Profile of the Institute
The Institute for Acoustics and Speech Communication (IAS) consists of the Professorship for Acoustics and Haptics (Prof. Altinsoy) and the Professorship for Speech Technology and Cognitive Systems (Prof. Birkholz). The institute offers students a broad scientific education in the subjects of acoustics, haptics, language technology and cognitive systems. Research is an important mainstay of the institute and the institute's research groups work in several large research associations and excellence clusters (6G Life, 5G Lab Germany and Center for Human Technology Design). The managing director of IAS is Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Ercan Altinsoy.