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CASSIO PENNACHIN, BSc, MBA

Cassio Pennachin is cofounder and CTO of Novamente LLC, a N. Bethesda, MD based software company focused on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), and cofounder of the nonprofit Artificial General Intelligence Research Institute (AGIRI). He has worked on the pursuit of AGI for the past 10 years. His research interests also include artificial life and evolutionary computing.
 
Cassio is also the CTO of Biomind LLC, a MD based bioinformatics firm dedicated to the development and application of innovative technology to integrative analysis of genomics and proteomics data. In collaboration with leading life sciences researchers, Biomind has identified mutational patterns in mitochondrial DNA that correlate with Parkinson's disease, and also uncovered the first genetic evidence for chronic fatigue syndrome. Biomind's research efforts currently focus on the analysis of genomic expression patterns of mice under caloric restriction.
 
He coauthored Learning computer programs with the bayesian optimization algorithm, Genetic algorithm for analysis of mutations in Parkinson's disease, Novamente: An Integrative Architecture for General Intelligence, NL Comprehension via Integrative AI and Human-Computer Interaction, Identifying Complex Biological Interactions based on Categorical Gene Expression Data, and Exploring Android Developmental Psychology in a Simulation World.
 
Cassio earned a B.Sc. in Computer Science from UFMG and a MBA from IBMEC, both in Brazil. He coedited Artificial General Intelligence, with chapters by the leading AGI researchers, published by Springer in 2007.
 
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