Scholar
Konstantin Läufer
Google Scholar ID: Rs0f_nMAAAAJ
Professor of Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago
Citations & Impact
Citations
132
H-index
6
i10-index
3
Publications
20
Co-authors
23
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Co-authored the paper 'Managing Concurrency in Mobile User Interfaces with Examples in Android' published in Topics in Parallel and Distributed Computing. Involved in Intel's oneAPI project and presented related work at EduHPC-22. Co-inventor on two patents owned by Lucent Technologies.
Research Experience
- Served as a professor of computer science at Loyola University Chicago since 1992. Worked as a research consultant at Lucent Technologies (1996-2000). Held various administrative roles including assistant chair (1998-2001), associate dean of the graduate school (2005-06), department chair (2012-2018), and graduate program director (2019-2020).
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Konstanz, Germany; PhD in Computer Science from the Courant Institute at New York University, supervised by Benjamin F. Goldberg and Martin Odersky.
Background
- Professor, research interests include programming languages, software architecture, distributed and pervasive computing systems, data engineering, as well as applications in environmental sustainability and other areas of social justice.
Miscellany
- Hobbies include: music (saxophone), trail running (non-ultra), strength training, soccer, day hiking, nordic skiing, sailing, traveling (especially scenic driving on unpaved backroads leading to remote trailheads and campsites), current affairs, movies. Languages: English (C2+), Spanish (C1), German (C2+), Swiss German (B2), Italian (B1), French (A2-).
