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Present	Faculty Member, Loyola University Chicago
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OS and Networks, Programming Languages and Compilers, Software Engineering, and Systems Architecture

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The Promises of Typed, Pure, and Lazy Functional Programming: Part ...

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works (2009)

Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

This second installment picks up where Konrad Hinsen's article "The Promises of Functional Programming" from the July/August 2009 issue left ...

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Taming XML: Objects first, then markup

IEEE Electro/Information Technology (2008)

Matt Bone, Peter Nabicht, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

Processing markup in object-oriented languages often requires the programmer to focus on the objects generating the markup rather than the ...

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A Model-Driven Approach to Job/Task Composition in Cluster Computing

IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (2007)

Yogesh Kanitkar, Konstantin Läufer, Neeraj Mehta and George K. Thiruvathukal

In the general area of high-performance computing, object-oriented methods have gone largely unnoticed. In contrast, the Computational Neighborhood (CN), a ...

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Natural XML for data binding, processing, and persistence

Computing in Science and Engineering (2004)

George K. Thiruvathukal and Konstantin Läufer

The article explains what you need to do to incorporate XML directly into your computational science application. The exploration involves ...

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REST on Routers? Preliminary Lessons for Language Designers, Framework Architects ...

Proc. 6th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies (2011)

Joseph P. Kaylor, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

In this position paper, we provide a preliminary assessment of hardware and software solution stack choices available to developers of ...

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RestFS: Resources and Services are Filesystems, Too

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works (2011)

Joseph P. Kaylor, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

We have designed and implemented RestFS, a software frame-work that provides a uniform, configurable connector layerfor mapping remote web-based resources ...

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RestFS: The Filesystem as a Connector Abstraction for Flexible Resource ...

Cloud Computing: Methodology, System, and Applications (2011)

Joseph P. Kaylor, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

The broader context for this chapter comprises business scenarios requiring resource and/or service composition, such as (intra-company) enterprise application integration ...

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Online Layered File System (OLFS): A layered and versioned filesystem ...

Proceedings of Electro/Information Technology (2010)

Joseph P. Kaylor, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

We present a novel form of intra-volume directory layering with hierarchical, inheritance-like namespace unification. While each layer of an OLFS ...

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Combining SOA and BPM Technologies for Cross-System Process Automation

SEKE (2008)

Sebastian Herr, John Shafaee, Konstantin Läufer, George K. Thiruvathukal, et al.

This paper summarizes the results of an industry case study that introduced a cross-system business process automation solution based on ...

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A Model-Driven Approach to Job/Task Composition in Cluster Computing

IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (2007)

Yogesh Kanitkar, Konstantin Läufer, Neeraj Mehta and George K. Thiruvathukal

In the general area of high-performance computing, object-oriented methods have gone largely unnoticed. In contrast, the Computational Neighborhood (CN), a ...

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Article

RestFS: Resources and Services are Filesystems, Too

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works (2011)

Joseph P. Kaylor, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

We have designed and implemented RestFS, a software frame-work that provides a uniform, configurable connector layerfor mapping remote web-based resources ...

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Article

RestFS: The Filesystem as a Connector Abstraction for Flexible Resource ...

Cloud Computing: Methodology, System, and Applications (2011)

Joseph P. Kaylor, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

The broader context for this chapter comprises business scenarios requiring resource and/or service composition, such as (intra-company) enterprise application integration ...

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Article

Virtualization for Computational Scientists

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works (2010)

George K. Thiruvathukal, Konrad Hinsen, Joseph P. Kaylor and Konstantin Läufer

Virtualization lets you carve your computer into slices, allowing for great experimentation with different operating systems, tools, and techniques.

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Naked Object File System (NOFS): A Framework to Expose an ...

Naked Object File System (NOFS): A Framework to Expose an Object-Oriented Domain Model as a File System (2010)

Joseph P. Kaylor, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

We present Naked Objects File System (NOFS), a novel framework that allows a developer to expose a domain model as ...

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Online Layered File System (OLFS): A layered and versioned filesystem ...

Proceedings of Electro/Information Technology (2010)

Joseph P. Kaylor, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

We present a novel form of intra-volume directory layering with hierarchical, inheritance-like namespace unification. While each layer of an OLFS ...

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Moving Academic Department Functions to Social Networks and Clouds: Initial ...

Computer Science: Faculty Publications & Other Works (2011)

George K. Thiruvathukal, Konstantin Läufer and David Dennis

The ability to move locally hosted services to cloud-based technologies is a key element in the scientific programming toolbox.

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Initial experience in moving key academic department functions to social ...

Proc. 6th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies (2011)

David Dennis, George K. Thiruvathukal and Konstantin Läufer

We discuss our initial experience with the transition from conventional technology to social networking sites and other cloud-backed sites for ...

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Article

REST on Routers? Preliminary Lessons for Language Designers, Framework Architects ...

Proc. 6th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies (2011)

Joseph P. Kaylor, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

In this position paper, we provide a preliminary assessment of hardware and software solution stack choices available to developers of ...

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Article

RestFS: Resources and Services are Filesystems, Too

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works (2011)

Joseph P. Kaylor, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

We have designed and implemented RestFS, a software frame-work that provides a uniform, configurable connector layerfor mapping remote web-based resources ...

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Article

Putting a Slug to Work

Computing in Science and Engineering (2009)

Konstantin Läufer, George K. Thiruvathukal, Ryohei Nishimura and Carlos Ramirez Martinez-Eiroa

In this article, the authors explore various uses of inexpensive embedded Linux devices such as the Linksys NSLU2 ("slug"). Embedded ...

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A Multi-Platform Application Suite for Enhancing South Asian Language Pedagogy

Proc. 2003 Midwest Software Engineering Conference (MSEC) (2003)

Tao Bai, Christopher K. Chung, Konstantin Läufer, Daisy Rockwell, et al.

This interdisciplinary project explores the potential for handheld/wireless (H/W) technology in the context of language education within and beyond the ...

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Article

Moving Academic Department Functions to Social Networks and Clouds: Initial ...

Computer Science: Faculty Publications & Other Works (2011)

George K. Thiruvathukal, Konstantin Läufer and David Dennis

The ability to move locally hosted services to cloud-based technologies is a key element in the scientific programming toolbox.

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Article

Virtualization for Computational Scientists

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works (2010)

George K. Thiruvathukal, Konrad Hinsen, Joseph P. Kaylor and Konstantin Läufer

Virtualization lets you carve your computer into slices, allowing for great experimentation with different operating systems, tools, and techniques.

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Essential Tools: Version Control Systems

Computing in Science and Engineering (2009)

Konrad Hinsen, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

Did you ever wish you'd made a backup copy of a file before changing it? Or before applying a collaborator's ...

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Article

The Promises of Typed, Pure, and Lazy Functional Programming: Part ...

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works (2009)

Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

This second installment picks up where Konrad Hinsen's article "The Promises of Functional Programming" from the July/August 2009 issue left ...

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About Konstantin Läufer

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Programming Languages (4)

Parallel and Distributed Systems (6)

Operating Systems (5)

Mobile and Pervasive Computing (6)

Computing in Science and Engineering (7)