Konstantin Läufer
Professor, Department Of Computer Science at Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolKonstantin Läufer is a professor and departmental leader in computer science with over 15 years of experience shaping curricula, graduate programs, and applied research at Loyola University Chicago. His work blends deep expertise in programming languages, software architecture, concurrent and distributed systems, and pervasive computing with hands-on development of Scala/Kotlin Android apps, Akka HTTP/Play web services, and Scala-based DSLs. He has a strong record of bridging research and practice—supervising student research, publishing peer-reviewed work, and co-directing an Emerging Technology Lab that fosters experimentation and collaboration. As a former department chair and associate dean, he has guided strategic growth, faculty hiring, and operational improvements that materially increased enrollment and research productivity. Notably, his background spans industry and research collaborations from Bell Labs and IBM to startups, giving him a rare mix of academic rigor and practical architecture experience.
15 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Vordiplom, Physics, Vordiplom, Physics at University of KonstanzMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at New York UniversityAbitur, Abitur at Heinrich-Suso-Gymnasium KonstanzPhysics, Physics at Rutgers University
English, German, Spanish, Italian, alemannic (gsw), French
Github Skills (81)
sbt10
webservice10
heroku9
zinc9
scalajs9
functional-programming9
scala9
mocking9
compiler8
science8
mocks8
testing8
dotty8
mockito8
unit-test8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
lucproglangcourse/shapes-oo-scala
Jan 2016 - Sep 2025
Contributions:60 pushes, 2 branches in 9 years 9 months
LoyolaChicagoBooks/lucoodevcourse
Sep 2014 - Oct 2021
Contributions:51 commits, 32 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 2 months
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