{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/17122.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":17122,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Give Alan Turing a Knighthood","background":null,"additional_details":"Alan Turing really should have a Knighthood and the only reason I expect he hasn't is that he was prosecuted as a homosexual by the British Government. With Gordon Brown apologising this publicly I think now is the time he is honoured for all his work.\r\n\r\nHe was highly influential in the development of computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of \"algorithm\" and \"computation\" with the Turing machine, which played a significant role in the creation of the modern computer. Turing is widely considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence.\r\n\r\nHe also played a very important role in the war for cracking Nazi communications.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-09-14T19:40:29.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:16.004Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:35:31.259Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-09-14T19:40:29.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"honours","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}