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Ada Lovelace. La encantadora de números

Espacio Fundación Telefónica C/ Fuencarral 3, Madrid, Spain

Small exhibition about Ada Lovelace in Espacio Fundación Telefónica Madrid.

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Avondale STEMsters – Celebrate Ada Lovelace Day

Avondale College Victor Street, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Avondale College STEMsters (year 12 & 13 female students) invited year 9 and 10 female students to an 'awareness session' as part of celebrating Ada Lovelace day. The STEMsters gave a presentation highlighting who Ada Lovelace was, as well as other prominent key Women in STEM, and how the junior students could get involved in […]

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Rannsaka og skapa

Torfnes, Ísafjörður, 400, Iceland Torfnes, Ísafjörður, Iceland

Þriðjudaginn 17. október kl.18-21 Fab lab Ísafjörður býður stelpur og konur sérstaklega velkomnar í smiðjuna þar sem við munum heyra hver Ada Lovelace var, spjalla við konur á svæðinu sem eru rannsakandi og skapandi og boðið verður upp á smiðjur t.d. þrívíddarprentun. Ada Lovelace alþjóðlegur dagur sem fagnar afrekum kvenna í vísindum, tækni, verkfræði og […]

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Professor Jean Bacon in Conversation with Dr Valerie Lynch

Centre for Computing History 1 Rene Court, Coldhams Road,, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Jean Bacon was the first woman to be appointed to a Lectureship in the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge in 1985. She is now Professor Emerita of Distributed Systems at the Computer Laboratory where she co-headed the Opera Research Group from its founding in the 1990s. Don't miss this chance to hear Jean […]

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Ada Lovelace Day

The Fields Institute 222 College St., 2nd floor, Toronto, ON, Canada

Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration day for the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). It aims to increase the profile of women in these areas, and, in doing so, create new role models who will encourage more girls into STEM careers and support women already working in STEM. Every […]

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Elly Zupko on Honoring the Trailblazing Women in STEM of the Past & Future

Humanities Wing, HW305, UTSC 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, ON, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

In 2014, people across the world saw a lead scientist from the European Space Agency appear on international television to talk about the Philae lander mission wearing a garment covered in scantily-clad women. It became known as “that shirt.” Elly responded by designing “that other shirt,” which features over 50 notable women in STEM (Science, […]

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YorkU 3rd Annual Ada Lovelace Day Talk: From “That Shirt” to “That Other Shirt” — Finding Ways to Honour the Trailblazing Women of the Past & Future

Senate Chamber N940 Ross York University 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A talk by Elly Zupko — equity, diversity & inclusivity activist and communications expert Monday October 23rd 12:30pm-1:30pm Senate Chamber, N940 Ross Building Keele Campus In 2014, people across the world saw a lead scientist from the European Space Agency appear on international television to talk about the Philae lander mission wearing a garment covered […]

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Free movie screening: Hidden Figures

James Watt 1 Auditorium Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

HIDDEN FIGURES is the incredible untold story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe)—brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s […]

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From “That Shirt” to “That Other Shirt”: A talk by Elly Zupko

Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Finding Ways to Honour the Trailblazing Women of the Past & Future. In 2014, people across the world saw a lead scientist from the European Space Agency appear on international television to talk about the Philae lander mission wearing a garment covered in scantily-clad women. It became known as “that shirt.” Elly responded by designing […]

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Why am I not a geek?

KAIST, Building N-1 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea, Republic Of

KAIST School of Computing presents the 3rd edition of its ALD event. This year, we invite Prof. Hyomin Kim to give a talk titled "Why am I not a geek?". The talk will look into how geek culture interacts with gender and other social status for CS students in Korean universities. The talk will be […]

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Ada Lovelace: The Programmer, the Maths, and the Myths

Centre for Computing History 1 Rene Court, Coldhams Road,, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Ada Lovelace is widely celebrated as "the first programmer”, the “enchantress of numbers” whose unique “poetical science” enabled her to make startling predictions about modern computing in a famous 1843 paper about Charles Babbage’s proposed analytical engine. In this talk, Professor Ursula Martin (CBE FRSE, University of Oxford) will separate fact from myth, talk about what […]

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