Nathan Sprague
Professor at James Madison University
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Sprague is a professor of computer science with 11+ years of academic experience and a research focus on machine learning, computer vision, and robotics. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester and has progressed through faculty roles at Kalamazoo College to Associate Professor and now Professor at James Madison University, blending teaching excellence with active research. His background includes industry stints at Epic Systems and Kodak, giving him practical software development and research internship experience that informs his applied approach to CS education. Colleagues describe him as someone who translates advanced AI and vision techniques into classroom-ready projects and student research, mentoring the next generation of engineers while maintaining a strong publication and curriculum development record.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at Brown UniversityPh. D., Computer Science, Ph. D., Computer Science at University of Rochester
Github Skills (34)
deep-q-learning10
robot10
package10
mobile10
slam10
ros10
theano10
aruco9
bugtracking9
driver9
python-scripts7
opencv7
algorithm6
vscode5
junit5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
JMU-ROBOTICS-VIVA/jmu_turtlebot3_bringup
Oct 2020 - Dec 2022
Package that addresses some rough edges with using TB3 with Dashing
Contributions:2 PRs, 14 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 2 months
roboticsautonomous-robotsaddressesrobotedges
JMU-ROBOTICS-VIVA/zeta_competition
Nov 2020 - Oct 2023
CS 354 Final Project Competition
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years
competition-project
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