About Me

I am a Senior Instructional Professor in the Department of Computer Science, where I teach introductory Computer Science, software development, and computer networks.

I am involved in a number of other activities on campus, such as being the faculty advisor to the department’s student organizations.

I am currently on research leave, working on a study of how Computer Science departments in the US support their teaching activities. You can find more details about the study in this page: Support for Teaching Activities in Computer Science Departments at US R1 Universities

My past research has primarily focused on resource allocation on distributed systems using virtualization. I have published a number of papers on those subjects and, more recently, I have also published some papers on Computer Science Education.

I got my PhD in Computer Science from the University of Chicago in 2010, where I wrote my dissertation on Provisioning Computational Resources Using Virtual Machines and Leases under the guidance of Ian Foster.

I am originally from Bilbao, a wonderful city in the Basque Country region of Spain. I went to college there, and have a degree in Ingeniería en Informática (equivalent to a BS/MS in Computer Engineering) from the University of Deusto.

Outside of work, I enjoy watching movies, travelling, hiking, following US politics, cooking Spanish food, and designing t-shirts.