Paul Dhanjal

So, I’m totally stoked about attending the RSA conference this year. The theme this year is a celebration of Alan Turing. Many people consider Turing the be the father of Computer Science.
My exposure to Turing Machines and Alan Turing started in university. I vividly recall myself - half dazed holding my tattered copy of Neuromancer while my second year professor closed out the Logic 201 class with a brief history lesson. He told us that this genius, Alan Turing was persecuted for his homosexuality and how he was forced to take estrogen and consequently grew breasts. Turing died at a young age of an apparent suicide with a cyanide-laced red apple by his bedside. Our professor abruptly left while the class sat there awe struck.

I wondered how someone so pivotal to the allies during WWII and today to our understanding of computer systems had to endure such hardships in his short yet profound existence. It’s a wonder we don’t credit his work more often. Here’s to you Alan.