Luis Gerhorst

Luis Gerhorst is a Researcher at the Department of Computer Science 4 (Distributed Systems and Operating Systems) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. He focuses on systems software, embedded systems, energy-efficient computing, and security mitigations against transient execution attacks like Spectre. His work spans kernel-level optimizations, carbon-aware cloud systems, and embedded system resilience.

• Education: Completed Bachelor's and Master's theses in system software at FAU, focusing on system-call aggregation and Linux kernel interrupt handling.

Research Interests: His primary areas include operating systems, distributed systems, and energy-aware resource management. Notable contributions include the AnyCall system-call aggregation framework and VeriFence, a Spectre defense mechanism for BPF programs. He also explores carbon footprint modeling in cloud environments through projects like carbond.

Publications: Recent work addresses energy-efficient embedded systems (vNV-Heap), power-failure resilient network stacks (PfIP), and reverse-engineering Wi-Fi drivers for energy analysis. His research often bridges hardware-software co-design and environmental sustainability.

• Grants/Advising: Supervised over 10+ theses on topics like carbon-aware timers, BPF sandboxing, and Rust-based alternatives to BPF. Active in open-source projects like Linux kernel contributions and GitHub repositories for systems research.

Labs/Teams: Member of Lehrstuhl für Informatik 4, collaborating on projects related to system software and embedded systems resilience. Maintains active GitLab/ GitHub repositories for research tools and prototypes.