When exploring the intersection of human intellect and machine intelligence, one brilliant name stands out—Alan Turing. Mathematician, logician, cryptographer, and a pioneer of artificial intelligence, his legacy continues to inspire.

In honor of Alan Turing, the College of Computer Science and Technology at Zhejiang University proudly presents the "Turing Lecture" series. The third edition is now here! We are honored to welcome Dr. C. Mohan—member of the US National Academy of Engineering, Distinguished Professor of Science at Hong Kong Baptist University, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University—who will deliver an academic lecture titled "AI: Past, Present, and Future." Join us to explore the boundless possibilities of the intelligent age!

Faculty and students are warmly invited to register.

Lecture Details

Time

Monday, November 17, 2025

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Venue

Lecture Hall 117, Shaoke Building

Yuquan Campus, Zhejiang University

Host

College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University

Speaker Introduction

Dr. C. Mohan is currently a Distinguished Professor of Science at Hong Kong Baptist University, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University in China, and a member of the inaugural Board of Governors of Digital University Kerala in India. He retired in 2020 as an IBM Fellow at the IBM Almaden Research Center in Silicon Valley after 38.5 years as an IBM researcher specializing in databases, blockchain, AI, and related fields. His work has profoundly influenced numerous IBM and non-IBM products, the research and academic communities, and technical standards—most notably through his invention of the widely recognized ARIES family of database locking and recovery algorithms and the Presumed Abort distributed commit protocol. A fellow of IBM (1997–2020), ACM (2002–present), and IEEE (2002–present), he also served as IBM India Chief Scientist from 2006 to 2009.