Professor 

• Computer and Information Technology

KNOY 229 

765-496-7582 

jaspring@purdue.edu 

https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/profile/jaspring 

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Computer Science, Ph.D. 2007
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Computer Science, M.S. 2002
Taylor University, Upland, IN, Mathematics, B.S. 1995 

2011-Present, Associate Professor, Department of Computer and Information Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2007-Present, Head of Data Management Curricular Subcommittee, Department of Computer and Information Technology
2009-Present, Bindley Lead Scientist for High Performance Data Management Systems, Purdue University Bindley Bioscience Center in Discovery Park
2012-Present, Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine
2006-2011, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Information Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 

Biomedical High Performance Computing, Biomedical Information Assurance and Security 

Primary Investigator on the Virtual Tissue Bank project for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center
Investigator on the Clinical Proteomic Technology Assessment for Cancer (CPTAC) Analytical Proteomics Team (APT) project for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Investigator on the PGRx: An Interactive Software System for Integrating Clinical Genotyping with Prescription Drug Safety Assurance project for the Microsoft Research Computational Challenges of Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) program 

2016 - Purdue University Seed for Success Award

2014 - University Faculty Scholar

2012 - Outstanding Faculty in Discovery Award in Department of Computer and Information Technology

2011 - Purdue University Seed for Success Award

2011 - Outstanding Non-Tenured Faculty Award in Department of Computer and Information Technology

2010 - Purdue University Seed for Success Award

2009 - Outstanding Non-Tenured Faculty Award in Department of Computer and Information Technology 

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ACM Special Interest Group on Management Of Data (SIGMOD)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
IEEE Computer Society 

Please see vita at http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~jaspring/cv.pdf. 

John Springer is an Associate Professor in Computer and Information Technology (CIT) at Purdue University and the Lead Scientist for High Performance Data Management Systems at the Bindley Bioscience Center at Discovery Park. Additionally, he is the chair of the Data Management Curricular Subcommittee in CIT and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery in the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Springer's discovery efforts focus on distributed and parallel approaches to computation employed in translational biomedical research as well as methods for securing biomedical information.