Abstract
In 1998 the British Computer Society (BCS) and the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) instigated an annual public lecture in memory of Alan Turing (1912-1954). Turing was one of the most influential early developers of computer technology, a member of the wartime UK code-breaking team at Bletchley Park, and proposer of the 'Turing Test' of machine intelligence. The 2006 Turing Lecture, entitled 'Lifestyle Access for the Disabled - Adding Positive Drift to the Random Walk with Technology', was delivered by Chris Mairs, co-founder in 1981 of Metaswitch, part of the communications company Data Connection plc and chair of 'a-technic', a charity which develops assisted technology for people with disabilities, primarily those who (like Mairs) are blind or otherwise visually impaired.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Management and organisational behaviour |
Editors | L. Mullins |
Place of Publication | Harlow |
Publisher | Financial Times Prentice Hall |
Pages | 663-665 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780273708889 |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |