# Turing Talk

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{{Infobox award
| name = Turing Talk
| image = Alan Turing az 1930-as években.jpg
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| caption = The Turing Talk is named in honour of [Alan Turing](/source/Alan_Turing), often considered the father of [Computer Science](/source/Computer_Science)
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| sponsor = {{Plainlist|
* [Institution of Engineering and Technology](/source/Institution_of_Engineering_and_Technology) (IET)
* [British Computer Society](/source/British_Computer_Society) (BCS)}}
| date = {{start date|1998}} 
| location = {{Plainlist|
* [London](/source/London)
*[Manchester](/source/Manchester)
* [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff) 
* [Belfast](/source/Belfast)
*[Glasgow](/source/Glasgow)}}
| country = [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
| website = {{URL|https://www.bcs.org/events-home/turing-talk}}
|}}The '''Turing Talk''', previously known as the '''Turing Lecture''',<ref name=ieturing/> is an annual award [lecture](/source/lecture) delivered by a noted speaker on the subject of [Computer Science](/source/Computer_Science). Sponsored and co-hosted by the [Institution of Engineering and Technology](/source/Institution_of_Engineering_and_Technology) (IET)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://events2.theiet.org/turing/index.cfm|title=Digital Twins: The Next Phase of the AI Revolution? - IET Events|website=events2.theiet.org|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217134821/https://events2.theiet.org/turing/index.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [British Computer Society](/source/British_Computer_Society),<ref name=bscturing/> the talk has been delivered at different locations in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) annually since 1999. Venues for the talk have included [Savoy Place](/source/Savoy_Place), the [Royal Institution](/source/Royal_Institution) in  London, [Cardiff University](/source/Cardiff_University), The [University of Manchester](/source/University_of_Manchester), [Belfast City Hall](/source/Belfast_City_Hall) and the [University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow).<ref name=bscturing>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409072033/http://www.bcs.org/category/5951|archive-date=2015-04-09|url=http://www.bcs.org/category/5951|title=Past BCS & IET Turing Lectures|publisher=[British Computer Society](/source/British_Computer_Society)|location=London}}</ref><ref name=ieturing>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906071606/http://conferences.theiet.org/turing/speaker/previous/index.cfm|archive-date=2015-09-06|url=http://conferences.theiet.org/turing/speaker/previous/index.cfm|title=Previous IET and BCS Turing Lectures|publisher=[Institution of Engineering and Technology](/source/Institution_of_Engineering_and_Technology_(professional_society))|location=London}}</ref> The main talk is preluded with an insightful speaker, who performs an [opening act](/source/opening_act) for the main event.

The talk is named in honour of [Alan Turing](/source/Alan_Turing) and should not be confused with the [Turing Award](/source/Turing_Award) lecture organised by the [Association for Computing Machinery](/source/Association_for_Computing_Machinery) (ACM).<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Milner | first1 = Robin|author-link=Robin Milner | doi = 10.1145/151233.151240 | title = Elements of interaction: Turing award lecture | journal = Communications of the ACM | volume = 36 | pages = 78–89 | year = 1993 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Recent Turing talks are available as a live [webcast](/source/webcast) and archived online.<ref name=youtube/>

==Turing Talks==
Previous speakers have included:
* 2022: [Julie McCann](/source/Julie_McCann), a day in the life of a [smart city](/source/smart_city)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Julie McCann to give Turing Talk 2022 {{!}} BCS |url=https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/bcswomen-specialist-group/news-and-conversations/professor-julie-mccann-to-give-turing-talk-2022/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=bcs.org}}</ref>
* 2021: [Cecilia Mascolo](/source/Cecilia_Mascolo), Sounding out wearable and audio data for health diagnostics<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/turing-talk-2021-sounding-out-wearable-and-audio-data-for-health-diagnostics/|title=2021 Turing Talk: Sounding out wearable and audio data for health diagnostics; BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT|website=www.bcs.org}}</ref>
* 2020: [Mark Girolami](/source/Mark_Girolami),<ref name=girolswho>{{Who's Who | author=Anon|title=Girolami, Prof. Mark  | doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U292496|id = U292496 | year= 2020 | edition = online [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press)}}</ref> [Digital Twins](/source/Digital_twin): The Next Phase of the [AI](/source/Artificial_intelligence) Revolution<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcs.org/events/2020/february/turing-talks-2020/|title=Turing Talks 2020 &#124; BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT|website=www.bcs.org|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2021-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928004926/https://www.bcs.org/events/2020/february/turing-talks-2020/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2019: {{ill|Krishna Gummadi|qid=Q102243231}} Engineering a fair future: Why we need to train unbiased AI<ref name=youtube>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuqGKDQ_JqI  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/FuqGKDQ_JqI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Engineering a Fair Future: Why we need to train unbiased AI |publisher=YouTube |date=2019-02-18 |access-date=2020-02-17}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* 2018: [Andy Harter](/source/Andy_Harter), Innovation and technology – art or science?<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcs.org/events-home/turing-talk/2018-turing-talk-innovation-and-technology-art-or-science/|title=2018 Turing Talk: Innovation and technology - art or science? &#124; BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT|website=www.bcs.org|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2021-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021094032/https://www.bcs.org/events-home/turing-talk/2018-turing-talk-innovation-and-technology-art-or-science/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2017: Guruduth Banavar, Beneficial [AI](/source/Artificial_Intelligence) for the Advancement of Humankind<ref name=banavar>{{YouTube|id=zHXJpwddeo0|title=London Turing Lecture 2017}}, [British Computer Society](/source/British_Computer_Society)</ref>
* 2016: Robert Schukai, The Internet of Me: It's all about my screens
* 2015: [Robert Pepper](/source/Robert_Pepper), The Internet Paradox: How bottom-up beat(s) command and control<ref>{{YouTube|lSYpimUE9tk|The IET & BCS Turing Lecture 2015: The Internet Paradox}}</ref>
* 2014: [Bernard S. Meyerson](/source/Bernard_S._Meyerson), Beyond silicon: Cognition and much, much more<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/intapeople/blog_posts/beyond-silicon-cognition-and-much-much-more-the-iet-bcs-turing-lecture-24789 | title=Beyond silicon: Cognition and much, much more – the IET/BCS Turing Lecture }}</ref>
* 2013: [Suranga Chandratillake](/source/Suranga_Chandratillake), What they didn't teach me: building a technology company and taking it to market
* 2012: Ray Dolan,<ref name=dolanswho>{{Who's Who | author=Anon|title=Dolan, Prof. Raymond Joseph |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245952 | id = U245952 | year= 2015 | edition = online [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press)}}</ref> From cryptoanalysis to cognitive neuroscience – a hidden legacy of Alan Turing
* 2011: [Donald Knuth](/source/Donald_Knuth), An Evening with Donald Knuth – All Questions Answered<ref>{{cite web | url=https://simon.harper.name/2011/02/15/an-evening-with-donald-knuth-all-questions-answered-7th-annual-turing-lecture/ | title='An Evening with Donald Knuth – All Questions Answered' – 7th Annual Turing Lecture | date=15 February 2011 }}</ref>
* 2010: [Christopher Bishop](/source/Christopher_Bishop). Embracing Uncertainty: the new machine intelligence
* 2009: [Mike Brady](/source/J._Michael_Brady),<ref name=bradyturing>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329124424/http://www.bcs.org/category/7358|publisher=[British Computer Society](/source/British_Computer_Society)|title=Professor Sir Michael Brady|location=London|archive-date=2016-03-29|url=http://www.bcs.org/category/7358}}</ref> Information Engineering and its Future
* 2008: [James Martin](/source/James_Martin_(author)), Target Earth and the meaning of the 21st century
* 2007: [Grady Booch](/source/Grady_Booch), The Promise, the Limits and the Beauty of Software
* 2006: Chris Mairs,<ref name=mairswho>{{Who's Who | author=Anon|title=Mairs, Christopher John | doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245228|id = U245228 | year= 2015 | edition = online [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press)}}</ref> Lifestyle access for the disabled 
* 2005: [Fred Brooks](/source/Fred_Brooks), Collaboration and Telecollaboration in Design
* 2004: Fred Piper, Cyberspace Security, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
* 2003: [Caroline Kovac](/source/Caroline_Kovac), Computing in the Age of the Genome<ref>{{cite journal|title=Computing in the Age of the Genome|first=Caroline|last= Kovac|journal=The Computer Journal|volume=46|issue=6|year=2003|pages=593–597|doi=10.1093/comjnl/46.6.593}}</ref>
* 2002: [Mark Welland](/source/Mark_Welland), Smaller, faster, better – but is it nanotechnology?
* 2001: [Nick Donofrio](/source/Nick_Donofrio), Technology, Innovation and the New Economy
* 2000: [Brian Randell](/source/Brian_Randell), Facing up to Faults
* 1999: [Samson Abramsky](/source/Samson_Abramsky) From Computation to Interaction – Towards a Science of Information

== See also ==
* [Pinkerton Lecture](/source/Pinkerton_Lecture)

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