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Konstantin Läufer

Professor of Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago

Konstantin Läufer is a Professor of Computer Science at Loyola University Chicago.

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About Konstantin Läufer

Konstantin Läufer is a Professor of Computer Science at Loyola University Chicago.

2005 - Present	Professor, Loyola University Chicago ‐ Department of Computer Science
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OS and Networks, Programming Languages and Compilers, Software Engineering, and Systems Architecture

Konstantin's current research focuses on functional and reactive languages and patterns, mobile/pervasive computing including the Internet of Things (IoT), software testing, structural and in-process software quality metrics, and digital music.

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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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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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Teaching Concurrent Software Design: A Case Study Using Android

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works (2017)

Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

In this article, we explore various parallel and distributed computing topics from a user-centric software engineering perspective. Specifically, in the ...

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Building Capable, Energy-Efficient, Flexible Visualization and Sensing Clusters from Commodity ...

2nd Greater Chicago Area System Research Workshop (2013)

Thomas Delgado Dias, Xian Yan, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

We explore the application of clusters of commodity tablet devices to problems spanning a “trilogy” of concerns: visualization, sensing, and ...

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Network Technologies Used to Aggregate Environmental Data

2nd Greater Chicago Area System Research Workshop (2013)

Paul Stasiuk, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

The goal of the Loyola Weather Service (lws) project is to design and build a system of functioning environmental monitoring ...

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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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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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Putting a Slug to Work

Computing in Science & 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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Sisl: Several Interfaces, Single Logic

International Journal of Speech Technology (2000)

Thomas Ball, Christopher P Colby, Peter Danielsen, Lalita Jategaonkar Jagadeesan, et al.

Modern interactive services such as information and e-commerce services are becoming increasingly more flexible in the types of user interfaces ...

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A Polyglot Approach to Bioinformatics Data Integration: A Phylogenetic Analysis ...

Evolutionary Bioinformatics (2016)

Steven Reisman, Thomas Hatzopoulous, Konstantin Läufer, George K. Thiruvathukal, et al.

As sequencing technologies continue to drop in price and increase in throughput, new challenges emerge for the management and accessibility ...

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A Polyglot Approach to Bioinformatics Data Integration: a Phylogenetic Analysis ...

Evolutionary Bioinformatics (2015)

Steven Reisman, Thomas Hatzopoulos, Konstantin Laufer, George K. Thiruvathukal, et al.

As sequencing technologies continue to drop in price and increase in throughput, new challenges emerge for the management and accessibility ...

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Presentation

Network Technologies Used to Aggregate Environmental Data

2nd Greater Chicago Area System Research Workshop (2013)

Paul Stasiuk, Konstantin Läufer and George K. Thiruvathukal

The goal of the Loyola Weather Service (lws) project is to design and build a system of functioning environmental monitoring ...

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A Polyglot Approach to Bioinformatics Data Integration: Phylogenetic Analysis of ...

2nd Greater Chicago Area System Research Workshop (2013)

Steven Reisman, Catherine Putonti, George K. Thiruvathukal and Konstantin Läufer

RNA-interference has potential therapeutic use against HIV-1 by targeting highly-functional mRNA sequences that contribute to the virulence of the virus. ...

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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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Article

Essential Tools: Version Control Systems

Computing in Science & 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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Scientific Programming: The Promises of Typed, Pure, and Lazy Functional ...

Computing in Science & Engineering (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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Article

Putting a Slug to Work

Computing in Science & 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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Article

Unit Testing Considered Useful

Computing in Science & Engineering (2006)

George K. Thiruvathukal, Konstantin Läufer and Benjamin Gonzalez

Testing is an important part of application development. Hardware engineers, in particular, have a long established history of testing for ...

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Plone and Content Management

Computing in Science & Engineering (2004)

George K. Thiruvathukal and Konstantin Läufer

In this column, the authors look at Plone, which they feel is one of the best content management systems available ...

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Mobile and Pervasive Computing (10)

Computing in Science and Engineering (11)