[Yasmin_an] virtual texnas on line march 23, 24

[roger malina]

roger malina your virtual texan is pleased to bring your attention to:


The Arts and Technology program will participate in a high-tech,
24-hour international multimedia show honoring the father of computer
science, Alan Turing.

http://www.utdallas.edu/atec/blog/2012/03/virtual-texans-celebrate-centenary-of-birth-of-alan-turing/

On March 23 and 24, UT Dallas Arts and Technology faculty members Dr.
Marjorie Zielke and Dr. Roger Malina, professor Judy
LeFlore of University of Texas at Arlington and ATEC students Sanger
Doane and Steven “Slade” Jansa, will participate as
 virtual Texans in a worldwide streaming extravaganza celebrating the
100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing.


Alan Turing’s accomplishments made a fundamental impact on the
development of the computer and to our contemporary networked digital
culture.

Alan Turing is sometimes called the father of computer science.  In
1935, at the age of 23 he invented the concept of abstract computing
machines – now known simply as Turing machines - on which all
subsequent stored-program digital computers are modeled.

Turing also pioneered the field of artificial intelligence, and he
developed the idea what is now called the “Turing Test,” a test of a
machine’s
 ability to exhibit intelligent behavior.

The UT Dallas ATEC program has a number of award winning research and
development initiatives which seek to create virtual environments
 with virtual humans for applications in health care and education.

With colleague Dr. Judy LeFlore, associate professor at the University
of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing, the ATEC team has developed
a
 serious game to teach undergraduate nurses how to treat respiratory
distress in infants, a health-care professional assessment program for
 a local hospital, and a full online nurse practitioner curriculum for neonates.

These projects have won a variety of awards, to include first place at
the 11th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) in
the
 category of Emerging and Innovative Technologies and Methods in
January 2011 and most recently in February 2012 a tie for first-place
demonstration
 at the Eighth Annual Innovations in Health Science Education
Conference, sponsored by the University of Texas Academy of Health
Science Education.

These Virtual Texans from ATEC projects will be participating in the
worldwide celebration Decode/Recode.

Decode/Recode is globally networked interactive event celebrating the
centenary of Alan Turing’s birth, as part of the official opening of
the University of
Salford building at MediaCity, England on March 23. For this event
ATEC will be connecting for 24 hours with 24 partners in a worldwide
live digital media performance.
http://www.utdallas.edu/atec/blog/2012/03/virtual-texans-celebrate-centenary-of-birth-of-alan-turing/