The Lovelace Medal was established by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT in 1998, and is presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the understanding or advancement of computing.

[2] Awardees deliver the Lovelace Lecture.

[3] The award is named after Countess Ada Lovelace, an English mathematician, scientist, and writer.

Lovelace was the daughter of Lord Byron.

[4] The medal is intended to be presented to individuals, without regard to their countries of domicile, provided a direct connection to the UK.