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Ada Lovelace Symposium - Celebrating 200 Years of a Computer VisionaryAuthor: Oxford University
10 December 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ada Lovelace, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbages unbuilt mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. The Symposium is aimed at a broad audience of those interested in the history and culture of mathematics and computer science, presenting new discoveries for the Oxford archives, and other current scholarship on Lovelaces life and work, and linking her ideas to contemporary thinking about mathematics, computing and artificial intelligence. Thanks to the ACM Digital Library for sponsoring the symposium. Language: en Genres: Education, Technology Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Enchantress of Abstraction, Bride of Science: must Ada Lovelace be a superheroine?
Friday, 18 December, 2015
Panel discussion to conclude the symposium with Muffy Calder, Valerie Barr, Suw Charman-Anderson, Murray Pittock and Cheryl Praeger. Chair: Muffy Calder, University of Glasgow. Speakers: Valerie Barr, Union College and Chair ACM-W. Suw Charman-Anderson, Founder of Ada Lovelace Day. Murray Pittock, University of Glasgow. Cheryl Praeger, University of Western Australia Cheryl Praeger, University of Western Australia.
