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Roundhouse Public Lecture Series: Pioneers of Computer Science

Wednesday 11 November 2015, 6.00PM to 8.00pm

Speaker(s): Sir Tony Hoare FRS FREng

In the fifteen years of this century, computer application has expanded dramatically from day to day, both in outreach and in sophistication. However, the origins of computer science itself date back several millennia, to the teachings of the most famous philosophers of the ancient world.  Sir Tony Hoare refers first to Aristotle, the recognised founding father of biology and of logic.  Then he turns to Euclid, whose Elements of geometry have been taught in schools right up to modern times; his concepts have been implemented in graphics packages running on billions of computers today. Inspired by these origins, the ideas and culture of computer science have been advanced by philosophers, logicians and mathematicians, right up to the present day.  The last of his pioneers is Alan Turing, who adapted the ideas of the ancient philosophers to the modern practice of programming.  In conclusion, he claims that Computer Science is worthy of recognition as part of the ever expanding intellectual heritage of the human race. 

https://youtu.be/kz7DfbOuvOM

 

Location: Ron Cooke Hub

Admission: Admission by free ticket only, open to all