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DESCRIPTION:Alan Turing devised a universal abstract computing device in 19
 36\, known to us all as the Universal Turing Machine. Computer Scientists 
 have explored this device’s boundaries and its capacities ever sinc
 e and found that different ways of defining mechanical computation to all 
 be confined to the boundaries perceived by Turing. Turing also proposed a 
 test for checking whether such a device could only perform algorithmic act
 ivity in a theoretically closed domain\, or could it be like humans and le
 arn from experience\, thereby exhibiting intelligence In contrast\, during
  the wars\, there were posts called ‘computers’ to which peop
 le could apply\, implying the people could compute\, and that not only mac
 hines could be deployed for such a purpose. In fact information processing
  by people most of the time cannot be undertaken by machines\, such as dem
 ands made in the presence of incomplete information\, ambiguous informatio
 n\, and the like. Every person is engaged in such activities throughout th
 eir lives. To paraphrase this situation\, there is\, perhaps\, more comput
 ing outside the box than within! Or\, put differently\, whilst Turing defi
 ned the box and characterized it\, he never said that our focus should tru
 ly be on and in the box. We have made that our preoccupation! Can we start
  moving away from this preoccupation? Can we start taking a holistic view 
 of computation (information processing)? This exploration is at the heart 
 of this lecture. We believe that the central problem in front of us is to 
 consider the semantics of human processes (in contrast with computational 
 processes in which information processing is mechanistic)\, where informat
 ion processing is done by people\, not automatons. Such semantics must con
 sider management\, and reasoning in domains wherein arguments to assert th
 at gaols in the domain are constructively met. We explore such issues befo
 re embarking on its formalization.\n\nCo-sponsored by: neil.ghosh@gmail.co
 m\n\nSpeaker(s): Prof KV Nori\, \n\nhyderabad\, Andhra Pradesh\, India
LOCATION:hyderabad\, Andhra Pradesh\, India
ORGANIZER:neil.ghosh@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:[Legacy Report] Alan Turing Birth Centenary Lecture
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/81393
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br />Alan Turing devised a universal abstract comp
 uting device in\n1936\, known to us all as the Universal Turing Machine. C
 omputer\nScientists have explored this device’s boundaries and its 
 capacities\never since and found that different ways of defining mechanica
 l\ncomputation to all be confined to the boundaries perceived by\nTuring. 
 Turing also proposed a test for checking whether such a\ndevice could only
  perform algorithmic activity in a theoretically\nclosed domain\, or could
  it be like humans and learn from\nexperience\, thereby exhibiting intelli
 gence In contrast\, during the\nwars\, there were posts called ‘comp
 uters’ to which people could\napply\, implying the people could com
 pute\, and that not only\nmachines could be deployed for such a purpose.\n
 In fact information processing by people most of the time cannot\nbe under
 taken by machines\, such as demands made in the\npresence of incomplete in
 formation\, ambiguous information\, and\nthe like. Every person is engaged
  in such activities throughout\ntheir lives. To paraphrase this situation\
 , there is\, perhaps\, more\ncomputing outside the box than within! Or\, p
 ut differently\, whilst\nTuring defined the box and characterized it\, he 
 never said that our\nfocus should truly be on and in the box. We have made
  that our\npreoccupation! Can we start moving away from this\npreoccupatio
 n? Can we start taking a holistic view of computation\n(information proces
 sing)? This exploration is at the heart of this\nlecture. We believe that 
 the central problem in front of us is to\nconsider the semantics of human 
 processes (in contrast with\ncomputational processes in which information 
 processing is\nmechanistic)\, where information processing is done by peop
 le\, not\nautomatons. Such semantics must consider management\, and\nreaso
 ning in domains wherein arguments to assert that gaols in the\ndomain are 
 constructively met. We explore such issues before\nembarking on its formal
 ization.
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