I am a PhD candidate (thesis
approved; defense 5-OCT), MSc (1997) and BSc (1993) in Computer
Sciences; I am carrying out research in the fields of AI (agent-based computing),
Distributed Computing (grids and cloud computing), mHealth and mobile
services. Moreover, I have over 17 years experience in the IT industry
with background in Telecomm and mobile computing. I am a
Principal System Engineer at
Openwave Systems since 2008.
Academic
The "Academia" pages contain detailed
information.
- PhD candidate in Computer Sciences (2009), Department
of Information and Computer Sciences, Faculty of Science,
Utrecht University, The Netherlands. The thesis has been approved; the defense is scheduled
for 5-Oct-2009 in Utrecht! Thesis:
"An Agent-Based
Model for the Development of Intelligent Mobile Services".
- MSc in Computer
Sciences (1997), Department of Informatics
and Statistics, Federal University of Santa
Catarina, Brazil. Dissertation: " Autonomous
Agents for Computer Network Management".
- BSc in Computer Sciences(1993), Department of Informatics
and Statistics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
My
research interests are:
- Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Agents: related to my PhD research; researching on architectures and
methods for building intelligent mobile services using agent-based
technology; I run the
2APL-M Project.
- Distributed Computing: interested on the applicability,
integration, management and simulation in Grid and Cloud Computing.
- Telemedicine and mHealth: interested on the use of
distributed and mobile computing technology for health services. I
collaborate to a Microsoft funded project of the
Nossal Institute for Global
Health, University of
Melbourne, titled: "Cell
Phone Applications for Clinical Diagnostic Therapeutic and Public
Health".
- Simulation: I have an emerging interest in the area of
Computer Simulation in two specific areas:
- social theory, with agent-based simulations to model
how people behave in the mobile sphere and mobile internet usage
habits, and:
- distributed computing,
looking for ways to create realistic, component oriented, highly
distributed and dynamic wired/wireless computer network
simulations.
I am also involved with academic
activities, research groups
and projects at University of
Melbourne, Utrecht University
and Federal University of Santa Catarina.
My list of publications is here.
Professional
The "Professional" pages contains detailed
information.
I have long-term IT industry experience with a strong background in Telecomm.
I have been involved in projects
on Mobile Internet and Messaging systems since 2000. In addition, I held several
positions throughout my career including system design and architecture, software development, product support, system
administration, training material writing, instructor and entrepreneur.
- 2008-present -- Principal System Engineer.
Openwave Systems, Australia (Jan/2008-present). Pre-sales
activities for several projects involving tier-1/tier-2 carriers in the APAC
region:
- Mobile Internet Analytics and Behaviour Targeting
- Mobile Data Traffic Optimisation.
- Contextual Merchandising and Mobile Advertisement Platform.
- Next Generation Mobile Internet Platform.
- Solutions for Emerging Markets.
- 2005-2007 -- Senior Consultant. FK Consultoria em Informatica S.S. (small
business).
Florianopolis, Brazil. Professional services,
training preparation and instructor for Openwave products worldwide. Consultancy
in wireless access technologies, viz. WiMAX and Wi-Fi networks.
- 2005 -- Entrepreneur and Research & Development. wifiBrasil
(small business). Florianopolis, Brazil. Developed Business Plan,
Project Plan and technology for Wireless Internet access points in
commercial environments; development in C++ and embedded Linux.
- 2000-2005 -- Principal Technical Product Support,
Openwave Systems. EMEA (2000-2003), Australia (2004), Americas(2005). Second-level
support of Openwave applications for worldwide customer base:
- Developed several support processes, knowledge base articles and
scripts in OS shell, Java, PERL and C++.
- Operations and maintenance of large Mobile Internet and Messaging
Telecom solutions.
- 1998-1999 -- Software Engineer. Humana Inc. Lousville(KY)
and Jacksonville(FL), USA. Designed and developed
a WEB-based solution for imaging system,
using HTML, PERL, CGI and Sybase database on IBM AIX and Windows
platforms.
- 1996-1998 -- System Analyst and Network Administrator.
Tribunal Regional Eleitoral-SC. Florianopolis, Brazil. Participated in
the electoral process in 1996 (municipal elections) and 1998
(legislative elections). Designed and
developed a Web-base solution for document management
system using HTML, PERL, CGI, C++ and
Oracle, running on HP-UX and Windows; local area network system
management.
- 1992-1996 -- Programmer and Network Administrator.
Tribunal Regional do Trabalho-SC. Florianopolis, Brazil. Designed and
developed several modules of a Corporate HR system using FoxPro Windows (xBase);
design and implementation of local area network; participated in
tender committee.
- 1991-1992 -- Entrepreneur and Software Developer. FKSoft
(small business). Florianopolis, Brazil. Designed, developed and commercialized
a point-of-sale software solutions for the retail industry. Commercialized over
50
units. Development in FoxPro and Clipper (xBase).
- 1990-1992 -- Research & Development. Laboratory
Microprocessors and Automation, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Florianopolis, Brazil. Designed and
programmed embedded Unix and DOS operating systems.
My professional skills include:
- Sales material preparation and presentation -- e.g. Project
Proposal, White-Papers, Datasheets, Product Positioning, and others.
- System Design, Requirement Analysis, Solution Definition,
Architecture, and Integration.
- System Architecture for mid- and large- scale projects.
- Training material preparation and training delivery.
- Operation and Support of Openwave products.
- Software programming in Java, PERL, Visual Basic, and C++.
- UNIX system administration (Sun, AIX and HP-UX), and Oracle
databases operations.
Personal
In a nutshell, I was born in Brazil, from German and Italian grand-parents
in 1971. I lived in Brazil until 1998. One day I decided to leave
a safe job in the public service and get a job abroad -- in the USA, in
the good, old Y2K plethora days. Thanks to that fortunate decision, my IT
background, willing academic life, and dynamic temperament I travelled
a lot!
Since I can remember I have always been mending things to figure out how they
work. It was obvious then that I would end up in some sort of science or
engineering related program.
Moreover, I cultivate good reading habit. Experiences, books and an
active traveling life contribute to form my view of the world, people,
science, technology, society and things.
Contact
My email is fkoch AT acm DOT org.
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