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Jack Copeland
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Brian Jack Copeland
1950 (age 74–75) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BPhil, DPhil) |
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| Fields | Philosophy Logic Alan Turing |
| Institutions | University of Plymouth University of Canterbury |
| Thesis | Entailment : the formalisation of inference (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | Dana Scott |
Brian Jack Copeland (born 1950) is a professor who teaches Philosophy at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is well-known for writing many books about Alan Turing, a very important person in the history of computers.
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Learning and Studying
Jack Copeland studied at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. He earned two special degrees there. In 1978, he completed his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree. For this, he researched different types of logic, which is the study of correct reasoning. His work was guided by a professor named Dana Scott.
What Does Jack Copeland Do?
Jack Copeland is in charge of the Turing Archive for the History of Computing. This is a huge online collection of information about Alan Turing. Turing was a brilliant mathematician and computer scientist. Copeland has also written and edited many books about Turing's life and work.
He helped identify the idea of "hypercomputation." This is about imagining computers that could be even more powerful than the ones we know today. He also worked with Jason Long to bring back some of the very first computer music. This music was recorded on an early computer called the Ferranti Mark I.
Professor Copeland has taught as a visiting professor in many places. These include universities in Australia, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. He was also a Senior Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States.
He is the president of a group called the US Society for Machines and Mentality. He is also part of a special team that advises Bletchley Park in the UK. Bletchley Park was a secret place where codebreakers worked during World War II.
In 2012, Jack Copeland and Diane Proudfoot suggested starting a "Turing Center" in Zurich, Switzerland. This idea became real, and the Turing Center Zurich opened in 2015. It holds regular meetings and talks about computers, artificial intelligence, and other related topics.
About The Rutherford Journal
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Rutherford J. |
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| Discipline | History and philosophy of science |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Jack Copeland |
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University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
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2005 onwards |
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| ISSN | 1177-1380 |
| OCLC no. | 145735058 |
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Jack Copeland is the main editor of The Rutherford Journal. This is an online magazine that shares new research. It is "open-access," meaning anyone can read it for free online. The articles are "peer-reviewed," which means other experts check them before they are published.
The journal focuses on the history and philosophy of science and technology. It started in December 2005. The journal is named after Ernest Rutherford, a famous New Zealand physicist. He studied at the University of Canterbury.
The journal is listed in many important academic databases. It covers a wide range of topics. These include early calculating machines and the CSIRAC computer.
Books Written by Jack Copeland
Jack Copeland has written or helped write many books. Here are some of them:
- Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction (1993)
- Logic and Reality Essays on the Legacy of Arthur Prior (1996)
- The Essential Turing (2004)
- Alan Turing’s Automatic Computing Engine: The Master Codebreaker's Struggle to Build the Modern Computer (2005)
- Colossus: The Secrets of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers (2006)
- Alan Turing’s Electronic Brain: The Struggle to Build the ACE, the World’s Fastest Computer (2012)
- Computability: Turing, Gödel, Church, and Beyond (2013) (with Carl Posy and Oron Shagrir)
- Turing: Pioneer of the Information Age (2014)
- The Turing Guide (2017) (with Jonathan Bowen, Robin Wilson, Mark Sprevak, and others)
Awards and Special Recognition
In 2010, students at the University of Canterbury chose Jack Copeland as their "Lecturer of the Year." This award shows how much students appreciate his teaching.
See also
In Spanish: Jack Copeland para niños
