BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2012/newsitem/4510/5-O ctober-2012-turing100-nl-Amsterdam-The-Netherlands DTSTAMP:20120530T000000 SUMMARY:turing100.nl, Amsterdam, The Netherlands DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121005 LOCATION:Amsterdam, The Netherlands DESCRIPTION:The year 2012 marks the centenary of t he birth of Alan M. Turing. All over the world, re searchers are celebrating the 100th birthday of th is great and inspiring scientist by workshops and conferences. The Nederlandse Vereniging voor Logic a & Wijsbegeerte der Exacte Wetenschappen (VvL) de cided to add an opportunity for the Dutch communit y of researchers to engage in similarly fruitful d iscussions and have a meeting that will put Turing 's achievements into a contemporary research conte xt in Amsterdam in October 2012. turing100.nl wi ll be open for all researchers in the fields of lo gic, artificial intelligence, history of computing , and theoretical computer science; it will serve as a forum for Dutch researchers to meet internati onal top experts. The meeting will feature five sp eakers, two from history of computing, two from th e research areas resting on Turing's ideas, and th e science journalist Bennie Mols who published the book "Turings Tango. Waarom de mens de computer d e baas blijft". In the evening, the University Pla yers Hamburg will perform Hugh Whitemore's Breakin g the Code about Alan Turing's life and work. The meeting is funded by NWO. For more information, see http://www.turing100.nl/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
The year 2 012 marks the centenary of the birth of Alan\n M. Turing. All over the world, researchers are c elebrating the\n 100th birthday of this great and inspiring scientist by\n workshops and c onferences. The Nederlandse Vereniging voor\n Logica & Wijsbegeerte der Exacte Wetenschappe n (VvL) decided\n to add an opportunity for t he Dutch community of researchers to\n engage in similarly fruitful discussions and have a meet ing that\n will put Turing's achievements int o a contemporary research\n context in Amster dam in October 2012.\n
\nturing1 00.nl will be open for all researchers in the fiel ds\n of logic, artificial intelligence, histo ry of computing, and\n theoretical computer s cience; it will serve as a forum for Dutch\n researchers to meet international top experts. The meeting will\n feature five speakers, two fr om history of computing, two from\n the resea rch areas resting on Turing's ideas, and the scien ce\n journalist Bennie Mols who published the book "Turings\n Tango. Waarom de mens d e computer de baas blijft". In the\n eve ning, the University Players Hamburg will perform Hugh\n Whitemore's Breaking the Code about Al an Turing's life and\n work. The meeting is f unded by NWO.\n
\n \nFor more information, see\n http://www.turing100.n l/\n
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