The 2023 BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium was held at The University of Sheffield, on Wednesday April 12 2023. This was our first in-person event since Salford in 2019!
Students at the Ocado Technology stand
You can find the programme online here: Abstract book 2023 BCSWomen_Lovelace_Colloquium
Our headline, GOLD sponsor was Ocado Technology.
We had a number of other companies and organisations supporting us. These included the Alan Turing Institute (Silver), DARE (Lunch sponsor), JP Morgan, STFC, Oxford University’s AIMS CDT, Amazon (Prize sponsors), SUMO digital (social sponsor), Zoo digital (social sponsor) and a number of stalls including Keysight and Opteran.
We also have a number of University Supporters and partners, who supported us financially and/or pledged to cover their own student travel.
The local chairs were Aline Villavicencio and Heidi Christensen, from the University of Sheffield, event chair Hannah Dee from Aberystwyth University, and deputy Safia Barikzai from London South Bank University. We were ably assisted in our endeavours by Amanda Clare and Edel Sherratt of Aberystwyth University and Lucy Hunt of Lancaster University. Max Rowlands from Sheffield was an invaluable asset, and Jon Jeffery of the BCS helped out hugely on the front desk.
Reports on the day
We’ve had a few blogs/articles on the day and if you know of any more let us know and we’ll add them here.
- https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dcs/news/bcswomen-lovelace-colloquium-hailed-huge-success a news article on Sheffield Computer Science’s page
- https://www.hannahdee.wales/blog/?p=1888 a blog from Hannah Dee, the event chair
- https://www.kcl.ac.uk/the-lovelace-colloquium-in-sheffield A report from some students of Kings College London, Nicole Lehchevska, Gowthami Rasanayagam, Maja Swieczkowska, and Mihaela Peneva
Talks
We had talks from
- Gillian Arnold
- Mariana Fonseca
- Tristi Tanaka
- Diana Maynard
The panel (an opportunity for the attendees to ask questions of women / nb people in tech) consisted of:
- Simran Chopra from Sumo Digital
- Key Paul Fitton from Amazon
- Munira Raja from University of Liverpool
- Kat (Katriona) Goldmann from the Alan Turing Institute
- Rosanna Danza from Ocado Technology
Prizewinning posters
Our posters were great, and the judges had a really hard job choosing the best ones. Here are the winners though, and you can find images of the actual posters at the bottom of this page.
First year contest, sponsored by JP Morgan
Genevieve Georgiades Lancaster University wins 1st place with Could IoT Solve the Care Crisis?
Erin Watson University of Stirling wins 2nd place with Will my Doctor become a Robot?
Second year contest, sponsored by Amazon
Qiuye Zhang wins 1st place with Can Artificial Neural Networks Learn like Brains?
Georgina Parker The University of Sheffield wins 2nd prize with ChatGPT: Plagiarism’s Worst Nightmare
Final year contest, sponsored by Oxford AIMS
Darya Koskeroglu Aberystwyth University wins 1st place with Pysgodyn Wibli Wobli – Can a Robot Do “wibbly wobbly” Like a Fish? A Look into Fish Robotics and its Ability to Mimic Fish Movement
Jasmine Brown University of Warwick wins 2nd place with Tappyography: Generating Tap Dance Choreography using Artificial Intelligence
MSc contest, sponsored by Oxford AIMS
Srimoyee Ghosh University of Bath wins 1st place Artificial Swarm Intelligence in space debris clearance
Radina Kraeva University of Strathclyde wins 2nd place with Tracking and Early Diagnostics of Endometriosis | Empower HER
People’s choice prize, sponsored by STFC
Saxon Partridge-Smith University of Wolverhampton wins 1st place with Navigating the Risks: Securing Artificial Intelligence in the Face of Cyber Threats
Sophie Dillon The University of Sheffield wins 2nd place with Can Antidepressant Side Effects Be Predicted Using Modern Technology?
Images of the winning posters
First year contest, sponsored by JP Morgan
Genevieve Georgiades Lancaster University wins 1st place with Could IoT Solve the Care Crisis?
Erin Watson University of Stirling wins 2nd place with Will my Doctor become a Robot?
Second year contest, sponsored by JP Morgan
Qiuye Zhang wins 1st place with Can Artificial Neural Networks Learn like Brains?
Georgina Parker The University of Sheffield wins 2nd prize with ChatGPT: Plagiarism’s Worst Nightmare
Final year contest, sponsored by JP Morgan
Darya Koskeroglu Aberystwyth University wins 1st place with Pysgodyn Wibli Wobli – Can a Robot Do “wibbly wobbly” Like a Fish? A Look into Fish Robotics and its Ability to Mimic Fish Movement
Jasmine Brown University of Warwick wins 2nd place with Tappyography: Generating Tap Dance Choreography using Artificial Intelligence
MSc contest, sponsored by JP Morgan
Srimoyee Ghosh University of Bath wins 1st place Artificial Swarm Intelligence in space debris clearance
Radina Kraeva University of Strathclyde wins 2nd place with Tracking and Early Diagnostics of Endometriosis | Empower HER
People’s choice prize, sponsored by STFC
Saxon Partridge-Smith University of Wolverhampton wins 1st place with Navigating the Risks: Securing Artificial Intelligence in the Face of Cyber Threats
Sophie Dillon The University of Sheffield wins 2nd place with Can Antidepressant Side Effects Be Predicted Using Modern Technology?
