Women in Computing: Her Story
Centre for Computing History 1 Rene Court, Coldhams Road,, Cambridge
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Women in Computing: Her Story
Her Story is an interactive exhibition celebrating women who live, breathe and work computing and tech. The focus is on celebrating women who work or have worked in technology through the stories that they can tell. The festival will include an interactive exhibition (included in standard museum admission price) as well as a series of […]
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Year 4 and Ada Lovelace
We had a group come into our school who performed a spellbinding interactive show about the computing pioneer, entitled ADA. ADA. ADA. We watched as the team put together the most spectacular dress we have ever seen. They spoke about the technology it used to light up and twinkle in lots of variations! We’ve been […]
Computing Women Ramsgate
To celebrate the 175th anniversary of the publication of Ada Lovelace's Notes, containing what would have been the first, workable computer program, visitors to The Micro Museum in Ramsgate on 6 and 7 October will be able to view a slideshow about Ada and some of the other women who helped create our modern digital […]
Standard admission to Museum applies.
Intro to coding – Sphero Workshop
Can you make a Sphero robot go round and round, or climb up a ramp? Get your digits and neurons moving with this hands-on coding activity. Use your creativity and know-how to complete fun challenges. Recommended for participants ages 8 years and up. This special event is in honour of the upcoming Ada Lovelace Day, […]
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Women in STEM Reception
Women in STEM Reception
Come celebrate the accomplishments of women in STEM in honor of Ada Lovelace Day.
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Children’s book launch La vida de Ada Lovelace
Children’s book launch La vida de Ada Lovelace
La vida de Ada Lovelace, written by Silvia Amélia Bim, a Computer Science lecture, illustrated by Kiara Cabral and translated by Sarah P.P. Garcia is a children's book originally written in Portuguese. It was translated to Spanish with the aim to celebrate the X LAWCC - Latin American Women in Computing Congress (http://cleilaclo2018.mackenzie.br/en/clei-2018/events/lawcc.html).
Free
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SINC_HACK >17%
SINC_HACK >17%
As part of Brighton Digital Festival and in honour of Ada Lovelace Day (9th October), Sussex Innovation Centre is hosting its first hackathon! The inaugural SINC_HACK is based around the theme of >17%. Women make up just 17% of employees the UK tech sector, and only 17% of start-ups have female founders. The problem has […]
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Tea & Tech Talk: Girls STEM Day
Tea & Tech Talk: Girls STEM Day
Girls ages 8 - 14 can participate in this Ada Lovelace Day-inspired morning workshop which includes Curiosity Labs: Chemiluminescence with MilliporeSigma scientists, flash talks by local women in STEM, blackout poetry circuit art, Ozobots color coding, Makey Makey games, Ada Lovelace Day button making, and tea, lemonade and sweet treats. Preregistration is required.
Free
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Creative Computing Club – Ready To Roll
Creative Computing Club – Ready To Roll
Inspired by the modern age of information transparency, we are rolling traditional dice into the 21st century. Your kids will create an anti-cheat game-playing network using Micro:bits and the coding language of Python to create an electronic die, before linking it to a master receiver. With a shake of the Micro:bit everyone will get to […]
£8
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Ada Lovelace Day: Free React Weekend Workshop
Ada Lovelace Day: Free React Weekend Workshop
Join Flatiron School’s Front End Instructor, Angela Branaes, on-campus for fun Saturday morning workshop of coding to pay homage to Ada Lovelace! You will learn how to make your very first mobile app in React Native, a very useful skill in this mobile-first world. It will be fun both if you’re a beginner and if […]
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Cream Tea with Inspirational Women
Cream Tea with Inspirational Women
A celebration of Ada Lovelace, who inspired Victorian women, Porlock hosts an event with modern women who inspire. Somerset Cream Tea will be served in the interval, between the five speakers
£8.00
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Finding Ada: the legacy of Ada Lovelace
Finding Ada: the legacy of Ada Lovelace
This Sunday we will be celebrating the life and work of mathematician Ada Lovelace. 'ALD' or Ada Lovelace day, on October 9th, celebrates her achievements and those of women in science and technology but fewer people know that she was also a Unitarian. We will also have with us Debbie Parker-Kinch, who is researching the […]