Talk:David Turner (computer scientist)

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SASL link[edit]

The link to SASL seems to point at an entirely unrelated SASL from the one Turner did —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.32.81.164 (talk • contribs) 2004-12-16 19:24:43 (UTC)

Doctoral Advisor[edit]

The obituary says it was Christopher Strachey. The Wikidata item links to both Strachey and also to Dana Scott, citing the mathematics geneology project. Does anyone have any sources for this? AndyGordon (talk) 16:10, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The secondary sources I could find are:

- https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/strachey100/photos/Bowen-photos.pdf which references "David Turner (doctoral student of Strachey)"

- https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/dat/miranda/genealogy.html which references both Strachey and Scott as his thesis advisors. This is from David Turner's own homepage.

It seems reasonable to list both and cite these sources? I couldn't find his thesis in a quick search of the Oxford online library. AnilMadhavapeddy (talk) 18:17, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes agreed. I reached out to Oxford contact to see if he can consult the dissertation itself. AndyGordon (talk) 18:58, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the preface of his dissertation thanks both but does not explicitly say that either is his supervisor. Still, his own website does credit both very clearly, as does the maths genealogy project. Overall, I think we judge these sufficient reliable sources. the Strachey 100 doc is super interesting (wish I'd been there) but only mentions Strachey as advisor, and we have that fact already from Guardian obit so no need to cite. AndyGordon (talk) 18:21, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]