High Energy Astrophysics Division where Grant works is about
half female computer programmers, even though the division's scientific staff is made up mostly of men.In simple terms, Carolyn Stern-Grant's job is to help the scientists working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics easily access vast amounts astronomical information that are now available though newly updated computer databases.
She spends most of her time working on one means of distributing this vast amount of information: a program which she and her colleagues call the Astronomical Data System (ADS). The ADS is operated and developed by NASA, primarily to make astronomical data from NASA's missions available to astronomers.
The High Energy Astrophysics Division where Grant works is about
half female computer programmers, even though the division's scientific staff is made up mostly of men.
