Ada as a child Not many people know that Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), otherwise known as “The Enchantress of Numbers”, was the daughter of the poet Lord Byron.

Lovelace is famous for her role in computer history today, but for decades her work went largely unrecognized. It was only in 2009 that her fans launched Ada Lovelace Day, a date in mid-October ...

Ada’s Algorithm argues that Lovelace was one of the first—if not the first—to foresee just how deeply computing would affect our lives.

The career of computer science pioneer Ada Lovelace has been shrouded in mystery since her death in 1852. Even today her contributions to science are often overshadowed by the Victorian equivalent ...

Monday's Google Doodle pays homage to Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer, on what would have been her 197th birthday. Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace -- often shortened to ...

Throughout history, Ada Lovelace, the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron, has been often overlooked by scholars who refused to consider her contribution to computer science, sometimes ...

Augusta Ada Lovelace is an unsung hero who laid the foundation for the digital age, known as the first computer programmer. She was born into a wealthy family on December 10, 1815, to Anne ...

A Google Doodle today celebrates mathematician Ada Lovelace, widely known as the world’s first computer programmer, who was born on this date 197 years ago. Her work on Charles Babbage’s Analytical ...

Added Hayward: “Much like Turing, Ada’s achievements were downplayed and denied. She was a woman out of her time — a computer pioneer with a daredevil streak.

Table of Contents Today on Google is a special logo, aka Google Doodle, for Ada Lovelace. Ada Lovelace was born 197 years ago today and invented the first algorithm or computer program in 1842.