Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Math. Martin Mittelbach

Research associate

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Biography

In May 2003 Martin Mittelbach received a diploma degree in Electrical Engineering with a major in Information Technologies from Dresden University of Technology. He studied for two semesters at the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech in Blacksburg/U.S. Since June 2003 he is a research associate at the Chair of Communications Theory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Dresden University of Technology. In December 2012 Martin received a diploma degree in Mathematics with a major in Mathematical Stochastics from Dresden University of Technology. In Dezember 2014 he completed his dissertation at the Chair of Communications Theory, Dresden University of Technology and received the academic degree Doktor-Ingenieur. Since then he holds a post-doctoral and lecturer position there.

Research Interests

Information Theory
Applied Probability Theory
Channel Modelling
Ultra Wideband Communications

Courses

Current Teaching

Lecture for the course Informationstheorie
Lecture notes for the course: Link
Lecture and tutorial for the course Advanced Topics in Information Theory
Assistance for the course Introduction to Machine Learning
Assistance for the course Physical Layer Security
Assistance for the course Oberseminar Theoretische Nachrichtentechnik

Teaching in the Past

Lecture and tutorial for the course Information Theory for Continuous-Time Channels (TU München, WS2019/2020)
WS2017/2018 WS2016/2017 WS2015/2016
Organisation / assistance for the block course Fundamentals of Big Data Analytics
Organisation / assistance for the block course Quanteninformationstheorie
Tutorial for the course Informationstheorie
Tutorial for the course Netzwerk-Informationstheorie

Projects

DFG priority programme 1655 „Wireless 100 Gb/s and beyond“ on wireless ultra-high data rate communication for the mobile internet access (07/2016 – 06/2017)
DFG collaborative research centre 912 HAEC on highly adaptive energy-efficient computing (12/2012 – 07/2015)
DFG-projects ALEUK and UWB4WSN (priority programme UKoLoS) on ultra-wideband communication (09/2005 – 11/2012)
EU-projects whyless.com, UCAN and PULSERS on ultra-wideband communication (06/2003 – 08/2005)

Theses

PhD Thesis
Coding Theorem and Memory Conditions for Abstract Channels with Time Structure
Theoretische Nachrichtentechnik (Technische Universität Dresden), December 2014
Link Please always use the following link for citations: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-168302
Diploma Thesis (Mathematics)
Some Contributions to the Fundamentals of Continuous-Time Information Theory
Institut für Mathematische Stochastik (Technische Universität Dresden), December 2012
Diploma Thesis (Electrical Engineering)
Analyse und Synthese von Pseudozufallsgeneratoren für Stromchiffrierungen
Theoretische Nachrichtentechnik (Technische Universität Dresden), May 2003
Student Work
Untersuchung und effiziente Implementierung von Methoden und Architekturen für integrierte aktive Sehsysteme
Chair of Electronic Devices and Integrated Circuits (Technische Universität Dresden), January 2002

Supervised Theses

Diploma and Master Theses

Jonathan Huffmann
Canonical Correlation and the Calculation of Information Measures for Infinite-Dimensional Distributions
February 2021, Download Thesis, Hans-Pundt-Award 2021
Olaf Gröscho
Information Invariant and Linear Transformations of Two-Dimensional Uniform Distributions
February 2021
Sebastian Vorberg
kNN-based Estimation of Information Measures
May 2019
Dirk Blumenstein
Analysis and Efficient Implementation of Algorithms for Pseudo-Random Number Generation
January 2006

Student Projects and Bachelor Theses

Linda Erben
Mimimizing Stochastic Dependencies Using Randomized Antenna Switching for Secret Key Generation from Channel Measurements
November 2024
Julius Nestler
Optimization of Randomized Antenna Selection for Secret Key Generation from Channel Measurements
October 2023
Jonathan Huffmann
Distribution and Moments of the Information Density
October 2019
Julian Rolfes
Approximation of the Maximal Coding Rate for DMCs in the Finite Blocklength Regime
August 2018
Olaf Gröscho
Lower Bounds for the Maximal Coding Rate of Reliable Information Transmission in the Finite Blocklength Regime via Feinsteins Lemma
November 2016
Christian Schröder
Calculation of the Capacity for Discrete-Time Memoryless Channels with Finite Modulation Alphabet and Quantization at the Receiver
March 2011
Bho Matthiesen
Efficient Generation of Positive-Definite Matrices with Constant Trace
December 2010
Jens Fröbel
Demonstration Examples for Cryptographic Methods
March 2007
Falk Bruder
Comparison of the Capacity of Ultra-Wide Channel Models
January 2007
Dirk Blumenstein
Analysis of Waveforms for Ultra-Wideband-Transmission
January 2005

Talks and Workshops

Martin Mittelbach
Some Aspects of Continuous-Time Information Theory
BioQuant, Heidelberg University, November 2017
Martin Mittelbach
Coding Theorem and Memory Conditions for Abstract Channels with Time Structure
Hauptseminar Signal- und Informationstheorie, Lehrstuhl Theoretische Informationstechnik, TU München, Germany, May 2015
Martin Mittelbach
Channels with Infinite Output Memory
Communications and Signal Processing Workshop, Galtür, Austria, Mar. 2013
Martin Mittelbach, Eduard A. Jorswieck
Variations on a General Coding Theorem for Continuous-Time Channel Models
UKoLoS Annual Colloquium, Kiel, Germany, Jul. 2012
Martin Mittelbach, Eduard A. Jorswieck
On a Coding Theorem and its Applicability to Random LTV Channels
UKoLoS Annual Colloquium, Karlsruhe, Germany, Mar. 2011
Martin Mittelbach, Eduard A. Jorswieck
Aspects of Information Theory for Continuous-Time Systems
Neuromimetic Nanocircuits Workshop, Dresden, Germany, Jan. 2011
Martin Mittelbach, Eduard A. Jorswieck
UWB for Wireless Sensor Networks: Cross-Layer Optimization (UWB4WSN)
UKoLoS Annual Colloquium, Günzburg, Germany, Mar. 2010
Martin Mittelbach
Majorization for Vectors and Functions -- Some Applications
IEEE Information Theory Winter School, Loen, Norway, Apr. 2009
Christian Müller, Martin Mittelbach
Koexistenz zwischen UWB und Schmalband-Zellularsystemen
UWB Ultra Wide Band - Technologien und mögliche Anwendungen, Workshop des ITG-Fachausschusses 7.2 Funksysteme, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany, Nov. 2004
Christian Müller, Martin Mittelbach
Study of Coexistence Between UWB and Narrowband Cellular Systems
UWB Cluster Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 2003

Publications (FIS)

27 Entries

2025

Sensing-Assisted Secure Communications over Correlated Rayleigh Fading ChannelsMittelbach, M., Schaefer, R. F., Bloch, M. R., Yener, A. & Günlü, O., Mar 2025, In: Entropy. 27, 3, 17 p., 225Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2024

Optimized Random Antenna Switching for Channel Measurement Based Secret Key GenerationNestler, J., Mittelbach, M., Schmidt, A. & Schaefer, R. F., Sep 2024, 25th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC). Lucca, Italy, 5 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2022

On the Distribution of the Information Density of Gaussian Random Vectors: Explicit Formulas and Tight ApproximationsHuffmann, J. E. W. & Mittelbach, M., Jul 2022, In: Entropy. 24, 7, 29 p., 924Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2020

New Capacity Results for Fading Gaussian Multiuser Channels with Statistical CSITLin, P., Jorswieck, E. A., Schaefer, R. F., Mittelbach, M. & Janda, C. R., Nov 2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Communications. 68, 11, p. 6761-6774Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2019

On Stochastic Orders and Fading Gaussian Multi-User Channels with Statistical CSITLin, P., Jorswieck, E. A., Schaefer, R. F., Mittelbach, M. & Janda, C. R., Jul 2019, 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. Paris, p. 1497-1501Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Copulas and Multi-user Channel OrdersLin, P., Jorswieck, E. A., Schaefer, R. F., Janda, C. R. & Mittelbach, M., May 2019, ICC 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). Shanghai, p. 1-6Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2018

Coding Theorem and Converse for Abstract Channels with Time Structure and MemoryMittelbach, M. & Jorswieck, E. A., Jul 2018, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 64, 7, p. 4993-5016Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2017

On the Capacity of Fading Broadcast Channels with Statistical CSIT and MemoryLin, P., Jorswieck, E. A., Schaefer, R. F. & Mittelbach, M., Feb 2017, 11th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding (SCC 2017). Hamburg, p. 1-5Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2016

Cascade Channels with Infinite MemoryMittelbach, M. & Jorswieck, E. A., Jul 2016, 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). Barcelona, Spain, p. 2779-2783Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Degradedness and Stochastic Orders of Fast Fading Gaussian Broadcast Channels with Statistical Channel State Information at the TransmitterLin, P., Jorswieck, E. A., Schaefer, R. F., Janda, C. R. & Mittelbach, M., Mar 2016, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP). Shanghai, p. 3846-3850Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
A Coding Theorem and Converse of Kadota and Wyner RevisitedMittelbach, M. & Jorswieck, E. A., Feb 2016, 2016 Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA). San Diego, CA, USA, p. 1-6Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2015

On the Degradedness of Fast Fading Gaussian Multiple-Antenna Wiretap Channels with Statistical Channel State Information at the TransmitterLin, P., Jorswieck, E. A., Schaefer, R. F. & Mittelbach, M., Dec 2015, 2015 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps). San Diego, p. 1-5Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2013

Information Regular and Ψ-Mixing ChannelsMittelbach, M. & Jorswieck, E. A., Jul 2013, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory. Istanbul, Turkey, p. 2094-2098Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2012

Sampling Uniformly From the Set of Positive Definite Matrices With Trace ConstraintMittelbach, M., Matthiesen, B. & Jorswieck, E. A., May 2012, In: IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 60, 5, p. 2167-2179, 13 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2010

Effective Capacity Maximization in Multi-Antenna Channels with Covariance FeedbackJorswieck, E. A., Mochaourab, R. & Mittelbach, M., 1 Oct 2010, In: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 9, 10, p. 2988 - 2993, 6 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Optimal Sensor Placement for Linear Decentralized Estimation with Coherent and Orthogonal Multiple Access ChannelsJorswieck, E. A. & Mittelbach, M., Aug 2010, 2010 5th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China. Beijing, China, p. 1-6Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2009

Average Capacity Analysis of Continuous-Time Frequency-Selective Rayleigh Fading Channels with Correlated Scattering Using MajorizationJorswieck, E. A. & Mittelbach, M., Jul 2009, 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory. Seoul, Korea, p. 576-580Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Effective Capacity Maximization in Multi-Antenna Channels with Covariance FeedbackJorswieck, E. A., Mochaourab, R. & Mittelbach, M., Jun 2009, 2009 IEEE International Confernece on Communications (ICC 2009). Dresden, Germany, p. 1-5Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2008

Average Capacity of OFDM-Systems for Channels with Tap-Correlation and Different Side InformationMittelbach, M. & Jorswieck, E. A., Aug 2008, International OFDM-Workshop (InOWo). Hamburg, GermanyResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Discrete-Time, Frequency-Selective Rayleigh Fading Channel --- Impact of Correlated Scattering on Outage and Ergodic CapacityMüller, C. & Mittelbach, M., May 2008, 2008 IEEE International Conference on Communications. Beijing, China, p. 4664-4670Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2007

Ergodic Capacity of Discrete- and Continuous-Time, Frequency-Selective Rayleigh Fading Channels with Correlated ScatteringMittelbach, M., Müller, C., Schubert, K. & Finger, A., Nov 2007, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM). Washington, DC, USAResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Impact of UWB Channel Modeling on Outage and Ergodic CapacityMittelbach, M., Müller, C. & Bruder, F., Sep 2007, IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB). SingaporeResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2006

Performance of a Multiband Impulse Radio UWB ArchitectureMittelbach, M., Moorfeld, R. & Finger, A., Oct 2006, Mobility '06: Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Mobile technology, applications & systems. Bangkok, Thailand, p. 17–esElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2004

Study of Coexistence Between UWB and Narrowband Cellular SystemsMittelbach, M., Müller, C., Ferger, D. & Finger, A., May 2004, Joint Ultra Wideband Systems and Technology (UWBST) & International Workshop for Ultra Wideband Systems (IWUWBS). Kyoto, Japan: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 40-44, 5 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Investigation of FCSR-based Pseudorandom Sequence Generators for Stream CiphersMittelbach, M. & Finger, A., Mar 2004, International Conference on Networking (ICN). Gosier, Guadeloupe, FranceResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution