Ada Lovelace: The Making of a Computer Scientist. (Part of the Oxford Literary Festival)
Ada Lovelace: The Making of a Computer Scientist. (Part of the Oxford Literary Festival)
Monday 19 March 2018 - 16.00 to 17.00
Weston Lecture Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford
Two biographers of Lord Byron’s daughter Ada Lovelace, Miranda Seymour and Professor Ursula Martin, look at the extraordinary life of the woman whose work is seen as a precursor of modern computers and artificial intelligence.
Discussions will be chaired by Dr Samuel Fanous, head of publishing, Bodleian Libraries.
Dame Wendy Hall gives the Ada Lovelace Lecture on artificial intelligence after this event in the same venue at 6pm.
Presented by Bodleian Libraries in association with the University of Oxford Department of Computer Science.