Women Who Code
This woman is considered the world's first computer programmer.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
In Iron Man, Tony Stark uses this AI assistant to help him design his suits.
Who is JARVIS?
This student organization, abbreviated UMWICS, supports women and gender minorities in computing and technology.
What is University of Manitoba Women In Computer Science?
This language is used to structure content on the web and is abbreviated as HTML.
What is HyperText Markup Language?
The largest annual gathering of women technologists in the world is named after this woman.
Who is Grace Hopper?
This recommendation system decides what content appears on your TikTok “For You” page.
What is an algorithm?
The current President of UMWICS. (University students are not allowed to answer)
Who is Luisa Velandia?
This term refers to information stored and processed by computers, like text, images, or numbers.
What is data?
This mathematician worked on NASA’s Apollo missions and inspired the movie Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This Disney movie features a robot named Baymax who provides healthcare assistance.
What is Big Hero 6?
This UMWICS initiative supports mentorship and professional growth by connecting 1st and 2nd year students with 3rd and 4th year students.
What is the peer mentorship program?
This cybersecurity practice protects data by converting it into unreadable code.
What is encryption?
This woman founded the organization Girls Who Code, a non-profit dedicated to closing the gender gap in tech.
Who is Reshma Saujani?
In Black Panther, this genius inventor designs Wakanda’s advanced technology.
Who is Shuri?
The year UMWICS was officially founded at the University of Manitoba.
What is 2017?
This part of a computer is often called the “brain” because it processes instructions.
What is the CPU?
This computer scientist is considered to be the "mother of the internet".
Who is Radia Perlman?
This Netflix series explores the dark side of technology and social media in near-future scenarios.
What is Black Mirror?
The number of executive members in UMWICS.
What is eight? (x2 points if you can name all of the roles!)
This Big O notation represents the fastest possible runtime.
What is O(1)?