A 20x20 history of Women in IT

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A 20x20 History of Women In IT

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“Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.”

Lord George Byron



Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer

Her WorkHow codes can be created for automatic devices to handle

letters and Symbols along with numbers



Ada Lovelace, her vision

Her mind-set of "poetical science" led her to ask questions about the Analytical Engine examining how individuals and society relate to technology as a collaborative tool.



Ada Lovelace

Died from Uterine Cancer in 1852 Her work was recognised in 1953

ADA programming language was released in 1980



Heddi Lammar co-inventOR Of WiFi

A Serial InventorFrom created carbonated drinks from tablets to radio guides

systems for torpedos



Heddi Lammar Her Fuel

“I’m led by by the hope and the curiosity of the future”

Invents the “spread spectrum communication

technology” based on 24 frequencies



Heddi Lammar

She died anonymously in 2000She entered the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014



The most long lasting programming language known today?

COBOL



Grace Murray Hopper Author of the 1st Compiler

From an MA at Yale to being the 1st to coin the term “bug” for a computer dysfunction

“Amazing Grace”



Grace Murray Hopper A Computer language closer to English, COmmon Business Oriented Language

“If it’s a good idea ask for forgiveness, not for permission"



Grace Murray Hopper InvenTing COBOL

The only PhD in Mathematics that as a warship named after her, the USS HOPPER



The 1st computing machine and data storage systemsAlan Turing

Alan Turing



Dr Sue Black“Saving Bletchley Park”

A PhD in computer science at 39, saves Bletchley Park with a campaign on Twitter



Dr Sue Black“The Tech Mums”

Education in early ages comes from proximity with mums



Dr Sue Black@Dr_Black

Officer of the Order of The British Empire in 2016



The Katie Conf 31/08/16 07:42KatieConf

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KatieConfKatieConfJune 31, 2016

KatieConf is all over for 2016.

You can watch all the videos in easy-to-play list on YouTube and keep up to datewith KatieConf on Twitter

KatieConf is a one day, dual-track, community run conference.

KatieConf 2016 will be held in the Katherine Hotel Conference Center in Katherine,Northern Territory on June 31 2016

The two tracks feature speakers from around the world, presenting on a vastnumber of topics. The tracks are defined by no particular order, and are subject tochange.

Speakers

IT Expert Speakers’ First Name is Katie



The Katie Conf Could really exists

They are real awesome IT experts !

31/08/16 07:44KatieConf


"K" Track "T" Track

Kathy Reid

The best SoftwareFreedom Day in theworld - and how youcan do it too!

KatieCunningham

Accessibility: Mythsand Delusions

KatieMcLaughlin

Build a Better HatRack: AllContributionsWelcome

Katie Bell

Rapid prototypingwith teenagers

Katie Ots

Haskell is Not ForProduction andOther Tales

Kate Pearce

Multipath TCPBreaking TodaysNetworks withTomorrowsProtocols

KWu

ContinuingEducation at Work

KateChapman

OpenStreetMap'sRole in the 2013Jakarta Floods



I Would Wish This Presentation Doesn’t Exist

31/08/16 07:44KatieConf


"K" Track "T" Track

Kathy Reid

The best SoftwareFreedom Day in theworld - and how youcan do it too!

KatieCunningham

Accessibility: Mythsand Delusions

KatieMcLaughlin

Build a Better HatRack: AllContributionsWelcome

Katie Bell

Rapid prototypingwith teenagers

Katie Ots

Haskell is Not ForProduction andOther Tales

Kate Pearce

Multipath TCPBreaking TodaysNetworks withTomorrowsProtocols

KWu

ContinuingEducation at Work

KateChapman

OpenStreetMap'sRole in the 2013Jakarta Floods

Contribution Recognition Laps Time

114 years

1836 1942 1959 2008

?16 years

72 years

7 years


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