UN marks impact of George Boole

The UN recognised the impact of the work of mathematician and former UCC Professor George Boole at a plenary session of the General Assembly in New York this week.

The General Assembly has designated October 20 as World Statistics Day in a resolution introduced by Hungary and co-sponsored by Ireland.

The resolution text noted that 2015 marks the bicentenary of the birth of Boole and recognised that his application of the principles of logic as a form of algebra underpins all modern computer science.