Fw: [Turing Day] - Last Call for Participation

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From: "Daniel Ben Dayan Rubin" <dbd@biomed.polimi.it>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 2:08 PM
Subject: Fw: [Turing Day] - Last Call for Participation


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christof Teuscher" <christof@teuscher.ch>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:42 PM
> Subject: [Turing Day] - Last Call for Participation
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> > We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this email.
> > Please distribute this announcement to all interested parties.
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> > SECOND AND LAST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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> > 
> > ** Turing Day **
> > Computing science 90 years from the birth of Alan M. Turing. 
> > 
> > Friday, June 28, 2002
> > 
> > Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
> > Lausanne, Switzerland
> > http://lslwww.epfl.ch/turingday
> > 
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> > 
> > 
> > Purpose: 
> > -------- 
> > Alan Mathison Turing, born on June 23, 1912, is considered
> > one of the most creative thinkers of the 20th century. His 
> > interests, from computing to the mind through information 
> > science and biology, span many of the emerging themes of the 
> > 21st century.
> > 
> > On June 28, 2002, we commemorate the 90th anniversary of Alan 
> > Mathison Turing's birthday in the form of a one-day workshop 
> > held at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. 
> > The goal of this special day is to remember Alan Turing and to 
> > revisit his contributions to computing science. The workshop 
> > will consist of a series of invited talks given by 
> > internationally-renowned experts in the field.
> > 
> > 
> > Invited Speakers:
> > -----------------
> > B. Jack Copeland 
> >  - "Artificial Intelligence and the Turing Test"
> > 
> > Martin Davis 
> >  - "The Church-Turing Thesis: Has it been Superseded?"
> > 
> > Andrew Hodges 
> >  - "What would Alan Turing have done after 1954?"
> > 
> > Douglas R. Hofstadter 
> >  - "The Strange Loop -- from Epimenides to Cantor to Russell 
> >     to Richard to Goedel to Turing to Tarski to von Neumann 
> >     to Crick and Watson"
> > 
> > Tony Sale 
> >  - "What did Turing do at Bletchley Park?"
> > 
> > Jonathan Swinton 
> >  - "Watching the Daisies Grow: Turing and Fibonacci
> >     Phyllotaxis"
> > 
> > Gianluca Tempesti 
> >  - "The Turing Machine Redux: A Bio-Inspired Implementation"
> > 
> > Christof Teuscher 
> >  - "Connectionism, Turing, and the Brain"
> > 
> > 
> > Special Events:
> > ---------------
> > o Display and demonstration of an original Enigma machine
> > o Exhibition of historical computers (Bolo's Computer Museum)
> > o Demonstration of Turing's neural networks on the BioWall
> > o Demonstration of a self-replicating universal Turing machine
> > 
> > 
> > For up-to-date information and registration, consult the 
> > Turing Day web-site: http://lslwww.epfl.ch/turingday
> > 
> > We are looking forward to seeing you in beautiful Lausanne!
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > - Christof Teuscher
> > 
> > 
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> > Christof Teuscher 
> > Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
> > christof@teuscher.ch
> > http://www.teuscher.ch/christof
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