Title: Leonardo Torres Quevedo: Pioneer of Computing, Automatics, and Artificial Intelligence Speaker: Francisco A. González Redondo Date: Fri 28th February 2025 Time: 14:30 Location: 25 Copthall Ave, London EC2R 7BP and via the Internet using ZOOM.

About the seminar

The history of computing is a fascinating story. The search for little known pioneers of automation, missed fathers of the computer, unfamiliar founders of computer science, or unrecognized creators of artificial intelligence, invites us to look at the past with an open mind. In this article, we provide a comprehensive examination of the almost unknown contribution of a Spanish pioneer in all those fields during the first two decades of the 20^th century, the engineer and mathematician Leonardo Torres Quevedo (1852-1936).

Please note that this lecture is jointly organised with our esteemed colleagues in the Newconem Society and is additional to our usual programme.

About the speaker

Francisco A. González Redondo holds a five years degree in Mathematics (University of Cantabria), a Doctorate in Mathematics (UPM, Madrid’s Technological University) and a Doctorate in Philosophy of Science (UCM, Madrid’s Complutense University). He is Associate Professor of History of Science at UCM’s Faculty of Education, where he was Secretary of the Academic Staff from 2001 to 2009. In 2016 the Royal Institute of Navigation awarded him the Maybourn Prize for the best presentation on the History of Navigation.

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