Attendee: Alan Turing, 1950

Alan Turing, the great British computer scientist, attended this meeting.

He was there to discuss his ideas on the Automatic Computing Engine, a machine designed to perform calculations at speeds previously unimaginable.

The Automatic Computing Engine, also known as ACE, was a pioneering computer system that laid the foundation for modern computers.

Other notable attendees included:

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