http://blog.oup.com/2012/03/short-history-computer-science/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Tue, 21 May 2013 22:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2012/03/short-history-computer-science/#comment-279462 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Maurice Wilkes on Alan Turing Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:26:38 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=22336#comment-279462 [...] And how would Alan Turing have responded to this speech, had he heard of it? Perhaps it would be similar to the response he made to the ‘strong comments’ of Wilkes some 50 years earlier, on the subject of Wilkes’ designs for his pioneering computer. Turing said the work was, “much more in the American tradition of solving one’s difficulties with much equipment rather than thought.” Dr. Peter J. Bentley has been called a creative maverick computer scientist. He is an Honorary Reader at the Department of Computer Science, University College London (UCL), Collaborating Professor at the Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST), a contributing editor for WIRED UK, a consultant and a freelance writer. He has published approximately 200 scientific papers and is author of Digitized: the science of computers and how it shapes our world, which published this month. Read Peter’s previous post on “Three conversations with computers” or watch an interview with him. [...] [...] And how would Alan Turing have responded to this speech, had he heard of it? Perhaps it would be similar to the response he made to the ‘strong comments’ of Wilkes some 50 years earlier, on the subject of Wilkes’ designs for his pioneering computer. Turing said the work was, “much more in the American tradition of solving one’s difficulties with much equipment rather than thought.” Dr. Peter J. Bentley has been called a creative maverick computer scientist. He is an Honorary Reader at the Department of Computer Science, University College London (UCL), Collaborating Professor at the Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST), a contributing editor for WIRED UK, a consultant and a freelance writer. He has published approximately 200 scientific papers and is author of Digitized: the science of computers and how it shapes our world, which published this month. Read Peter’s previous post on “Three conversations with computers” or watch an interview with him. [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/03/short-history-computer-science/#comment-256439 Tyler Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:59:59 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=22336#comment-256439 It's obvious Bentley is interested in humanizing famous computer scientists, and I think this sounds like a fascinating read. It’s obvious Bentley is interested in humanizing famous computer scientists, and I think this sounds like a fascinating read.

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