Konstantin Läufer is a professor of computer science at Loyola University Chicago. His research interests include programming languages, software architecture, and distributed and pervasive computing, with applications in bioinformatics, environmental science, and digital humanities. Konstantin contributes to several open-source projects and serves as a department co-editor for the IEEE/AIP Computing in Science and Engineering Magazine (CiSE). His research has been funded by government agencies and corporations, and he is a co-inventor on two Lucent Technologies patents.