Alan Turing
The pioneer of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence
A Brief Timeline of Turing's Impact:
- 1936: Published "On Computable Numbers," introducing the theoretical Turing machine.
- 1939-1945: Worked at Bletchley Park, building the Bombe machine to decrypt Enigma messages.
- 1950: Developed the "Turing Test" to determine if a machine can demonstrate human intelligence.
To learn more about his incredible contributions to the field of computer science, check out his Wikipedia entry.