{"id":517,"date":"2023-09-19T15:16:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/?p=517"},"modified":"2024-12-04T11:50:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T11:50:16","slug":"ada-lovelace-day-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/ada-lovelace-day-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Ada Lovelace Day 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a style=\"color: #910715;\" href=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/09\/Ada-Lovelace-Day-2023-square-no-QR-code.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-532 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/09\/Ada-Lovelace-Day-2023-square-no-QR-code-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/09\/Ada-Lovelace-Day-2023-square-no-QR-code-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/09\/Ada-Lovelace-Day-2023-square-no-QR-code-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/09\/Ada-Lovelace-Day-2023-square-no-QR-code-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/09\/Ada-Lovelace-Day-2023-square-no-QR-code-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/09\/Ada-Lovelace-Day-2023-square-no-QR-code.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On Tuesday 10th October 2023, the University\u2019s Information\u00a0Services\u00a0team are celebrating Ada Lovelace Day 2023 which is an <a href=\"https:\/\/findingada.com\">international celebration day<\/a> of the achieveme<\/strong><strong>nts of women in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics\">science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have an afternoon of talks,\u00a0activities and training planned for Ada Lovelace Day.\u00a0 This will take place on the first floor of the Main Library (Central Area) from 11:00-17:00 in Room 1.07.<\/p>\n<p>You can confirm your attendance via Event Booking now (open to all University students and staff):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.events.ed.ac.uk\/index.cfm?event=showEventDetails&amp;scheduleId=65360&amp;start=&amp;eventssearch=Ada%20Lovelace%20Day&amp;eventStart=0\">Book your place<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Schedule<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>11am-11:15am\n<ul>\n<li>Join us for tea, coffee and cake\u00a0 in Room 1.07 Main Library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>11:15am-1pm\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><strong>We have a series of lightning talks including:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Melissa Highton, Assistant Principal University of Edinburgh on why we celebrate Ada Lovelace Day and inspirational women in STEM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Professor Frauke Zeller,<\/strong> Professor of HCI &amp; Creative Informatics in the School of Computing and Engineering &amp; the Built Environment at Napier University to talk about her research in big data analyses, audience analytics, AI ethics and Human-Computer and Robot Interaction. She will tell us the story of the world\u2019s first hitchhiking robot with a talk titled &#8220;Can a robot be your friend? The creativity in robot research&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Professor Ruth King, Thomas Bayes Professor of Statistics Mathematics, with an intriguing talk titled \u201cA life in Statistics motivated by Agatha Christie &#8211; the \u201cQueen of Crime\u201d\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Dr Catherine Bromley, Head of Service (Digital Strategy &amp; Product Development) for <strong>Public Health Scotland<\/strong>.\u00a0 Catherine will talk about the public good of statistics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/informatics\/news-events\/stories\/2022\/bhargavi-ganesh-best-paper-werobot-steamboat-ai\">Bhargavi Ganesh<\/a> &#8211; an Informatics PhD student\u00a0 who works in the area of AI will be giving a talk titled &#8220;Tracing Tree Rings: Embracing Unconventional Paths in STEM&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1pm-2pm settle down for some lunch, colouring in, badge and sticker making, and green-screen photos with Ada Lovelace<\/li>\n<li>\u00a02pm-5pm <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh\/Events_and_Workshops\/Ada_Lovelace_Day_2023\">\u2018<em>Changing the ways the stories are told<\/em>\u2019<\/a> &#8211; a Wikipedia editing event\n<ul>\n<li>2pm-3pm Join our Wikimedia editathon (Full Wikipedia training &#8211; learn how to edit the free encyclopedia!)<\/li>\n<li>Short break<\/li>\n<li>3pm-5pm Researching &amp; writing new pages (50-100 words+) about Women in STEM to publish and share. <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=sAafLmkWiUWHiRCgaTTcYfmV2zcXBwpHj6kxhS3RY9FUMkQyRjlWSTZPTzNLODlZSjJKOFI0VURLUi4u\">Nominate your STEM heroines here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other Activities Happening<\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ui-provider ec bye bsq byf byg byh byi byj byk byl bym byn byo byp byq byr bys byt byu byv byw byx byy byz bza bzb bzc bzd bze bzf bzg bzh bzi bzj bzk\" dir=\"ltr\">Edinburgh Women in STEM Trail<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ui-provider ec bye bsq byf byg byh byi byj byk byl bym byn byo byp byq byr bys byt byu byv byw byx byy byz bza bzb bzc bzd bze bzf bzg bzh bzi bzj bzk\" dir=\"ltr\">Throughout the week, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/AdaLovelaceDay\/edinburgh-women-in-stem-trail-51fs2oh8y4bexmoq\">Edinburgh Women in STEM Trail<\/a> (self-guided) to visit places in Edinburgh connected with women in STEM. How many of these locations can you find? <\/span><span class=\"ui-provider ec bye bsq byf byg byh byi byj byk byl bym byn byo byp byq byr bys byt byu byv byw byx byy byz bza bzb bzc bzd bze bzf bzg bzh bzi bzj bzk\" dir=\"ltr\">If you like, take a photo of your visit (selfie or not, as you prefer), post in Twitter\/X, tag @UoE_LTW and add the hashtag #UoEAdaDay2023. We can&#8217;t wait to see your photos!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>uCreate Studio<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve not heard about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucreatestudio.is.ed.ac.uk\/\">uCreate Studio<\/a>, the University&#8217;s biggest community makerspace, they are running some induction sessions in the library during Ada Lovelace day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucreatestudio.is.ed.ac.uk\/events\/makerspace_induction_optional_training_7\">Makerspace induction &amp; optional training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucreatestudio.is.ed.ac.uk\/events\/ucreate_training_soldering\">uCreate Training: Soldering<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Book now to make sure you get a place!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Empowering Women in STEM &#8211; A Progressive Learning Journey<\/h3>\n<p>This is a curated LinkedIn Learning pathway created by our Digital Skills Team especially for Ada Lovelace Day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\/paths\/the-university-of-edinburgh-empowering-women-in-stem-a-progressive-learning-journey?shareId=d7e41a1a-9636-4cab-bec7-0fe04555cba9&amp;accountId=50251009&amp;u=50251009&amp;success=true&amp;authUUID=hJf8FrrkTtWYeHlMWYkECg%3D%3D\">Learning pathway<\/a> (requires University login)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Tweeting your experience?<\/h3>\n<p>Use our tag &#8211; #UoEAdaDay2023<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ui-provider ec cay bxp ddy ddz dea deb dec ded dee def deg deh dei dej dek del dem den deo dep deq der des det deu dev dew dex dey dez dfa dfb dfc dfd\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Data and Programming Fortnight<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div><span class=\"ui-provider ec cay bxp ddy ddz dea deb dec ded dee def deg deh dei dej dek del dem den deo dep deq der des det deu dev dew dex dey dez dfa dfb dfc dfd\" dir=\"ltr\">Celebrate Ada Lovelace Day with two weeks of data and programming courses offered by the Digital Skills Team from the 9th to 20th of October. Open to all students and completely free to attend!<\/p>\n<p>Read more details and register here &#8211; <a class=\"fui-Link ___10kug0w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/edin.ac\/44uituj\" href=\"https:\/\/edin.ac\/44UITUJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link https:\/\/edin.ac\/44UITUJ\">https:\/\/edin.ac\/44UITUJ<\/a>. Also stay tuned for the Digital Skills Team&#8217;s upcoming themed fortnights!<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday 10th October 2023, the University\u2019s Information\u00a0Services\u00a0team are celebrating Ada Lovelace Day 2023 which is an international celebration day of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). 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