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The Institute for Digital Communication (IDC) is part of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communications of the Faculty of Engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schober. IDC is complemented by Prof. Dr. Laura Cottatellucci, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Müller, and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Gerstacker.


 

Prof. Robert Schober received an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor honoris causa) for his contributions to wireless and molecular communications from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. The degree was awarded in a solemn ceremony on December 19, 2024. After Profs. Markos Papageorgiou and Athanasi...

Hedieh Ajam won 2nd place in the IEEE Communications Society’s Four-Minute-Thesis (4MT) competition. The 4MT competition challenges PhD students to explain their research project to a non-specialist audience in just four minutes. The competition is held in two rounds. In the first round, contestants...

IDC was well represented at the 2024 IEEE Global Communication Conference (GLOBECOM) in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa. GLOBECOM is one of the flagship conferences of the IEEE Communications Society. Hedieh Ajam, Ata Khalili, and Lukas Brand presented their new work during the Symposium Technical...

Prof. Dr. Robert Schober has been listed on the "Highly Cited Researchers List 2024". This list, compiled by Clarivate Analytics, includes the world's most influential researchers whose work is frequently cited by their peers. Prof. Schober is the only researcher in Germany recognized in the categor...
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IDC’s Lighthouse Projects

The Research Training Group (RTG) SyMoCADS is a research training program funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to train scientists and engineers in the emerging interdisciplinary field of molecular communication.

 

EmpkinS is a Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) with a the focus on capturing human motion parameters remotely in a minimally disturbing and non-invasive manner and with very high resolution.

 

The Research Training Group (RTG) KoRaTo is a joint project between the Ulm University (UUlm) and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg with the aim to develop a new UAV- and radar-based geophysical monitoring system to measure for instance earth mass movements, vegetation heights, or the cryosphere.

 

6G-RIC is part of the 6G Platform Germany and aims to address the research challenges of the 6th generation of mobile communications.

 


IDC’s Fields of Research Activity


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