{"677165":{"#nid":"677165","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Online Series Offers Unique Opportunity to Hear from Turing Award Winners","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEach year, the Association of Computing Machinery presents the Turing Award to one person for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to the computer science field. It is the highest honor in computing, and some have called it \u0022The Nobel Prize of Computing.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeginning on October 4, an event called \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.turing.rsvp\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETuring Minds\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E will bring eight preeminent computer scientists together for a series of online lectures. Six Turing Award winners will be among the speakers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoseph Sifakis*\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELeslie Valiant*\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert Gentleman\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVint Cerf*\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeoffrey Hinton*\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAvi Wigderson*\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Hennesey*\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDon Chamberlain\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(*Turing Award winner)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/omscs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOnline Master of Science in Computer Science (OMSCS)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E students \u003Cstrong\u003EZack\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EAxel\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EParsa\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EKhazaeepoul\u003C\/strong\u003E founded the series, which is now in its second year. Former dean of computing \u003Cstrong\u003EZvi\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EGalil\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor and executive advisor for online programs, supported the pair.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo RSVP for the event, please visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.turing.rsvp\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETuring Minds website\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. For more information, please reach out to Zack Axel directly at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:zaxel3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ezaxel3@gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBeginning on October 4, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.turing.rsvp\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETuring Minds\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, created by two Georgia Tech OMSCS students, will bring eight preeminent computer scientists together for a series of online lectures. Six Turing Award winners will be among the speakers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two OMSCS students have established the Turing Mind, a speaking series starting on Oct. 4."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2024-09-27 02:02:46","changed_gmt":"2024-09-27 02:12:53","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"431631","name":"OMS"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"10199","name":"Daily Digest"},{"id":"121521","name":"OMSCS"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnn Claycombe, Communications Director\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eann.claycombe@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}