Turing

American

[toor-ing] / ˈtʊər ɪŋ /

noun

Alan Mathison 1912–54, English mathematician, logician, and pioneer in computer theory.

Turing British

/ ˈtjʊərɪŋ /

noun

Alan Mathison . 1912–54, English mathematician, who was responsible for formal description of abstract automata, and speculation on computer imitation of humans: a leader of the Allied codebreakers at Bletchley Park during World War II

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Turing Scientific

/ tr′ĭng /

British mathematician who in 1937 formulated a precise mathematical concept for a theoretical computing machine, a key step in the development of the first computer. After the war he designed computers for the British government and helped in developing the concept of artificial intelligence.

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As the work began, I kept spotting people I knew of from Cambridge—the classics scholar Dilly Knox, the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing.

From Literature

In a 'Turing test' involving ten experienced hematologists, the specialists were no better than random chance at telling real images apart from those created by the AI.

From Science Daily

The money I received from both the Erasmus and Turing schemes meant most of my expenses were covered and I was able to travel around Germany and France in my free time.

From BBC

The UK replaced it with its own Turing scheme in 2021, which funds similar placements worldwide.

From BBC

In the startup’s Palo Alto offices, the conference rooms are named for legendary mathematicians—Poincaré, Gauss, Hilbert, Lovelace, Turing.

From The Wall Street Journal

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