A famous person

In my opinion, the most famous person I know about in the field of computing is Alan Mathison Turing. He was born in 1912, and died in 1954. He was a famous British mathematician and British logician, and he is known as the 'father of computer science'. He was known to me through I saw a film called The Imitation Game once. It tells a story of Alan Turing who was called up by the army during World War Ⅱ because of his mathematical achievements, then he joined the army organization and was assigned to the department that borke the famous German code Enigma He worked with his team to break the Egigma code, finally they resulted in an Allied victory. During that time, he invented a machine called 'Turing Machine'.


Turing Test

After watching this film, I knew about Turing. This got me interested in easy calculations and is the reason I chose this profession. Then I learned a bit about him and concluded that he had a significant role in the field of computing. During the war, he invented a simple 'computer' based on mathematical laws, which greatly improved the efficiency of decryption. Even when his proposal to build the machine was misunderstood and he was unacceptable by others. He still stood up for himself and succeeded in convincing others through his own practice again and again. I admire him for his self-assertion and his academic rigour. After the war, he further regined the 'computer' which we now name 'Turing Machine' after him, in recognition of his contribution to us. He was still good at mathematician. In his early years of mathematical research, he proposed 'The Turing Test', a test to verify whether a computer has artificial intelligence, which is still used in our daily lives now.


His invention of the 'Turing Machine' was the foundation of modern computing, and his idea of artifical intelligence is still used in our lives today, so I think he is a founding father in the field of computing. In his memory, the ACM had established the Turing Award to recognise outstanding contributions to the field of computing.