Lars Brünjes
Director Of AI Enablement at Input Output Group
Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolLars Brünjes is a mathematician-turned-software leader who blends four decades of programming experience with 11 years in professional software roles, currently serving as Director of AI Enablement at Input Output Group while continuing Haskell development on blockchain and crypto projects. He has deep expertise in functional programming, software architecture and combinatorial optimization, and has taught and led education initiatives—most notably directing the Plutus Pioneer Program content and contributing core smart-contract logic for Cardano. Lars’s work spans low-level consensus components (SSC GodTossing) to practical Plutus contracts like English auctions, reflecting both theoretical rigor and production-focused engineering. Based in Regensburg, he pairs a PhD in mathematics with hands-on leadership of international teams and a knack for translating abstract math into secure, testable blockchain systems. An uncommon strength is his sustained dual role as instructor and core contributor, shaping developer adoption while shipping critical protocol and contract features.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Mathematics (PhD) Mathematics, Doctor of Mathematics (PhD) Mathematics at Universität RegensburgDiplommathematiker Mathematics and Computer Science, Diplommathematiker Mathematics and Computer Science at Universität zu Köln
German, English, French, Afrikaans
Github Skills (10)
cryptocurrency10
smart-contracts10
programming-language10
consensus10
functional-programming10
cardano10
plutus10
haskell10
blockchain10
testing9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
input-output-hk/plutus-pioneer-program
Mar 2021 - Mar 2022
This repository hosts the lectures of the Plutus Pioneers Program. This program is a training course that the IOG Education Team provides to recruit and train software developers in Plutus, the native smart contract language for the Cardano ecosystem.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 278 commits, 12 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Lars's commits primarily involve implementing and modifying the code for an English auction smart contract within the Plutus Pioneer Program. They introduced features such as the ability to bid and close the auction. The user focused on defining data structures, validator logic, and endpoints for interacting with the smart contract. This work demonstrates involvement in the core functionality of the auction logic.
cardanodappsplutusplutus-pioneer-programsmart-contracts
IntersectMBO/plutus
Jun 2019 - Jun 2021
The Plutus language implementation and tools
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 106 commits, 57 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Lars primarily contributed to the development of the Plutus language implementation and tools. Their work involved fixing cabal files, addressing bugs, and adding new examples such as "hello-world" and "payToWallet". Furthermore, they integrated test suites, demonstrating a focus on improving the robustness of the project through comprehensive testing. Additionally, the user added support for crowdsourcing and multi-stage contracts, contributing to the expansion of the project's capabilities.
programming-languageblockchainsmart-contractsplutus
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