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The Alan Turing Institute is established as the UK national institute for the data sciences. The mission of the institute is to: undertake research in the data sciences at the intersection of computer science, mathematics, statistics and systems engineering; provide technically informed advice to policy makers on the wider implications of algorithms; enable researchers from industry and academia to work together to undertake research with practical application; act as a magnet for world leaders in academia and industry to engage with the UK; attract senior business and public service leaders to engage with and be trained in the business of data and analytics; and, promote the transfer of skills and insight as well as of technologies. The institute will also bring to bear insights from the social sciences and the study of ethics to the data sciences. ==Background== The Alan Turing Institute is the indirect product of a letter from the Council for Science and Technology (CST) to the UK Prime Minister (7 June 2013), describing the “Age of Algorithms”. The letter presents a case that "The Government, working with the universities and industry, should create a National Centre to promote advanced research and translational work in algorithms and the application of data science." Funding for the creation of the Institute comes from £600m investment for the '8 Great Technologies',〔https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eight-great-technologies-infographics〕 and specifically so-called 'big data', signalled by the UK Government〔http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jan/25/government-technology-science-funding〕 It was announced by George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer (2010-2015), in the 2014 UK Budget. The bulk of the investment in ‘big data’ has been directed to computational infrastructure. Of the remainder, £42m has been allocated to the Alan Turing Institute to cover the initial five-year period of operation. The five founder universities have each contributed ₤5m to the institute (a further ₤25m). Additional funding from industry, foundations and government bodies has already been indicated. The Alan Turing Institute fits into a complex organisational landscape that includes the Open Data Institute, the Digital Catapult and infrastructure investments. The specific role of the Alan Turing Institute will be to provide the expertise and fundamental research into mathematics and algorithms needed to solve real world problems. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alan Turing Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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