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Ada Lovelace Day is an annual event held on the second Tuesday of October to celebrate and raise awareness of the contributions of women to STEM fields. It is named after mathematician and computer science pioneer Ada Lovelace. It started in 2009 as a "day of blogging" and has since become a multi-national event with conferences. [1] [2]
Ada was a descendant of the extinct Barons Lovelace and in 1838, her husband was made Earl of Lovelace and Viscount Ockham, meaning Ada became the Countess of Lovelace. [30] In 1843–44, Ada's mother assigned William Benjamin Carpenter to teach Ada's children and to act as a "moral" instructor for Ada. [ 31 ]
The Military Standard reference manual was approved on December 10, 1980 (Ada Lovelace's birthday), and given the number MIL-STD-1815 in honor of Ada Lovelace's birth year. In 1981, Tony Hoare took advantage of his Turing Award speech to criticize Ada for being overly complex and hence unreliable, [ 23 ] but subsequently seemed to recant in the ...
Ada Lovelace was the first person to publish an algorithm intended to be executed by the first modern computer, the Analytical Engine created by Charles Babbage. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer. [9] [10] [11] Lovelace was introduced to Babbage's difference engine when she was 17. [12]
Ada Lovelace Day 2023: Celebrating Women in STEM in a nutshell: Where?: 1.07 in Edinburgh University Main Library and remotely, wherever you are!
The University of Oxford’s IT Services, Bodleian Libraries and Wikimedia UK are organising a series of Wikipedia events focused on women in science to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day. The fourth event, on Thursday 15 October, is focused on images. It will take place at IT Services on Banbury Road, Oxford, and will include training in wiki editing.
Ada Lovelace Day 2016 at the University of Edinburgh Main Library 01. Ada Lovelace portrait. Mary Somerville. Info about the event. University of Edinburgh edit-a-thon.
On Tuesday 13th October 2020, the University's Information Services team are running a Wikipedia 'edit-a-thon' to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2020 which is an international celebration day of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).