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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]
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications ...
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.
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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).
Ada Byron Lovelace daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet 1843 or 1850 Portrait inspired by Ada Lovelace, wearing a Women in Red badge. Original by Electronic Frontier Foundation 's Hugh D’Andrade. List of Wikipedia activities surrounding Ada Lovelace Day , celebrated on the second Tuesday of October.
BCS Women joined forces with Wikimedia UK and Suw Charman-Anderson of Finding Ada, to celebrate Ada Lovelace day in 2013.In general, the day exists to celebrate the contributions of women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, especially since Ada Lovelace is considered the first programmer, due to her work on Charles Babbage's analytical engine.