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Booking for Ada Lovelace Day 2016 is now live - please feel free to pass on details to people you feel maybe interested in coming along.

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Ada Lovelacehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace, "The Enchantress of Numbers".

On Tuesday 11th October 2016, in Room 1.12 of the University of Edinburgh Main Library, we will again be running a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2016, an international celebration dayhttp://findingada.com/ of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

What's involved?

Beginning at 10am with a range of guest speakers in the morning, this will be followed by fun technology activities from 11am to 1pm:

· Metadata gameshttp://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/blog/2014/08/29/metadata-fun-and-games/

· Fun with BBC Microbithttps://www.microbit.co.uk/ - a handheld, fully programmable computer that you can use for all sorts of cool creations, from robots to musical instruments - the possibilities are endless.

· Fun with Sonic Pihttp://sonic-pi.net/ - the live coding music synth for everyone.

· Create Lego calculators/addershttps://www.youtube.com/user/sine35video/videos.

· Colour in a giant 'Garden of Ada'http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/ada-lovelace-day/oers/ design; hand drawn by our Interactive Content team.

Did you know that approximately only 16% of the biographies on Wikipedia relate to notable women? If you'd like to help redress this imbalance, new editors are very welcome and participants will be supported to develop Wikipedia articles; creating new role models for young and old alike.

Full Wikipedia editing training will be given at 1-2pm. Thereafter the afternoon's editathon from 2-5pm will focus on improving the quality of Wikipedia articles related to Women in STEM!

The event page can be accessed here: http://bit.ly/2cGapkn

http://bit.ly/2cGapkn

Who was Ada Lovelace?

Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), the only legitimate child of the poet George, Lord Byronhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron and his wife Anne Isabella Milbankehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Isabella_Byron,_Baroness_Byron, was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Enginehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer with her work a major influence on Alan Turing & inspiring countless others. There's now a graphic novelhttp://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/ of her short but brilliant life and you can read more about her herehttp://findingada.com/about/who-was-ada/.

Want to come?

For booking purposes, the day is split in two parts: talks & technology activities in the morning and the Women in STEM Wikipedia editathon in the afternoon.

You can attend both morning and afternoon sessions or just one.

* To book a place for the morning activities (10am to 1pm): * Click here for Ada Lovelace Day - talks & fun technology activitieshttp://edin.ac/2ckmZAP * To book a place for the afternoon editathon (1pm to 5pm): * Click here for the Women in STEM Wikipedia edit-a-thonhttp://edin.ac/2cSzuJc *

Time for lunch?

Food can be brought into the room and the fun technology activities from 11am to 1pm can be dropped in and out of. Tea & coffee will be provided and there is also the Library Cafe downstairs where you can get refreshments and a bite to eat.

Not a student or staff member of the university? A limited number of tickets are available through Eventbrite (links are on the event page).

Suggestions for notable Women in STEM who could & should be represented on Wikipedia?

Feel free to suggest name of notable women we could include as part of this day of celebration. Email me at ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk

Hope to see you there!

Ewan McAndrew Wikimedian in Residence

Tel: 07719 330076 Email: ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk Working hours are 2.5 days per week, usually Monday to Wednesday. Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

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