Celebrating the Genius of Turing - Mind, Mechanism and Mathematics

This program is timed to benefit from, and to contribute to, the body of scientific activities planned for the Turing Centenary in 2012. The aim of the project is for a decisive and unique intervention, aimed at pushing forward the science and supporting the work of young researchers to whom we look for the breakthroughs of tomorrow. The program addresses the most fundamental questions related to the legacy of Alan Turing, computation, information and mind, such as the Mathematics of Emergence, Possibility of Building a Brain, Nature of Information, New Models of Logic and Computation. The program is built around two high profile and related activities: I) A Young Scholars Competition entitled "The Turing Centenary Research Project  - Mind, Mechanism and Mathematics," for researchers entering within ten years of receiving their Ph.D. This is designed to provide significant funding support for the work of eight young researchers: Five of these being JTF "Turing Research Fellows"; and three of the funding awards focusing on researchers in the 16 to 25 age-group, with the winners being termed JTF "Turing Scholars.” II) A major international three-day Turing Centenary Conference and Public Events - to be held over the weekend of the June 23, 2012 Turing centenary date, in Manchester, where Turing lived - so raising the profile of the research and the competition; bringing knowledge of the science to a broad audience; and giving the winners of the competition an opportunity to present their work to a large number of people. The events will also feature world-leading figures, such as Turing Award winners, whose work closely relates to the work of Turing and who made substantial contribution to the modern computing world.

Grant Amount:

$1,613,805

Start Date:

January 2011

End Date:

June 2015

Grant ID:

15574, 15619

 Suite of 2 separate grants totaling $1,613,805