CIS 2050 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Theoretical Computer Science, Universal Turing Machine, Formal Language

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 2050
• Professor: David Chiu

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Unit 10: historical perspectives on computing and society. P(cid:396)ofesso(cid:396)"s notes: von neuman and alan turing are some of the key contributors to the development of early computing technology, turing designed a theoretical mathematical model of general computers. In the future, computing technology could be an important factor in determining job placement, changing unemployment and monetary transactions. It may also affect productivity and possibly how wealth is distributed: social change using computing technology may facilitate social movements, but, the impacts and our future well-being may lie ultimately beyond what is possible using modern computing technology. Historical reflectio(cid:374)s: actually, turi(cid:374)g did(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)ve(cid:374)t the co(cid:373)puter. In 1936, 2 years after completing his undergraduate degree, he introduced the concept now called the turing. Retroactively founding computer science: turing provided a crucial part of the foundation of theoretical computer science, there was no such thing as computer science during the early 1950.