New Scientist

Alan Turing

Alan Turing was one of the most influential British figures of the 20th century. In 1936, Turing invented the computer as ...

Quote of the day by Alan Turing: "If a machine can think, it might think more intelligently than we do, and then where should we be?"

In the early 1950s, most people had never seen a computer. Those who had were unlikely to describe it as anything more than a ...
Princeton University

Grad alum Avi Wigderson wins Turing Award for 'groundbreaking insights' in computer science

Princeton graduate alumnus Avi Wigderson has won the 2023 A.M. Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), recognizing his profound contributions to the mathematical underpinnings ...
Ars Technica

Computer scientist wins Turing Award for seminal work on randomness

Computational scientist and mathematician Avi Wigderson of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton has won the 2023 A.M. Turing Award. The prize, which is given annually by the Association ...