Ada Lovelace Day Celebration 2024

Ada Lovelace Day Celebration 2024

Online Face-to-face conference
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
10 am - 11:30 am (AEDT)
Free

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October is a commemoration of Ada Lovelace, pioneer software programmer, and also the International Day of the Girl Child. Women have been participating in STEM activities throughout history, but often their contributions are not acknowledged. What's more, it's difficult for girls to access education – even to this day.

Join us in celebrating Ada Lovelace as well as the achievements of women in computing more broadly, while highlighting today's experiences and opportunities for future women pioneers.

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Location

Online and 25 Exhibition Walk,
Monash University Clayton Campus,
Clayton VIC 3168 Australia

About Ada Lovelace

Ada King née Byron, Countess of Lovelace born in 1815 in England, was the daughter of Lord George and Lady Anne Byron. A brilliant mathematician, she was introduced to Charles Babbage in 1833.

Published in 1843, Ada translated a French paper on Babbage’s work to build an Analytical Engine with his early ideas on modern computing concepts and discussed the potential of a general purpose computer given the right data and instructions.

Most notably, she wrote a computer program which would take 100 years for digital computing to be able to execute.

Ada was ahead of her time in an era where few women could join computing. What’s changed for women in IT – and where to next?

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