Sara J. Graves
Director, Information Technology & Systems Center Professor of Computer Science The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Dr. Sara J. Graves is the Director of the Information Technology and Systems Center (ITSC) and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. As Director of the ITSC, she directs the conduct of research in the following information technology areas:

• Design, develop and manage large scientific databases and knowledge bases;
• Develop state-of-the-art distributed information management systems to provide access to multi-level data in support of NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System;
• Develop advanced searching techniques, such as content-based data mining technology to permit the discovery of scientifically-significant phenomena within large data holdings; and
• Develop high performance networking and high-end computing technologies and applications

Dr. Graves is the Chair of the NASA Headquarters Advisory Subcommittee on Earth Science Data and Information Systems and Services. She is also a member of the NASA Headquarters Earth System Science and Applications Committee. She serves on the Goddard Space Flight Center Information Technology Advisory Group. Dr. Graves is a member of the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission (ASSEC) and has served as Chair for the New Technology and the Aerospace Committees. She is an active member of six professional organizations. In particular, she is the Secretary to the Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Dr. Graves has a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from The University of Alabama in Huntsville, a master's degree in Institutional Analysis from The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and a master's degree in Computer Science from The University of Alabama in Huntsville. She has a B.S. degree in Mathematics from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.