Johannes Huber

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. Johannes Huber

(retired)

Department of Electrical-Electronic-Communication Engineering
Institute for Digital Communications (IDC) (Prof. Dr. Schober)

Room 04.021
Cauerstraße 7
91058 Erlangen

Phone number: +49 9131 85-27112
Fax number: +49 9131 85-28919
Email: johannes.huber@fau.de
Website: https://www.idc.tf.fau.de/person/johannes-huber

Johannes Huber received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, in 1977. From 1977 to 1982 he was a research assistant at the Federal Armed Forces University Munich from which he received the Dr.-Ing. degree with a thesis on coding for channels with memory. From 1982 to 1990, he was an Akademischer Oberrat at the same university and received the Dr.-Ing. habil. degree with a thesis on trellis coded modulation. In spring 1991, he joined the IBM Research Laboratory, Zurich, Switzerland. From autumn 1991 until spring 2017, he was Professor at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

His research interests are information and coding theory, modulation schemes, algorithms for signal detection and adaptive equalization for channels with severe intersymbol interference, signalling, detection and equalization or multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels and concatenated coding together with iterative decoding.Johannes Huber is Fellow of the IEEE. In 2008 he was appointed a corresponding fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Since 2009, Johannes Huber is an ordinary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He served as an Editor-in-Chief and as an Associate Editor for several international journals on information theory and communications.

Johannes B. Huber

born: August 24, 1951 in Hausham (Oberbayern), Germany, German citizen

1. Academic Degrees:

Master (Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.)) in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University Munich, Germany, September 1977
Ph. D. (Dr.-Ing.) from the Federal Armed Forces University Munich, Germany, July 1982
Second Ph. D. (Dr.-Ing. habilitatus) from the Federal Armed Forces University Munich, Germany, July 1991
Professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, November 1991
Chaired Professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, August 1997
Dr. hc. From the Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt, Austria, November 2017

2. Professional Career:

1977 Research Assistant at the Technical University Munich, Germany (Prof. Marko)
1977 – 1982 Research Assistant at the Federal Armed Forces University, Munich (Prof. Troendle)
1983 – 1991 Senior Research Assistant at the Federal Armed Forces University, Munich
1991 Visiting Scientist at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland, joint research work together with Dr. Gottfried Ungerboeck
1991 – 1997 Professor for Signal and Information Theory at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
1997 2017 Chaired Professor and Director of the Institute for Information Transmission at the University of Erlangen
Since 2017 Retirement April 1, 2017

3. Honorary Appointments

1994 – 1996 Dean for students’ affairs of the Technical Faculty of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
1996 – 1999 Ass. Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications (for Coding Theory)
1993 -2006 Ass. Editor for AEUE International Journal on Electronics and Communications
1998 – 2002 Editor-in-Chief of AEUE International Journal on Electronics and Communications
1999 – 2003 Member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Information Theory Society
1997-2017 Chairman of the Telecommunications Laboratory of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
2001-2003 Chairman of the Department for Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering
2001 -2015 Vice-director of the Summer Academy for high potential students of the Munich University of Technology and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
2000/2002/2004 Co-Chairman of the 3, 4, 5th International ITG – Conference on Source and Channel Coding
2004 -2006 Member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Information Theory Society
2005 – 2010 Chairman of the FAU Elite-Program “Systems of Information and Multimedia Technologies”
2005/2006 Chairman of the Technical Program Committee for the 4th International Symposium on Turbo Codes jointly with the 6th International ITG – Conference on Source and Channel Coding
2007-2009 Dean of the School of Engineering (Technische Fakultät) of the University of Erlangen (7000 students)
2009/10/11 Member of the IEEE A.G. Bell Medal Committee
2014 Chairman of the Technical Program Committee for the 8th International Symposium on Turbo Codes
Since 2014 Member of the IEEE J. C. Maxwell Award Committee
Since 2015 Chairman of the committee “Forum Technologie” of the Bavarian Academy for Science and Humanities
Since 2016 Vice Chairman of section III (Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering) of the Bavarian Academy for Science and Humanities

4. (Former) Teaching

Introduction to Electrical Engineering for Mechanical Engineers
Introduction to Information Technology for Computational Engineers
Communication Engineering
Digital Communications
Information Theory
Advanced Topics in Information Theory
Channel Coding
Seminar
Laboratory Exercises
Seminars for high potential students (Summer Academy)
Annual Guest-Professorship at the universities of Vienna, Klagenfurt, Linz
Supervisor of about 180 Diplom(Master-) theses

5. PhD Students

Dr. W. Liu, Prof. Dr. K-P. Graf, Prof. Dr. F. Engelberger, Prof. Dr. Heiner Beckmann, Dr. P. Schramm, Prof. Dr. R. Fischer, Dr. B. Spinnler, Dr. U. Wachsmann, Prof. Dr. W. Gerstacker, Dr. J. Hamorsky, Prof. Dr. R. R. Müller, Dr. E. Urba, Dr. S. Müller-Weinfurtner, Prof. Dr. R. Schober, Prof. Dr. S. Badri-Hoeher, Dr. J. Eggers, Dr. M. Breiling, Prof. Dr. L. Lampe, Dr. D. Schill, Prof. Dr. A. Lampe, Dr. A. Gesell, Dr. S. Huettinger, Dr. T Dorsch, Dr. C. Windpassinger, Dr. J. Roessler, Dr. Zhao Lu, Dr. G. Tauboeck, Dr. U. Berold, Dr. V. Pauli, Dr. B. Matschkal, Dr. T. Hehn, Prof. Dr. G. Bumiller, Dr. C. Stierstorfer, Dr. R. Tzschoppe, Dr. Stefan Ländner, Dr. R. Bianchi, Dr. M. Mayrock, Dr. M. Hoch, Dr. A. Ravanshid, Dr. A. Schenk, Dr. B. E. Schotsch, Dr. M. Seidl, Dr. F. Schuh, Dr. Martin Hirschbeck, Dr. M. Cyran, Dr. A. Stefani, Dr. A. Lehmann, Dr. Ch. Rachinger, Dr. F. Gruber, Dr. J. Frenzel

6. Research Fields

Channel Coding (Concatenated Codes, Turbo-Codes, LDPC-Codes, Polar Codes etc.)
Coding for Channels with Memory
Coded Modulation (Trellis Codes, Multilevel-Codes)
Equalization of Data Signal and OFDM
Precoding and Shaping
Continuous Phase Modulation (CPM)
CDMA and Multiuser-Detection
Non coherent Communication Schemes
Reliability versus Latency in Digital Communications w.r.t. Coding and Equalization
Vector Quantization,
Network Coding, Relaying,
Digital Transmission via Subscriber Lines (DSL)
Powerline Communications (PLC)
Digital Communication via Optical Fibres
Application of Information Theory in Biology

2019

Cyran M., Schotsch B., Huber J., Fischer RF.:
Layering of communication networks and a forward-backward duality
11th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding, SCC 2017 (Hamburg, February 2017 - February 2017)
In: SCC 2017 - 11th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding 2019
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Fischer RF., Cyran M., Forutan V., Huber J.:
Network coding security for bidirectional network flows
11th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding, SCC 2017 (Hamburg, February 2017 - February 2017)
In: SCC 2017 - 11th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding 2019
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Fischer RFH., Stern S., Huber J.:
Lattice-Reduction-Aided and Integer-Forcing Equalization
2019
(Foundations and Trends® in Communications and Information Theory, Vol.16)
ISBN: 9781680836448
DOI: 10.1561/0100000100
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Frenzel J., Mueller-Weinfurtner S., Huber J., Müller R.:
Limited-Feedback Parity-Based Hybrid ARQ Using Spatially-Coupled LDPC Codes
IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) (Waikoloa, HI, December 2019 - December 2019)
In: 2019 IEEE GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE (GLOBECOM), NEW YORK: 2019
DOI: 10.1109/globecom38437.2019.9013590
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Frenzel J., Muller-Weinfurtner S., Huber J., Müller R.:
Static Layered Schedules and Core-Only Parity Check for the 5G New Radio LDPC Codes
12th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding, SCC 2019 (Rostock, February 2019 - February 2019)
In: SCC 2019 - 12th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding 2019
DOI: 10.30420/454862048
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Hirschbeck M., Berold U., Huber J.:
Low complexity iterative channel estimation for the L-band digital aeronautical communication system 1 based on OFDM
18th International OFDM Workshop 2014, InOWo 2014 (Essen, August 2014 - August 2014)
In: 18th International OFDM Workshop 2014, InOWo 2014 2019
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Hirschbeck M., Huber J.:
Block based frequency selective mitigation of pulsed interference in the L-band
10th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding, SCC 2015 (Hamburg, February 2015 - February 2015)
In: SCC 2015 - 10th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding 2019
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Hirschbeck M., Huber J.:
Power detection for frequency selective mitigation of pulsed interference
10th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding, SCC 2015 (Hamburg, February 2015 - February 2015)
In: SCC 2015 - 10th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding 2019
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Puchinger S., Cyran M., Fischer RF., Bossert M., Huber J.:
Error correction for differential linear network coding in slowly-varying networks
10th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding, SCC 2015 (Hamburg, February 2015 - February 2015)
In: SCC 2015 - 10th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding 2019
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Schotsch B., Cyran M., Huber J., Fischer RF., Vary P.:
An upper bound on the outage probability of random linear network codes with known incidence matrices
10th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding, SCC 2015 (Hamburg, February 2015 - February 2015)
In: SCC 2015 - 10th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding 2019
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2018

Fischer RF., Huber J., Stern S., Guter P.:
Multilevel Codes in Lattice-Reduction-Aided Equalization
International Zurich Seminar on Information and Communication (IZS 2018) (Zürich, February 2018 - February 2018)
In: Lapidoth Amos, Moser Stefan M. (ed.): International Zurich Seminar on Information and Communication (IZS 2018), Zurich, Switzerland, 2018
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000245081
URL: https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/bitstream/handle/20.500.11850/245081/IZS_2018133-137.pdf
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Frenzel J., Müller-Weinfurtner S., Huber J., Müller R.:
Convergence Behavior of LDPC decoding and application to early termination
IEEE Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Conference (Bologna, September 2018 - September 2018)
DOI: 10.1109/pimrc.2018.8580766
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Rachinger C., Huber J., Gerstacker W.:
Comparison of OFDM and Single-Carrier Transmission for Ultra-Low Delay Applications
IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GC Wkshps) (Abu Dhabi, December 2018 - December 2018)
In: 2018 IEEE GLOBECOM WORKSHOPS (GC WKSHPS), NEW YORK: 2018
DOI: 10.1109/glocomw.2018.8644382
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2017

Gäde B., Lehmann A., Deutschmann J., Huber J.:
A Power Line Communication Topology Module for ns--3 and DCE
Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2017 IEEE International Conference on (Dresden)
In: Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2017 IEEE International Conference on 2017
DOI: 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2017.8340671
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Rachinger C., Huber J., Müller R.:
Low complexity ML-detection of arbitrary spherical codes
11th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications & Coding (Hamburg, February 2017 - February 2017)
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Rachinger C., Müller R., Huber J.:
Bit-interleaved coded modulation for phase shift keying on the hypersphere
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (Aachen, June 2017 - June 2017)
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Rachinger C., Sedaghat MA., Müller R., Huber J.:
pi/2-shifted phase shift keying on the hypersphere: Transmitter and receiver algorithms
IEEE International Conference on Communications (Paris, May 2017 - May 2017)
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2016

Gruber F., Lehmann A., Huber J., Mueller RR.:
Using Power Line Modems Measurements for Degradation Detection on Power Lines
Proceedings of Workshop on Power Line Communications 2016 (Paris)
In: Proceedings of Workshop on Power Line Communications, Paris, France: 2016
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Lehmann A., Kreuzer M., Deutschmann J., Berold U., Huber J.:
Topology Simulation for Aeronautical Communication Protocols with ns-3 and DCE
In: Proceedings of the Workshop on ns-3 2016
DOI: 10.1145/2915371.2915375
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Lehmann A., Raab K., Gruber F., Fischer E., Müller R., Huber J.:
A Diagnostic Method for Power Line Networks by Channel Estimation of PLC Devices
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications 2016 (Sydney)
In: Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, Sydney, Australia: 2016
DOI: 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2016.7778781
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2015

Rachinger C., Huber J., Müller R.:
Comparison of Convolutional and Block Codes for Low Structural Delay
In: IEEE Transactions on Communications 63 (2015), p. 4629-4638
ISSN: 0090-6778
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2015.2488661
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2014

Deutschmann J., Lehmann A., Hampel J., Huber J.:
Network Simulation for Powerline Protocols with Direct Code Execution Applied to DLC (R)-3000 SFN
DOI: 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2014.7007690
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Rachinger C., Müller R., Huber J.:
Low latency-constrained high rate coding: LDPC codes vs. convolutional codes
2014 8th International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC 2014
DOI: 10.1109/ISTC.2014.6955117
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2013

Jardin C., Stefani A., Eberhardt M., Huber J., Sticht H.:
An information-theoretic classification of amino acids for the assessment of interfaces in protein-protein docking
In: Journal of Molecular Modeling 19 (2013), p. 3901-10
ISSN: 1610-2940
DOI: 10.1007/s00894-013-1916-7
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Mruck FA., Stierstorfer C., Huber J., Tzschoppe R.:
Time-Domain MIMO Precoding for FEXT Cancellation in DSL Systems
In: Proceedings of International ITG/IEEE Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA), Stuttgart, Germany: 2013
URL: http://www.lit.lnt.de/papers/wsa_2013_mruck.pdf
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Seidl M., Schenk AM., Stierstorfer C., Huber J.:
Aspects of Polar-Coded Modulation
In: Proceedings of 9th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding (SCC), Munich, Germany: 2013
URL: http://www.lit.lnt.de/papers/scc13_seidl_A.pdf
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Seidl M., Schenk AM., Stierstorfer C., Huber J.:
Multilevel Polar-Coded Modulation
2013 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (Istanbul, July 2013 - July 2013)
In: IEEE (ed.): Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Istanbul, Turkey: 2013
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Seidl M., Schenk AM., Stierstorfer C., Huber J.:
Polar-Coded Modulation
In: IEEE Transactions on Communications 61 (2013), p. 4108-4119
ISSN: 0090-6778
URL: http://www.lit.lnt.de/papers/tr_com_2013_seidl.pdf
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2012

Müller R., Godana BE., Sedaghat MA., Huber J.:
On channel capacity of communication via antenna arrays with receiver noise matching
2012 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2012 (Lausanne)
DOI: 10.1109/ITW.2012.6404701
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Othersen O., Stefani A., Huber J., Sticht H.:
Application of information theory to feature selection in protein docking
In: Journal of Molecular Modeling 18 (2012), p. 1285-97
ISSN: 1610-2940
DOI: 10.1007/s00894-011-1157-6
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2010

Stierstorfer C., Fischer R., Huber J.:
Optimizing BICM with Convolutional Codes for Transmission over the AWGN Channel
2016 International Zurich Seminar on Communications (Zurich, Switzerland, March 2010 - March 2010)
In: Proceedings of International Zurich Seminar(IZS), Zurich, Switzerland: 2010
URL: http://www.lit.lnt.de/papers/izs_2010_cst.pdf
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2006

Meyer R., Gerstacker W., Schober R., Huber J.:
A Single Antenna Interference Cancellation Algorithm for Increased GSM Capacity
In: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 5 (2006), p. 1616-1621
ISSN: 1536-1276
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2006.1673070
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2005

Meyer R., Gerstacker W., Schober R., Huber J.:
A Single Antenna Interference Cancellation Algorithm for GSM
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring 2005) (Stockholm, Sweden, May 2005 - June 2005)
In: IEEE (ed.): Conference Proceedings 2005
DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2005.1543419
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2004

Fischer R., Stierstorfer C., Huber J.:
Precoding for point-to-multipoint transmission over MIMO ISI channels
2004 International Zurich Seminar on Communications: Access - Transmission - Networking (Zurich, February 2004 - February 2004)
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=2442541470∨igin=inward
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Rößler J., Gerstacker W., Huber J.:
Iterative Equalization with Soft Feedback with a Subsequent Stage Utilizing Hopfield Networks for Error Search and Correction
5th ITG Conference on Source and Channel Coding (Erlangen, Germany, January 2004 - January 2004)
In: Conference Proceedings 2004
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2003

Bäuml R., Tzschoppe R., Kaup A., Huber J.:
Optimality of SCS Watermarking
Security and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents V (Santa Clara, CA)
DOI: 10.1117/12.477329
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Tzschoppe R., Bäuml R., Huber J., Kaup A.:
Steganographic System Based on Higher-Order Statistics
Security and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents V (Santa Clara, CA)
DOI: 10.1117/12.477301
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2002

Gerstacker W., Obernosterer F., Meyer R., Huber J.:
On Prefilter Computation for Reduced-State Equalization
In: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 1 (2002), p. 793-800
ISSN: 1536-1276
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2002.804159
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1997

Müller R., Huber J.:
Capacity of cellular CDMA systems applying interference cancellation and channel coding
Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Global Telecommunications Mini-Conference (Phoenix, AZ, USA)
In: Anon (ed.): Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Global Telecommunications Mini-Conference, Piscataway, NJ, United States: 1997
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Mario Huemer, Christian Hofbauer, Alexander Onic, Johannes Huber: 1. Platz {EEEfCOM} Innovationspreis 2010 ({GEROTRON} {COMUNNICATION} GmbH) – 2010
Johannes Huber: Mitgliedschaft Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften – 2009
Robert Schober, Raimund Meyer, Wolfgang Gerstacker, Johannes Huber: Vodafone Innovation Award (Vodafone Foundation for Research in Mobile Communications) – 2004
Robert Schober, Raimund Meyer, Wolfgang Gerstacker, Johannes Huber: EEEfCOM Innovation Award (Electrical and Electronic Engineering for Communications) – 2003