Dr. Alexander Henkes
Dr. Alexander Henkes
AI Development & Solutions Zürich
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On Human–Machine Collaboration

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HUMAN-MACHINE-
HYBRID

Machines do some tasks better. Humans do others. On the tasks that matter, the hybrid team beats either alone.

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HUMAN-MACHINE-
INTERFACE

No one fully understands a modern AI model — and that is fine. What matters is how we use it: the inputs, the context, the layers around the model.

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HUMAN-MACHINE-
ADVANTAGE

Find the problem first, then ask whether AI fits. Measure the advantage as return on investment; if it isn't there, AI isn't the answer.

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Selected Work

1'000× faster
ML pipeline for UAV aerodynamic surrogates — over 1'000× CFD throughput for rapid prototyping. Automated CAD generation included.
90% time
Agentic AI for social-media automation — cybersecurity consultancy. Daily workload reduced from one hour to five minutes.
Weeks → hours
Automated OCR for handwritten visitor letters — Swiss cultural institution and two universities. ~70'000 letters, multiple languages, circular script. Pro bono.
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About

Award-winning AI researcher, engineer and consultant based in Zürich. Dr.-Ing. (PhD) in computational mechanics and machine learning; postdoc at ETH Zürich. Applied work spans LLMs, agentic AI systems and AI-driven engineering simulation.

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