Ada Lovelace Award

The Ada Lovelace Award is given in honor of the English mathematician and computer programmer, Ada Lovelace, by the Association for Women in Computing. Founded in 1981, as the Service Award, which was given to Thelma Estrin, it was named the Augusta Ada Lovelace Award, the following year.^[1][2]

Margaret Hamilton, the 1986 winner of the Ada Lovelace Award.

The award is given to individuals who have excelled in either of two areas: outstanding scientific/technical achievement and/or extraordinary service to the computing community through accomplishments and contributions on behalf of women in computing.^[2]

Award winners

Year	Name	Reference
1982	Thelma Estrin	[3]
1983	Grace Hopper	[4]
1984	Ruth M. Davis	[5]
1985	Amy D. Wohl	[6]
1986	Margaret H. Hamilton	[7]
1989	Jean E. Sammet	[8]
1995	Anita Borg	[9]
1997	Betty Holberton	[10]
1998	Esther Dyson	[11]
2000	Adele Mildred ("Milly") Koss	[12]
2001	Dorothy E. Denning	[13]
2002	Frances E. Allen	[14]
2003	Carol Bartz	[15]
2004	Anita K. Jones	[16]
2005	C. Dianne Martin	[17]

See also

• BCS Lovelace Medal