{"id":210,"date":"2016-06-10T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T00:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/?p=210"},"modified":"2016-06-11T13:42:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T13:42:46","slug":"ada-lovelace-day-11th-october-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/ada-lovelace-day-11th-october-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"COMING SOON: Ada Lovelace Day &#8211; 11th October 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_211\" style=\"width: 219px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/Ada_Lovelace_portrait.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-211\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211\" class=\"wp-image-211 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/Ada_Lovelace_portrait-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ada Lovelace Alfred Edward Chalon [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/Ada_Lovelace_portrait-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/Ada_Lovelace_portrait-768x1103.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/Ada_Lovelace_portrait-713x1024.jpg 713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ada Lovelace<br \/> Alfred Edward Chalon [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>This is just a gentle reminder that Ada Lovelace Day 2016 will be coming up on Tuesday 11<sup>th<\/sup> October 2016 and we will be looking to reconvene a working group to prepare for an Ada Lovelace day of events; incorporating a Wikipedia editathon celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/findingada.com\/\">http:\/\/findingada.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"250\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/findingada.com\/\">Ada Lovelace Day | Celebrating the achievements of women &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>findingada.com<\/p>\n<p>Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Ada Lovelace Day in 2016 will be &#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>At this moment in time, I am looking for expressions of interest in being involved in this event once more and Wikipedia pages we should look to create and improve related to Women in STEM.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NB: The focus might shift a little this year to female mentors given that Mary Somerville is to grace the \u00a310 note this year so with an extra focus on women in maths too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you know of someone who would like to be involved then please feel free to forward on the event details and let them know I\u2019d love to hear from them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh\/Events_and_Workshops\/Ada_Lovelace_Day_2016\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh\/Events_and_Workshops\/Ada_Lovelace_Day_2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve created the Wikipedia event page accordingly so that we can populate it over the next few months with some notable women in STEM.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other projects are in development too. If you would like to be involved in them then email me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh#Projects_in_Development\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh#Projects_in_Development<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is just a gentle reminder that Ada Lovelace Day 2016 will be coming up on Tuesday 11th October 2016 and we will be looking to reconvene a working group to prepare for an Ada Lovelace day of events; incorporating a Wikipedia editathon celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). 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