Women In Technology
Pacific IT Pros Women in Technology
Women have played an important role in the advancement of computer technology. The first computer program was written by Ada Lovelace in 1842. It was an algorithm for generating Bernoulli numbers using Charles Babbage’s analytical machine. Lovelace’s notes are important in the early history of computers as she foresaw the capability of computers to go beyond mere calculating or number-crunching while others, including Babbage who were focused only on these capabilities. Lovelace died at the age of thirty-six, on 27 November 1852, from uterine cancer and bloodletting by her physicians. She is buried next to her father at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Hucknall, Nottingham. Ada’s work is commemorated on March 24 Ada Lovelace Day, a day to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and science an is the Mother of Computer Programming.
Pacific IT Professional promotes and supports women in computing and technology.
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Pac IT Pros next Women in Tech meeting
The next PacITPros-WiT meeting will be Tuesday July 6, 2010 from 5:00-6:30pm at Microsoft’s San Francisco Offices – 835 Market Street, Suite 700. (BART and MUNI friendly. Exit at the Powell Street Station.) All Pac IT Pros members are welcome to attend.
Topics will include a presentation for Microsoft’s TechEd Women In Technology luncheon which took place in New Orleans. We will review the three presentations and create a local action plan for Pac IT Pros WiT targeting high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The first PacITPros-WiT meeting was held Tuesday June 8, 2010 from 5:00-6:30pm at Microsoft’s San Francisco Offices.
This was an introductory meeting where we got to know one another, discuss the challenges women have in the technology field and setup a meeting location for those attending TechEd to meet for the WITI luncheon. WITI luncheons at TechEd in years past have always had outstanding presentations. The members of Pac IT Pros WiT will be looking for presentations to share at next month’s Pac IT Pros WiT meeting.
