From Bletchley Park to modern computing: the value of Twitter (8 Jan 2013)

UCL Minds

English - January 18, 2013 14:39 - 34 minutes - 63.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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Dr Sue Black, Senior Research Associate, UCL Department of Computer Science

Bletchley Park is the historic site of secret British codebreaking activities during World War II and the work carried out there by Alan Turing and others led to the birth of the modern computer. How did we get from Bletchley Park to modern software engineering? Dr Black discusses how the use of social media can leverage capability in very diverse areas, from campaigning for a historical site to improving the quality of software.

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