I am on research leave during the 2025/26 school year, and will be based in New York City during that time.
During my leave, I am conducting a study of how Computer Science departments at research-focused (“R1”) universities in the United States support their teaching activities. I am looking for CS faculty members, academic appointees, PhD students, and staff members who are interested in discussing how their department supports their teaching, as well as their general thoughts on teaching support at CS departments. If you’d like to volunteer to participate in this study, you can sign up through our recruitment form. Participation is entirely voluntary, and all responses will be anonymized in reports.
You can find more details about the study in this page: Support for Teaching Activities in Computer Science Departments at US R1 Universities
Borja Sotomayor
Senior Instructional Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Chicago
Welcome to my University of Chicago page!
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 also design t-shirts and enjoy cooking Spanish food (check out my recipes at Borja’s Tasty Bytes).