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This page names the research group or laboratory a computing pioneer worked within. Wikipedia notes that a primary goal of computer scientists is to "develop or validate models, often mathematical, to describe the properties of computational systems," work that is usually carried out inside a specific research group. Browsing this way collects every pioneer who worked within the same group.

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Era of Emergence
1936 CE 1
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Algorithm Design and Analysis

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131 entries

Combinatorial Optimization

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39 entries

Compilers and Language Implementation

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1 entry

Computational Complexity Theory

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62 entries

Cryptography and Cryptanalysis

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16 entries

Formal Languages and Automata Theory

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22 entries

Logic and Foundations

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15 entries

Machine Learning

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1 entry

Models of Computation and Learning

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1 entry

Personal and Workstation Computing Pioneers

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1 entry

Phylogenetic Tree Algorithms and Measures

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1 entry

Quantum Computing and Information

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23 entries
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Turing machine
WikipediaTuring machine, lead section, theory-of-computation subcategory use
Quote, Turing machine, lead section, theory-of-computation subcategory use
The Turing machine was invented in 1936 by Alan Turing, who called it an "a-machine" (automatic machine).
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