Dr. Fernando Koch is an Industry Professor at Florida Atlantic University, where he leads The Generative Intelligence Lab. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from Utrecht University and advances research and education in Generative Intelligence, multi-agent systems, and AI-driven organizations. He has a long track record across industry, academia, and startups. He currently serves as Director Forward Research at TELUS Digital, where he advises C-suite and senior executives on research and development strategy for enterprise AI data pipelines and solution architecture. He leads the design of AI architectures for natural conversation and large-scale conversation-data engineering, connecting frontier research with the systems and data needed in complex enterprise environments. Dr. Koch has held positions with IBM Research, Samsung Global Research, the University of Melbourne, Korea University, and other organizations. He also serves as a technical advisor to entrepreneurs. His scholarly contributions include six books, more than 90 scientific papers, and more than 100 patent applications.

The Generative Intelligence Lab

http://genilab.fau.edu

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EDUCATION

PostDoc Research Fellow (2010), Utrecht University.
Ph.D. in Computer Sciences (2009), Utrecht University.
M.Sc. (1997), and B.Sc. (1993) in CS, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Generative Intelligence
• AI-driven Organizations
• Agentic Oriented Solution Engineering
• Computational Intelligence
• Collaborative Intelligence