He received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Rio Piedras in 2003, and a PhD degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez in 2010. His research interests include computer and networks security, high performance computing, and computer science education. He is the director of the NSF supported project Perimeter Network to Expedite the Transmission of Science (PR-NETS) at the University of Puerto Rico. José was a systems and network administrator for seven years at the High Performance Computing facility of the UPR. He is a member of the technical committee of the International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted Software (2013-2015).