# Till Köster

> Research software engineer (6+ years) with a background in physics (MSc) and computer science (MSc & PhD),  and a passion for profiling, implementing, and discussing efficient native software.

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tillkster

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Numenta
Jan 2024 – Present | Menlo Park, California, United States

### Research Associate (staff) / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter @ Universität Rostock
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
● When scientists across research groups have problems with software performance, they ask me for advice.
● Speaking at conferences and teaching
● Conceptualized and founded the institute's monthly colloquium
● Performance-focused research software engineering for modeling and simulation
● Designed several custom domain-specific languages for simulation
● Peer-reviewing, e.g., as a member of the ACM SIGSIM-PADS Program Committee
● First author of 8 publications with ACM, IEEE, and others
● Presented at 13 international conferences in Europe, North America, and Asia
● 3 best paper/presentation awards
● Independently supervised 6 Bachelor and Master research these

### Research Associate (project) / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter @ Universität Rostock
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022
● Full-time researcher for a project funded by the German Research Foundation
● Focused on methodological aspects of multi-level modeling of cellular systems

### Research Associate (part-time) / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter @ Universität Rostock
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland
● Part-time (20h/week)
● Researched and implemented simulation algorithms


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Universität Rostock

### Master's degree in Computer Science
Universität Rostock / Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Universität Rostock

### Bachelor's degree in Physics
Universität Rostock

### Research Internship in High Performance Physics Simulation
Louisiana State University

### Abitur in Naturwissenschaftliches Profil
Goethe-Schule Flensburg


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/till-koster
- Website: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=osDesgYAAAAJ&hl=en

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Last updated: 2026-04-01