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Tom Stuart, Author, Understanding Computation

Tom Stuart

Biography: Tom Stuart

 
Tom is a computer scientist and programmer. He has lectured on optimizing compilers at the University of Cambridge, co-organizes the Ruby Manor conference, and is a member of the London Ruby User Group. His latest book, Understanding Computation, was published by O’Reilly in 2013.
 
Twitter: @tomstuart

Presentation: Impossible Programs

Time: Monday 17:10 - 18:00 / Location: Grand Ballroom A & B

Every aspect of our lives has been transformed by the invention of general-purpose programmable computers. As a result, it's tempting to believe that computers can solve any logical or mathematical problem; that if we throw enough time, money and developers at a question, we can produce a program which answers it.

Unfortunately the universe is never that convenient. There are hard theoretical limits on what programs are capable of doing, and there will always be easily-stated problems which are impossible for any computer to solve.

This talk uses code to tell a nail-biting, math-free story about the source of a computer's power, the inevitable drawbacks of that power, and the impossible programs which lie at the heart of uncomputability.