John Springer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology (CIT) at Purdue University. Dr. Springer is a primary investigator on the Information Security Research and Education (INSuRE) project; INSuRE is a network of National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research (CAE-Rs) universities that cooperatively engages students in addressing cybersecurity research problems proposed by governmental organizations and laboratories. His main research area is Data Engineering with recent emphasis on data-intensive applications in Cybersecurity.