He teaches applied computer science at the University of Bonn, Germany, and is chief scientist of the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics.
in 1990 at the Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology[4] of the RWTH Aachen with a dissertation in the field of ergodic theory of dynamical systems under the supervision of Gert Roepstorff [de].
From 2002 to 2010, Koch taught as a lecturer at the chair of Armin B. Cremers on a part-time basis and habilitated in the field of applied computer science at the University of Bonn.
The work covers digitization in this environment, such as Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), electronic & navigation warfare, sensor and platform resource management, mobile and distributed multisensor systems, and aspects of Manned-unManned Teaming (MuM-T).
He is also the single point of contact of the Fraunhofer Segment for Defense and Security (VVS)[9] to the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS).