James Larus
Professor Emeritus at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolJames Larus is a Professor Emeritus based in Lausanne with over three decades of experience bridging academic research and industrial innovation in computer systems, architecture, and software engineering. He served as Professor and Dean at EPFL and held senior research and leadership roles at Microsoft, where he focused on software development, computer architecture, and distributed systems. Trained with a PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and an AB in Applied Math from Harvard, he combines rigorous theory with practical system-building and organizational leadership. His career is notable for moving between top-tier academia and industry research management, shaping both curriculum and long-term research strategy. A subtle throughline in his work is translating deep technical insight into scalable, production-relevant systems and research programs.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyAB, Applied Math, AB, Applied Math at Harvard University
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Github Skills (33)
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lexical-analyzer8
analyzer7
scanner7
privacy-protection7
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computer-science7
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
epfl-vlsc/llvm
Oct 2017 - Aug 2019
Mirror of official llvm git repository located at http://llvm.org/git/llvm. Updated every five minutes.
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
git-repositorylibgit2updatedminutesfive
jameslarus/stockglance
Nov 2012 - May 2022
Stockglance extension for Moneydance
Contributions:75 commits, 1 PR, 31 pushes in 9 years 6 months
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