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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. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schober

Head of the Institute for Digital Communications

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The Internet of Bio-Nano-Things (IoBNT) Project Meeting took place on October 9–10, 2025, at TU Dresden, as part of the consortium's regular biannual meetings to discuss progress and future directions. Project partners presented updates on their research since the last meeting in Erlangen. From FAU,...

On October 7th and 8th, the joint annual Igel Seminar of the IDC and LMS took place once again, this time in Waischenfeld. Over the course of two days, participants enjoyed a series of engaging presentations by new and current staff members from both chairs. The talks provided valuable insights into...

As part of this year’s Ferienakademie, which took place across several locations in the Sarntal Alps, the IDC hosted its course at the Murrer Hof. The course, titled “Building the Internet of Cells with Synthetic Molecular Communication,” ran from September 21 to October 3, 2025, and was led by Prof...

Prof. Robert Schober gave a talk in the FAU seminar series “Collegium Alexandrinum” on the topic “Natürliche Kommunikationsprozesse nutzbar machen: Synthetische molekulare Kommunikation.” In his talk, he outlined the fundamentals of synthetic molecular communication (MC) and how natural signaling ca...

 

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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

Next Generation Wireless Communication

Molecular and Biological Communication Systems

Machine Learning, Signal Processing and Information Theory

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