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A mathematical model of computation. Named after English scientist Alan Turing, a Turing machine is a finite state machine that reads a tape divided into cells. The Turing machine examines the symbol ...

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On June 23, we commemorate the birth of Alan Mathison Turing, a visionary whose profound contributions laid the very groundwork for modern computing and artificial intelligence. Often hailed as the ...

Actor Lee Sang-yoon has been cast in the play "Turing Machine." Lee Sang-yoon has been chosen to play Alan Turing in the play "Turing Machine," which opens Jan. 8, 2026, at the Sejong Center for the ...

Mathematician Alan Turing invented an imaginary computer known as the Turing Machine; in an age before computers, he explored the concept of what it meant to be computable, creating the field of ...