Thinking in this respect is the significance of commemorating the 50th anniversary of Turing's death.
As an individual, Turing was gay. Whether you understand same-sex love or not, one thing is undeniable: Turing is a man with profound thoughts and keen wisdom, a man who works hard and dares to explore, and a man who is widely respected by the world. Turing has made indelible contributions to our society. We should pay tribute to all those who have made great contributions to mankind, including homosexuals and heterosexuals, including alan turing.
Brief introduction of alan turing (also translated into alan turing) (part of the information comes from Andrew Hodges's Turing biography alan turing: Mystery).
Turing Award, established by the International Computer Association (ACM) in 1966, also known as "A.M. Turing Award", is specially awarded to individuals who have made important contributions to the computer industry. Its name is taken from alan turing, a pioneer of computer science and a British scientist. One of the purposes of this award is to commemorate the scientist. The winner's contribution must be a lasting and significant technological progress in the computer field. Most of the winners are computer scientists.
Turing Award is the most prestigious award in computer field, and it is called "Nobel Prize in computer field". The Turing Award has extremely high requirements for the winners, and the awarding procedure is also extremely strict. Generally, only one computer scientist is awarded every year, and only a few years have more than two scientists who have made contributions in the same direction. At present, the Turing Award is sponsored by Intel Corporation with a prize of $65,438+000,000.
Every year, the American Computer Association asks nominees to recommend candidates for this year's Turing Award, and attaches a 200-to 500-word article explaining why nominees should win this award. Anyone can be nominated. The American Computer Association will form a selection committee to strictly evaluate the nominees and finally determine the winners of that year.
Until 2005, only one person from China won this honor, and he was Yao Qizhi, winner of the Turing Prize in 2000.