{"id":355,"date":"2019-09-17T14:43:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T14:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/?p=355"},"modified":"2024-12-04T11:50:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T11:50:17","slug":"the-scientific-life-of-ada-lovelace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/the-scientific-life-of-ada-lovelace\/","title":{"rendered":"The scientific life of Ada Lovelace"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A talk for Ada Lovelace Day 2019 by Professor Ursula Martin<\/h2>\n<p>We are delighted to announce that our keynote speaker for Ada Lovelace Day 2019 at the University of Edinburgh\u00a0is Professor Ursula Martin CBE FREng FRSE DSc.<\/p>\n<p>This evening talk is a\u00a0free event and part of a whole day of activities celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).<\/p>\n<h3>Date, time and location<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday 8th October 2019<\/li>\n<li>17:45 \u2013 20:00 BST<\/li>\n<li>Informatics Forum,\u00a010 Crichton Street,\u00a0Edinburgh\u00a0EH8 9AB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Book your free place now<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/the-scientific-life-of-ada-lovelace-a-talk-by-professor-ursula-martin-cbe-tickets-73108109323\">Professor Ursula Martin Eventbrite event listing<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Ada Lovelace<\/h3>\n<div><strong><span class=\"markkmplmgldr\">Ada<\/span>, Countess <span class=\"markzzqs4t8kh\">of<\/span> <span class=\"markam2x4msmr\">Lovelace<\/span> (1815-1852)<\/strong> is best known for a remarkable article about Babbage\u2019s unbuilt computer, the Analytical Engine, which not only presented the first documented computer program, but also, going well beyond Babbage\u2019s ideas <span class=\"markzzqs4t8kh\">of<\/span> computers as manipulating numbers, outlined their creative possibilities and the limits <span class=\"markzzqs4t8kh\">of<\/span> what they could do.<\/p>\n<p>The comprehensive archive <span class=\"markzzqs4t8kh\">of<\/span> <span class=\"markam2x4msmr\">Lovelace<\/span>\u2019s papers preserved in Oxford\u2019s Bodleian Library displays <span class=\"markam2x4msmr\">Lovelace<\/span>\u2019s wide scientific interests, and her grasp <span class=\"markzzqs4t8kh\">of<\/span> the potential <span class=\"markzzqs4t8kh\">of<\/span> mathematics as a uniting link between the material and symbolic worlds.<\/p>\n<p>In this talk we start to explore <span class=\"markam2x4msmr\">Lovelace<\/span>, her background, her scientific ideas and her contemporary legacy, and reflective more broadly on the role <span class=\"markzzqs4t8kh\">of<\/span> history <span class=\"markzzqs4t8kh\">of<\/span> computing in present day thinking about the discipline.<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Professor <span class=\"markobcjev916\">Ursula<\/span> <span class=\"markbpa7qrnec\">Martin<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div><strong>Professor <span class=\"markobcjev916\">Ursula<\/span> <span class=\"markbpa7qrnec\">Martin<\/span> CBE FREng FRSE DSc<\/strong> is Professor <span class=\"markzzqs4t8kh\">of<\/span> Computer <span class=\"markisqmjdtra\">Science<\/span> at the University <span class=\"markzzqs4t8kh\">of<\/span> Edinburgh, and a Visiting Professor in Mathematics at the University <span class=\"markzzqs4t8kh\">of<\/span> Oxford. After a career in research and research leadership spanning many aspects <span class=\"markzzqs4t8kh\">of<\/span> computing and mathematics, she now works on the context, long term development and impact <span class=\"markzzqs4t8kh\">of<\/span> fundamental ideas in computer <span class=\"markisqmjdtra\">science<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><strong><span class=\"markisqmjdtra\">Programme for the event<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span class=\"markisqmjdtra\">5.45pm &#8211; 6pm: Arrive at the venue<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"markisqmjdtra\">6pm &#8211; 6.45pm: The scientific life of Ada Lovelace &#8211; talk by Professor Ursula Martin<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"markisqmjdtra\">6.45pm-7pm: Audience Q&amp;A<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"markisqmjdtra\">7pm &#8211; 8pm: Drinks and nibbles reception<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"markisqmjdtra\">8pm: Event close<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A talk for Ada Lovelace Day 2019 by Professor Ursula Martin We are delighted to announce that our keynote speaker for Ada Lovelace Day 2019 at the University of Edinburgh\u00a0is Professor Ursula Martin CBE FREng FRSE DSc. 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