The Computers and the People at Bletchley Park.
"How did the Enigma and Bombe machines really work"
Where: Navy Club, 24 Whitlaw Street, off Lansdowne, opposite River Road South.
Who: Mike Wearing.
When: Thursday,March 12, 2020 at 7:30pm.
For anyone who has seen the entertaining movie "The Imitation Game" about Alan Turing and code breaking at Bletchly Park in WW2, Mike Wearing will explain how the Enigma and Bombe machines really worked. Plus how the Lorenz "Tunny" machine and Colossus (the World's first programmable computer) worked to solve the more complex coded messages.
This presentation is not about code cracking. It is about the machines, how they worked and how they were used.
If you were there in the early days of computers or you are interested in the history of computing machines, this is for you.
Mike Wearing:
Mike Wearing is a Professional Engineer (Electrical) who was educated at the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School, the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, and McGill University. At de Havilland he designed the installation of navigation and communication equipment in military aircraft; first in the UK and then after 1960 in Canada. As de Havilland downsized he left to join the burgeoning computer industry, where he worked for 38 years, first as a hardware engineer and later as a software engineer.
After retiring at the end of 1999, Mike became a volunteer Team Leader with the Halifax (Ground) Search & Rescue team for 11 years. He participated in about 70 searches for lost people, helped with the Map & Compass course and co-taught the Clue Awareness & Tracking course.
Contacts: Mike Wearing: mwearing1937@gmail.com
Sean Dunne: sean.dunne@ieee.org
Sponsored by: PEO, IEEE, OACETT Peterborough.
