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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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Curious about how nanomachines could one day communicate inside the human body, or how plants use chemical signals to exchange information? Join our seminar “Molecular Communications: From Nature to Next Generation Healthcare and Environmental Applications” this winter semester and explore one of the most exciting frontiers in science and engineering. Students from engineering sciences, computer science, or medicine are warmly welcome to participate!
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IDC Participation at IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop in Edinburgh
Invited Lecture by Maximilian Schäfer in Lisbon
IDC Participation at IEEE SPAWC 2025 in Surrey
IDC Researcher to Visit Lab of Prof. Karagiannidis at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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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.