Alan Turing Institute
 The headquarters of the Turing Institute is located in the British Library next to St Pancras railway station | |
| Founded | 2015 (2015) |
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| Founder | UK Government |
| Type | Research institute |
| Registration no. | England and Wales: 09512457 |
| Focus | Data sciences |
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Membership |
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CEO | Alan Wilson |
| Website | turing.ac.uk |
The Alan Turing Institute is the United Kingdom's national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, founded in 2015. It is named after Alan Turing,[1] the British mathematician and computing pioneer.
Contents
1 Governance
2 Location of the institute
3 Background, history and origin
4 References
5 External links
Governance
The Alan Turing Institute is formed as an independent private sector legal entity operating not-for-profit and as a charity. It is a joint venture consisting of a core group of founder universities: the University of Cambridge, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Oxford, University College London (UCL) and the University of Warwick selected on the basis of international peer review.[2] In November 2017, it was announced that four additional universities: Queen Mary University of London, University of Leeds, University of Manchester and University of Newcastle are set to join the institute as university partners.[3] The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the primary funder of the institute, is also a member of the joint venture. The primary responsibility for establishing the Alan Turing Institute has been assigned to the EPSRC with continuing engagement in the shaping of the Institute from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Government Office for Science. The Chair of the Alan Turing Institute, appointed in June 2015, is Howard Covington; the Director, appointed in August 2015, is Andrew Blake[citation needed]; the CEO, appointed in October 2016 is Sir Alan Wilson.[4]
Location of the institute
The Turing Institute is named in honour of Alan Turing,[1] often considered the father of Computer Science
Concurrently with the selection of founder universities, the EPSRC initiated a process to find a 'location partner'. The selected location is the British Library in London. This was announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 4 December 2014 as a key part of the Knowledge Quarter.[5] The Alan Turing Institute is located within the current British Library building and it is anticipated it will occupy new premises in a development planned on land between the Francis Crick Institute and the British Library.
Background, history and origin
The Alan Turing Institute is the indirect product of a letter from the Council for Science and Technology (CST) to the UK Prime Minister (7 June 2013), describing the "Age of Algorithms". The letter presents a case that "The Government, working with the universities and industry, should create a National Centre to promote advanced research and translational work in algorithms and the application of data science."
Funding for the creation of the Institute comes from £600m investment for the '8 Great Technologies',[6] and specifically so-called 'big data', signalled by the UK Government[7] It was announced by George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the 2014 UK Budget.[8] The bulk of the investment in 'big data' has been directed to computational infrastructure. Of the remainder, £42m has been allocated to the Alan Turing Institute to cover the initial five-year period of operation.[9] The five founder universities have each contributed £5m to the institute (a further £25m). Additional funding from industry, foundations and government bodies has already been indicated.
The Alan Turing Institute fits into a complex organisational landscape that includes the Open Data Institute, the Digital Catapult and infrastructure investments. The specific role of the Alan Turing Institute will be to provide the expertise and fundamental research into mathematics and algorithms needed to solve real world problems.[citation needed]
References
^ ab Newman, M. H. A. (1955). "Alan Mathison Turing. 1912–1954". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1: 253–226. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1955.0019. JSTOR 769256..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Business Secretary Cable announces partners in the Alan Turing Institute". Retrieved 13 May 2016.
^ "Four universities to join The Alan Turing Institute - The Alan Turing Institute". The Alan Turing Institute. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
^ "The Alan Turing Institute's new organisational structure". 10 October 2016.
^ "New Turing Institute at London's Knowledge Quarter announced by Chancellor". Retrieved 13 May 2016.
^ "Eight great technologies: infographics". Retrieved 13 May 2016.
^ "'Eight great technologies' benefit from £600m in government funding". The Guardian. UK. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26651179
^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26651179
External links
- Alan Turing Institute website
- Theory and Algorithms in Data Science Seminar
Coordinates: 51°31′46″N 0°07′37″W / 51.52944°N 0.12694°W / 51.52944; -0.12694
