Human: Who was the first recipient of the Turing Award? Assistant: 
The first Turing Award was given to Alan Turing in 1966. Turing was a British mathematician and computer scientist who made important contributions to the fields of mathematics, logic, artificial intelligence, and cryptography. He is best known for his work on the Turing test, which is a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human.