Lukas Jakober DE

About

I’m Lukas, a researcher and software engineer from Switzerland. I like building things end to end, from FastAPI and Nuxt applications to the self-hosted infrastructure and language models behind them. Right now I’m learning Rust.

I learn something new every day, and I’m always glad to hear how other people see things. I love helping people with IT, because it gives you so much control over your own data and tools; I write down what I learn in case it helps someone else.

Away from the screen I’m learning archery and the piano, and I read about philosophy and personal development. In another life I was a five-time Swiss champion in Rocket League.

Timeline

  1. 2024 – today

    Research assistant, IWI FHNW

    Competence centres AI & Optimisation and Digital Business. Deep reinforcement learning and process integration for hospital patient admission.

  2. 2024 – 2025

    MSc Computer Science, University of Camerino

    Double degree with FHNW.

  3. 2023 – 2025

    MSc Business Information Systems, FHNW

    Thesis: Concept-Based Human-Machine Knowledge System.

  4. 2023

    Developer for a database benchmarking paper, IWI FHNW

  5. 2020 – 2025

    Swiss civilian service, 11 months

    IT in radiology at Kantonsspital Aarau, first-level IT support at UPK Basel, patient administration at Reha Rheinfelden.

  6. 2020 – 2023

    BSc Business Information Technology, FHNW

  7. 2019 – 2020

    Full-stack web developer, SOWACOM GmbH

    A web interface for the ERP storage system, after an internship building an internal web shop.

  8. 2017 – 2024

    Rocket League for Servette Geneva Esports and Edelweiss Esports

    Player, captain, then manager of the section; the team later became Edelweiss Esports.

  9. 2015 – 2018

    IT middle school, Basel

Publications

  1. Deep Reinforcement Learning in Patient Admission Process to Optimize Bed Occupancy and Revenue. L. Jakober, T. Hanne, R. Dornberger. IEEE ISCBI 2025, conference paper
  2. Optimizing the Integration of the Patient Admission Process in a Swiss Rehabilitation Center with Multiple Parties. L. Jakober, D. Wörner, T. Hanne. IFAC-PapersOnLine 2025, conference paper
  3. Concept-Based Human-Machine Knowledge System. L. Jakober, P. Christen. IEEE SMC 2025, poster

Skills

Every day
Python with FastAPI · PostgreSQL · Nuxt (Vue.js)
Machine learning
PyTorch · scikit-learn · pandas · NumPy · spaCy · Stable Baselines3
Infrastructure
Linux (Fedora / RHEL) · Podman · Ansible · Keycloak · OpenBao · OpenStack with OpenTofu
AI / LLMs
Self-hosted inference with vLLM and llama.cpp · coding agents
Business
Project and process management · business intelligence · business-IT alignment
Languages
German (native) · English (B2 First) · French (DELF B1) · some Mandarin

Contact

Always happy to hear about interesting projects and other perspectives.

hello@lukasjakober.ch