Jan P. Springer

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Professor

UA Little Rock

Also affiliated: University of Iowa (1999); University of Hull (2015–2016); Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (2006–2008); University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2010)

Formerly Arkansas Affiliated with UA Little Rock through 2024.

8 h-index 25 pubs 237 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

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ORCID Research Group

OverviewAI-generated summary

Jan P. Springer's research program investigates the application and impact of virtual reality (VR) and extended reality (XR) technologies. His work focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of educational virtual field trips and the combined effects of VR and gaming expertise on performance precision. Springer also explores the preservation of privacy in VR telemetry data and analyzes sentiment-topic alignment in personal and scientific discourse. His recent publications address topics such as "Cyber Arena," "Preserving Privacy in VR Telemetry Data," and "Gaze Insights in XR: Real-Time Eye-Tracking Analytics with Elasticsearch." Springer has an h-index of 8 with 25 total publications and 231 citations. He frequently collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, including Aryabrata Basu, Philip Huff, Hadi Rashid, and Praveshika Bhandari, with whom he shares multiple publications.

Metrics

h-index: 8
Publications: 25
Citations: 237

Positions

Professor 2024–present

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Computer Science ORCID
Director 2020–2025

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Emerging Analytics Center ORCID
Associate Professor 2018–2024

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Computer Science ORCID
Assistant Professor 2012–2018

University of Hull Computer Science ORCID
Senior Research Scientist 2008–2011

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ORCID
Research Scientist 2001–2008

Bauhaus University, Weimar Faculty of Media ORCID
Research Scientist 1999–2001

GMD – German National Research Institute for Information Technology Institute for Media Communication ORCID

Selected Publications

Scientific Crosstalk: Analyzing Sentiment-Topic Alignment in Personal and Scientific Discourse (2025)

DOI OpenAlex
Gaze Insights in XR: Real-Time Eye-Tracking Analytics with Elasticsearch (2025)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Evaluating Adjustment and Proficiency Disparities in Virtual Reality (2025)

3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Preserving Privacy in VR Telemetry Data (2025)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
CFE: Secure Filtered Words in End-to-End Encrypted Messaging System (2024)

DOI OpenAlex
Cyber Arena (2023)

8 citations DOI OpenAlex
HELOT–Hunting Evil Life in Operational Technology (2022)

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Longitudinal Effects in the Effectiveness of Educational Virtual Field Trips (2021)

Journal of Educational Computing Research 38 citations DOI OpenAlex