The father of computer science himself: Alan Turing. Today we’re going to take a step back from programming and discuss the person who formulated many of the theoretical concepts that underlie ...

Alan Turing Google Doodle: Turing Machine Codebreaker Logo Honors Father of Computer Science Today, Google celebrates what would have been Alan Turing’s 100th birthday with an interactive HTML5 logo ...

For Alan Turing’s many admirers, the centenary of his birth on Saturday is an occasion for both celebration and mourning. Here, after all, is the architect of the modern computer, the code ...

Alan Turing was the father of computer science and his Turing machine laid the groundwork for the modern computer. Born in London on June 23, 1912, the mathematician and scientist took an interest in ...

“The Turing machine gave some ideas about what computation was, what it would mean to have a program,” said James Hendler, a professor of computer science at the Rensselaer Polytechnic ...

This Saturday June 23 marks the hundredth anniversary of Alan Turing's birth. Though the scientist and mathematician passed away over half a century ago, he is still remembered today for his ...

The Bank of England has announced that legendary British mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing will appear on the new £50 note in the UK.

LONDON — Alan Turing, a founding father of computer science and artificial intelligence, was revealed Monday as the face of Britain’s new 50-pound bank note.

Computer scientist wins Turing Award for seminal work on randomness Avi Wigderson helped prove that randomness is not required for efficient computation.

On Saturday, British mathematician Alan Turing would have turned 100 years old. It is barely fathomable to think that none of the computing power surrounding us today was around when he was born.