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Fabián E. Bustamante
@bustamantefe.bsky.social
Professor of Computer Science at Northwestern University; Director of Research at Phenix.
Dad. Runner. Former rugby player.
Patagonico, Argentino.
When one outage (Amazon today) disrupts banks, education, gaming & transit, it’s not just downtime—it’s fragility. The Internet is the first global critical infrastructure, but consolidation makes it brittle.

Our work:
SIGMETRICS 23 + IMC 24 → aqualab.cs.northwestern.edu

#InternetResilience
AquaLab – Networked systems at planetary scale
aqualab.cs.northwestern.edu
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
You Caught Me. I’m Speaking Spanish. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | You Caught Me. I’m Speaking Spanish.
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Once again, our application feedback program is up. If you are applying to a PhD program in North America, you can get feedback on your application from people who have previously served in admissions. www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/computer-sci...
PhD Application Feedback Program Aims to Increase Diversity in CS Graduate Programs
Professor Fabian Bustamante launched the feedback program in 2020 to provide guidance to prospective PhD students applying to any computer science program in the country.
www.mccormick.northwestern.edu
September 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“Whoever ... willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Live Updates: 700 Marines Sent to L.A. to Quell Immigration Protests
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June 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM