The document discusses Alan Turing and his work breaking the German Enigma code during World War II. It provides background that the Enigma machine was believed to be unbreakable, but Turing created a method for decrypting Enigma messages. He is considered the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. His work at Bletchley Park cracking the Enigma code is believed to have shortened the war by over two years.
3. What is Enigma Machine ?
The Enigma machine is
invented by a German
during World War Two.
British tried to break
the German Enigma
Machine.
The American, Russians,
French and Germans
too, think that Enigma is
unbreakable.
4. A Turing machine that is able to simulate any other
Turing machine is called a universal Turing
machine (UTM, or simply a universal machine).
6. What Turing do’s ?
He concentrated on cryptanalysis of the Enigma.
He creates method of decrypting Enigma
code messages.
7. Bio-Data of Alan Turing
Alan Mathison Turing, (1912 –1954) was a
British pioneering computer scientist,
mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst,
philosopher, mathematical biologist, and
marathon and ultra distance runner.
Turing is widely considered to be the father of
theoretical computer science and artificial
intelligence.
8. Family Background
His father, Julius Mathison Turing was posted
as Indian Civil Service (ICS) at Chhatrapur,Bihar
and Orissa Province, in British India.
Turing's mother, Julius' wife was chief
engineer of theMadras Railways.
His grandfather had been a general in
the Bengal Army.
12. Amazing Facts!
It was believed that breaking ENIGMA
shortened the war by more than two years,
saving over 14 million lives.
Turing’s work inspired generations of
research into what scientist called “Turing
Machines.”
Today, we called them COMPUTERS.