Jonathan Sprinkle
Department Chair at Vanderbilt University
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolJonathan Sprinkle is a multidisciplinary academic leader and engineer who chairs Vanderbilt's Computer Science Department and holds professorships across computer science, civil and environmental engineering, and electrical and computer engineering. With a decade-plus track record in cyber-physical systems, he blends model-based approaches, industry-focused technology transfer, and large-scale field experiments—most notably leading the 2022 I-24 open-road traffic control test that launched 100 custom-software vehicles. He previously served as an NSF Program Director for Cyber-Physical Systems and Smart & Connected Communities, and his lab’s success has been recognized with NSF CAREER, I-Corps Best Team, and university innovation awards. Comfortable moving between grant strategy, classroom teaching from software engineering to control, and hands-on autonomous systems deployment, he brings both administrative leadership and deep technical execution. An oft-overlooked strength is his sustained cross-disciplinary impact—bridging academia, federal funding, and real-world transportation experiments to accelerate research into practice.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
I-CorpsBachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Tennessee Technological UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Vanderbilt University
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Github Skills (32)
gps9
ranking9
science9
can-bus9
react8
computer-science8
usb7
c-library7
cpp6
logging6
rad6
metadata6
python6
rule-engine6
online-editor5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jmscslgroup/modechanger
Sep 2020 - Nov 2024
Contributions:1 release, 1 push, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
jmscslgroup/setpointreader
Jul 2021 - Aug 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years
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