Venue: Lecture theatre R4, Rotunda, building 8, Clayton campus.
For information about Clayton campus including directions, transport,
parking and a map, see
http://www.monash.edu.au/campuses/clayton/ .
Alan Turing (1912-1954) was a remarkably versatile and original mathematician and computer scientist, indeed he helped create the field of computer science. He made major contributions in several areas including the theory of computability, breaking the Enigma code during World War 2, design of early computers, and artificial intelligence. He died tragically at age 41. This year is the centenary of his birth and his achievements are being celebrated in Alan Turing Year, an international programme of events including this one.
For recordings (audio and screen display) of all talks, together with summaries and copies of slides, please go to: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/schools/clayton/turing-centenary/
Schedule:
| 9:00am | Graham Farr | Welcome |
| 9:10am | Graham Farr | Alan Turing |
| 9:25am | David Albrecht | Turing machines |
| 9:45am | Kerri Morgan | Uncomputability |
| 9:55am | James Harland (RMIT) | Turing and ordinal logic |
| 10:05am | Carlo Kopp | Military context of Turing's work at Bletchley Park |
| 10:10am | Ron Steinfeld | Turing and the Enigma cypher |
| 10:25am | Morning coffee | |
| 10:55am | Doug Hamilton | Commentary on chess game: Turing's Algorithm v. Garry Kasparov |
| 11:10am | Group photo in R4 | |
| 11:15am | Arun Konagurthu | Turing and Morphogenesis |
| 11:35am | Kevin Korb | The Turing Test |
| 11:55am | David Dowe | Universal Turing Machines, probability and intelligence |
| 12:15pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30pm | Finish |
Enquiries: Graham.Farr@monash.edu