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Join us to take a look at one of the most influential computer scientists of all time, Lynn Conway, to analyze her legacy.

Some names stand out when it comes to computers, like Charles Babbage,  Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, not forgetting Percy Ludgate who died 100 years ago next monthPERCY Edwin Ludgate was born on August 2nd 1883, in Townshend Street, Skibbereen — the youngest of seven boys and one g

In 1834, Babbage proposed a more complex machine, his “analytical engine”. It used 50 digit numbers (50 cog wheels per number) on 2.5m diameter ring gears. Unlike his earlier designs it also had a memory system which could hold up to 1,000 numbers and, if constructed, would have been 150m long. Unlike his more limited “difference engine”, it could solve any computation problem. Inspired by the patterns programmable by punched cards in Jacquard’s fabric loom of 1801, Babbage used punched cards to direct his machine. Ada Lovelace, now recognised as the world’s firs...