University Erlangen-Nürnberg Institute for Digital Communications Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schober

2 R. Schober: Institute for Digital Communications Faculty and Staff Professors Dr.-Ing. Robert Schober (Head) Dr.-Ing Wolfgang Gerstacker Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Koch Dr.-Ing. Ralf Müller Postdoctoral Fellows Dr. Wing Kwan Ng Dr. Yongpeng Wu Dr. Diomidis Michalopoulos Dr. Jiayi Zhang PhD Students Dipl.-Ing. Uyen Ly Dang Vahid Jamali, M.Sc. Prasanth Karunakaran, M.Sc. Dipl.-Ing. Steven Kisseleff Rania Morsi, M.Sc.

3 R. Schober: Institute for Digital Communications Faculty and Staff PhD Students (continued) Lin Xiang, M.Sc. Shahram Zarei, M.Sc. Arman Ahmadzadeh, M.Sc. Anna Moldovan, M.Sc. Ali Bereyhi, M.Sc. Renato Simoni, M.Sc. (visiting) Nikola Zlatanov, M.Sc. (visiting) Mohammad Ali Sedaghat, M.Sc. (visiting) Secretary Gabriele Melzer IT Support Dipl.-Ing. Emin Ögrük

4 R. Schober: Institute for Digital Communications Lectures Prof. Robert Schober –Digital Communications (WS+SS, 3L+1T) –MIMO Communication Systems (SS, 3L+1T) Prof. Wolfgang Gerstacker –Transmission and Detection for Advanced Mobile Communications (SS, 2L) –Equalization and Adaptive Systems for Digital Communications (WS, 2L) –Convex Optimization in Communications and Signal Processing (WS, 3L+1T) Prof. Wolfgang Koch –Receiver Synchronisation (WS, 3L+1T) Prof. Ralf Müller –Advanced Information Theory (SS, 2L) –Fundamentals of Mobile Communications (WS, 3L+1) Dr. Wing Kwan Ng –Radio Resource Allocation in Advanced Cellular Networks (SS, 2L) Labs and Seminars –Lab course in Mobile Communications (SS) –Student seminars on topics relevant for current research (WS)

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6 R. Schober: Institute for Digital Communications Research Topics I

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9 R. Schober: Institute for Digital Communications Open Topics for Theses at IDC We have always topics available for Master‘s theses and projects. Our Master‘s students work on cutting-edge research problems. The goal is to publish results in international journals and/or present them at international conferences. For current topics, please consult our information boards and website and talk directly to IDC members. Prerequisites: –Interest in theoretical work that has practical applications and implications. –Good background in communication, signal processing, and information theory.

10 R. Schober: Institute for Digital Communications Open Topics for Theses at IDC We have currently open topics in the following areas: –Full-duplex relaying –Physical layer network coding –Massive MIMO –Resource allocation –Green communications –Smart grid communications –Energy harvesting –Cognitive radio with application to LTE-A –Underground communication –Molecular communication –Mobile communications –Statistical physics in communications –Terahertz communications