Editing Ada Lovelace (section)

==Commemoration<!--'Ada Lovelace Day' redirects here-->==
[[File:AdaLovelaceplaque.JPG|thumb|left|upright|[[Blue plaque]] to Ada Lovelace in [[St James's Square]], London|alt=Plaque to Ada Lovelace that reads "English Heritage, Ada Countess of Lovelace, 1815–1852, Pioneer of Computing lived here"]]

The computer language [[Ada (programming language)|Ada]], created on behalf of the [[United States Department of Defense]], was named after Lovelace.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ithistory.org/honor-roll/mrs-augusta-ada-king-countess-lovelace|title=Mrs. Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace|date=21 December 2015|work=IT History Society|access-date=21 December 2017|archive-date=15 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615214345/http://www.ithistory.org/honor-roll/mrs-augusta-ada-king-countess-lovelace|url-status=dead}}</ref> The reference manual for the language was approved on 10 December 1980 and the [[United States Military Standard|Department of Defense Military Standard]] for the language, ''MIL-STD-1815'', was given the number of the year of her birth.

In 1981, the [[Association for Women in Computing]] inaugurated its [[Ada Lovelace Award]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6z0aAQAAMAAJ&q=the+Augusta+Ada+Lovelace+Award+by+the+Association+for+Women+in+Computing |title=Awards, Honors & Prizes: United States and Canada |last=Webster |first=Valerie J. |date=2000 |publisher=Gale Group |isbn=978-0-7876-3401-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref name =Award>{{cite web
 | url =http://awc-hq.org/ada-lovelace-awards.html | title=Association for Women in Computing | access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref> {{as of|1998}}, the [[British Computer Society]] (BCS) has awarded the [[Lovelace Medal]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.5822|title=Lovelace Lecture & Medal|publisher=[[British Computer Society|BCS]] |archive-date=26 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060826081022/https://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.5822 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and in 2008 initiated an annual competition for women students.<ref name=BCSWomen /> [[BCSWomen]] sponsors the Lovelace Colloquium, an annual conference for women undergraduates.<ref name=BCSWomen>{{cite web | url=http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/cs/lovelace-colloquium/ | location=UK | title=BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium | access-date=4 March 2014 | archive-date=22 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222035717/http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/cs/lovelace-colloquium/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Ada College]] is a further-education college in [[Tottenham Hale]], London, focused on digital skills.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Davis|first1=Anna|title=New college in north London 'will boost women in tech sector'|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/education/new-college-in-north-london-will-boost-women-in-tech-sector-a3200201.html|website=London Evening Standard|date=10 March 2016|access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref>

[[Ada Lovelace Day]] is an annual event celebrated on the second Tuesday of October,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ada Lovelace Day – Celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths |url=https://findingada.com/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=findingada.com}}</ref> which began in 2009.<ref name="Independent 2009">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/ada-lovelace-day-first-computer-programmer-forgotten-women-a8557416.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008121529/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/ada-lovelace-day-first-computer-programmer-forgotten-women-a8557416.html |archive-date=2018-10-08 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Ada Lovelace Day: We should never forget the first computer programmer|date=8 October 2018|website=The Independent|access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref> Its goal is to "...&nbsp;raise the profile of women in science, technology, engineering, and maths," and to "create new role models for girls and women" in these fields.<ref name="Independent 2009"/>

The [[Ada Initiative]] was a non-profit organisation dedicated to increasing the involvement of women in the [[free culture movement|free culture]] and [[Open-source software movement|open source movements]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/471813/ |title=An update on the Ada Initiative |work=LWN | last=Aurora | first=Valerie |date=13 December 2011 | access-date= 5 October 2012}}</ref> A specialist technical college, for pupils aged 16–19, in England is named "Ada, the National College for Digital Skills", it has campuses in [[Whitechapel]], [[Tottenham Hale]] and [[Manchester]].<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.ada.ac.uk/_site/data/files/governance/0C8EE0AAEFF14E5148C41F1AE4D0E9C3.pdf |title=Inspection of Ada, the National College for Digital Skills |date=March 14-17, 2023 |publisher=[[Ofsted]] |access-date=December 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718085354/https://www.ada.ac.uk/_site/data/files/governance/0C8EE0AAEFF14E5148C41F1AE4D0E9C3.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> The building of the department of Engineering Mathematics at the [[University of Bristol]] is called the Ada Lovelace Building.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ada Lovelace Building: a new home for Engineering Mathematics at Bristol |url=https://engineering.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/ada-lovelace-building-new-home-engineering-maths/ |website=University of Bristol |date=8 October 2020 |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref> The Engineering in Computer Science and Telecommunications College building in [[Zaragoza University]] is called the Ada Byron Building.<ref>{{cite web | title=Ada Byron Building | url=http://wikimapia.org/1641862/Ada-Byron-Building}}</ref> The computer centre in the village of [[Porlock]], near where Lovelace lived, is named after her. Ada Lovelace House is a council-owned building in [[Kirkby-in-Ashfield]], Nottinghamshire, near where Lovelace spent her infancy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chad.co.uk/news/town-centre-landmark-renovated-to-boost-kirkby-s-economy-1-8538257|title=Town-centre landmark renovated to boost Kirkby's economy|date=11 May 2017|work=Mansfield and Ashfield Chad|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://woodhead-construction.co.uk/ada-lovelace-house-officially-opened/|title=Ada Lovelace House Is Officially Opened|date=18 October 2017|publisher=Woodhead Construction|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref>

In 2012, a [[Google Doodle]] and blog post honoured her on her birthday.<ref name="Lovelace Google">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/dec/10/ada-lovelace-honoured-google-doodle|title=Ada Lovelace honoured by Google doodle|date=10 December 2012|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.google/inside-google/doodles/honouring-computings-1843-visionary/|title=Honouring computing's 1843 visionary, Lady Ada Lovelace |work=[[Google Doodle]]s |date=9 December 2012 |access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref> In 2013, [[Ada Developers Academy]] was founded and named after her. Its mission is to diversify tech by providing women and gender-diverse people the skills, experience, and community support to become professional software developers to change the face of tech.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://adadevelopersacademy.org/history/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Ada Developers Academy|language=en-US}}</ref> On 17 September 2013, the [[BBC Radio 4]] biography programme ''[[Great Lives]]'' devoted an episode to Ada Lovelace; she was sponsored by TV presenter [[Konnie Huq]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Series 31, Konnie Huq on Ada Lovelace|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03b0ydy|website=[[Great Lives]]|publisher=[[BBC Radio 4]]}}</ref>

[[File:Ada Lovelace statue 2024-10-03.jpg|thumb|Lovelace statue in Millbank, City of Westminster, London]]

As of November 2015, all new [[British passport]]s have included an illustration of Lovelace and Babbage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473495/HMPO_magazine.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473495/HMPO_magazine.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Introducing the new UK passport design|publisher=HM Passport Office|access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2015/nov/03/new-uk-passport-design-in-pictures|title=New UK passport design – in pictures|first=All photographs: HM Passport|last=Office|date=3 November 2015|website=The Guardian}}</ref> In 2017, a Google Doodle honoured her with other women on [[International Women's Day]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/international-womens-day-2017/|title=International Women's Day 2017 |work=[[Google Doodle]]s |date=8 March 2017 |access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref> On 2 February 2018, [[Satellogic]], a high-resolution [[Earth observation]] imaging and analytics company, launched a [[ÑuSat]] type [[Small satellite|micro-satellite]] named in honour of Ada Lovelace.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/02/02/china-lofts-earthquake-research-craft-with-cluster-of-smaller-satellites/|title=China lofts earthquake research craft with cluster of smaller satellites |first=Stephen |last=Clark |work=Spaceflight Now |date=2018-02-02|access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> In March 2018, ''[[The New York Times]]'' published a belated obituary for Ada Lovelace.<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Claire Cain |date=8 March 2018 |title=A gifted mathematician who is now recognized as the first computer programmer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-ada-lovelace.html |url-access=registration |access-date=2023-01-25 |work=[[The New York Times]] |id={{ProQuest|2611777591}}}}</ref>

On 27 July 2018, [[Ron Wyden|Senator Ron Wyden]] submitted, in the [[United States Senate]], the designation of 9 October 2018 as National Ada Lovelace Day: "To honor the life and contributions of Ada Lovelace as a leading woman in science and mathematics". The resolution (S.Res.592)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-resolution/592|title=S.Res.592 – 115th Congress (2017–2018): A resolution designating 9 October 2018, as "National Ada Lovelace Day" and honoring the life and legacy of Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer.|last=Ron|first=Wyden|date=25 July 2018|website=congress.gov|access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref> was considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by unanimous consent. In November 2020 it was announced that [[Trinity College Dublin]], whose library had previously held forty busts, all of them of men, was commissioning four new busts of women, one of whom was to be Lovelace.<ref>{{cite news |first=Sarah |last=Burns |title=Four new statues to end Trinity Long Room's 'men only' image |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/four-new-statues-to-end-trinity-long-room-s-men-only-image-1.4420412 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=2020-11-26|access-date=29 November 2020}}</ref>

{{external media | width=210px | float=right | headerimage=  | video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2P27tI57k “9 Millbank : Ada Lovelace Sculpture Takes Her Place In Westminster  St Edward”], 7 March 2022.}}

In March 2022, a statue of Ada Lovelace was installed at the site of the former Ergon House in the [[City of Westminster]], London, honoring its scientific history. The redevelopment was part of a complex with [[Imperial Chemical House]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Millbank & Ergon House |url=https://www.ericparryarchitects.co.uk/projects/millbank-ergon-house/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Eric Parry |language=en-GB}}</ref> The statue was sculpted by Etienne and Mary Millner and based on the portrait by [[Margaret Sarah Carpenter]].  The sculpture was unveiled on International Women's Day, 2022. It stands on the 7th floor of Millbank Quarter overlooking the junction of Dean Bradley Street and [[Horseferry Road]].<ref name="Millner">{{cite web |title=Public Art Proposal for Ergon House For approval by Westminster City Council |url=https://docs.planning.org.uk/20210218/115/QOKTUIRPJVB00/jpazhx47qxqil6un.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://docs.planning.org.uk/20210218/115/QOKTUIRPJVB00/jpazhx47qxqil6un.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |website=Planning Alerts – Document Repository |access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref><!-- add citations tomorrow once it is unveiled; mention punch card puzzle -->

In September 2022, [[Nvidia]] announced the [[Ada Lovelace (microarchitecture)|Ada Lovelace]] [[graphics processing unit]] [[microarchitecture|(GPU) microarchitecture]].<ref name="ArsTechnica">{{cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/nvidias-ada-lovelace-gpu-generation-1599-for-rtx-4090-899-and-up-for-4080/|title=Nvidia's Ada Lovelace GPU generation: $1,599 for RTX 4090, $899 and up for 4080|author=Sam Machkovec|date=20 September 2022|work=Ars Technica}}</ref> In July 2023, the [[Royal Mint]] issued four commemorative [[Commemorative coins of the United Kingdom#Two pounds|£2 coins]] in various metals to "honour the innovative contributions of computer science visionary Ada Lovelace and her legacy as a female trailblazer."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rigby |first1=John |title=Coins |url=https://www.royalmint.com/shop/commemorative/innovation/ada-lovelace/ |website=Royal Mint |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>

===Bicentenary (2015)===
The [[Anniversary|bicentenary]] of Ada Lovelace's birth was celebrated with a number of events, including:<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Ada Lovelace Day |url=http://findingada.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228135139/http://findingada.com/ |archive-date=28 December 2015 |website=Findingada.com |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

* ''The Ada Lovelace Bicentenary Lectures on [[Computability]]'', [[Israel Institute for Advanced Studies]], 20 December 2015 – 31 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://findingada.com/event/ada-lovelace-bicentenary-lectures-on-computability/ | title=Ada Lovelace Bicentenary Lectures on Computability | date=31 January 2016 | work=Ada Lovelace Day | publisher=FindingAda.com | access-date=11 January 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.as.huji.ac.il/adalovelacelectures | title=The Ada Lovelace Bicentenary Lectures on Computability | date=31 January 2016 | publisher=Israel Institute for Advanced Studies | access-date=11 January 2016 }}</ref>
* ''Ada Lovelace Symposium'', [[University of Oxford]], 13–14 October 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/ada-lovelace-symposium-celebrating-200-years-computer-visionary | title=Ada Lovelace Symposium – Celebrating 200 Years of a Computer Visionary | work=Podcasts | publisher=University of Oxford | location=UK | access-date=11 January 2016 }}</ref>
*''Ada.Ada.Ada'', a one-woman show about the life and work of Ada Lovelace (using an LED dress), premiered at [[Edinburgh International Science Festival]] on 11 April 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/brochure-downloads|title=Brochure Downloads|website=[[Edinburgh International Science Festival]]|access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref> and continued to touring internationally to promote diversity on STEM at technology conferences,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/tecnologia/2018/04/19/actualidad/1524125257_350138.html|title=4.400 bombillas para la silenciada historia de la mujer que escribió la primera 'app' en 1843|trans-title=4,400 light bulbs for the silenced story of the woman who wrote the first 'app' in 1843|last=Busquets|first=Jordi Pueyo|date=19 April 2018|work=[[El País]]|access-date=9 October 2018|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/discovery/ada-lovelace-day-zoe-philpott-inspirefest|title=Meet the woman bringing the magic of Ada Lovelace to the masses|last=Gorey|first=Colm|date=11 October 2016|website=Silicon Republic|access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref> businesses, government and educational organisations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://adatheshow.com/ |title=Ada.Ada.Ada. |year=2016 |website=adatheshow.com}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Scratchweb|title=Ada.Ada.Ada|date=16 May 2017|url=https://vimeo.com/217701947|access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref>

Special exhibitions were displayed by the [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]] in London, England<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/Plan_your_visit/exhibitions/ada-lovelace | title=Ada Lovelace |publisher=Science Museum, London | location=UK | access-date=11 January 2016 }}</ref> and the [[Weston Library]] (part of the [[Bodleian Library]]) in [[Oxford]], England.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/weston/news/2015/oct-09 | title=Bodleian Libraries celebrates Ada Lovelace's 200th birthday with free display and Wikipedia editathons | publisher=[[Bodleian Libraries]] | location=UK | access-date=11 January 2016 }}</ref>