Charles Border

Charles Border is an Associate Professor in the School of Information at the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology. His research focuses on system administration education, DevOps methodologies, virtualization architectures, and cybersecurity curriculum design. He has published extensively on topics like configuration management courses, cloud computing integration in education, and storage architecture education. Border frequently presents at conferences such as USENIX SESA and Summit of Educators in System Administration. His work emphasizes bridging theoretical concepts with practical IT infrastructure challenges.

Key contributions include developing curricula for system administration and DevOps practices, investigating learning outcomes in MSc programs, and advancing cloud computing pedagogy. His research spans over two decades, with notable early work on virtualization systems and cybersecurity education frameworks.

Border’s academic engagements include invited talks on the future of system administration education and cloud deployment strategies. His work underscores the importance of adaptive IT curricula to meet evolving industry demands in system administration, DevOps, and cybersecurity.