Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day 2024

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Information Services Group (ISG) is celebrating Ada Lovelace Day 2024, an international celebration day of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), on Tuesday 8 October.

All staff and students are invited to join the celebration through a series of talks, activities, and training planned for the day. 

When and where

All activities will take place on Tuesday 8 October in Teaching Room 1 (Digital Scholarship Centre), on Floor 6 of the Main Library, except for the uCreate activities. These will be happening in the uCreate Makerspace on Floor 1 of the Main Library. 

Schedule

11am: Activities 

Activities including badge and sticker-making, colouring in – with a special feature on the women in the Naming Spaces project – and activities organised by uCreate, including a bespoke Makerspace induction session and a robotics drop-in event. 

12pm: Lunch 

Lunch and tea/coffee will be provided, with dairy and gluten-free options available. 

12.30pm: Talks 

The confirmed speakers for Ada Lovelace Day 2024 are: 

  • Professor Helen Hastie – Professor of Human-Robot Interaction, University of Edinburgh 
  • Professor Victoria Martin – Professor in Particle Physics, University of Edinburgh 
  • Ebtehal Alotaibi – Artificial Intelligence and Robotics PhD student, University of Edinburgh 
  • Professor Jane Hillston – Professor of Quantitative Modelling, University of Edinburgh 

2.30pm: Wikipedia edit-a-thon 

There will be a Wikipedia editing event in the afternoon, where we will write and publish articles about women in STEM on Wikipedia. This Ada Lovelace Day edit-a-thon will focus on women in robotics. You don’t need prior Wikipedia editing experience – full training will be provided on the day.  

You can read more about the Women in Red project which has inspired this activity on ISG’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion SharePoint site: 

Women in Red 

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact Katie Grieve 

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