Whiteboard Challenge - The Imitation Game

SUMMARY

Inspired by Alan Turing, the cryptanalyst who solved Enigma, the device used by the German military command to encode strategic messages. Contestants, all war veterans, write an algorithm to encrypt and decrypt a complex set of messages.

DESCRIPTION

Topic: Inspired by Enigma, the device used by the German military command to encode strategic messages before and during World War II.

Challenge: Contestants will write an algorithm to encrypt and decrypt a complex set of messages.

Visualization: Viewers will see a simulated encryption and decryption of content.

Contestants: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States