Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rafael F. Schaefer

Head of Chair

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Biography

Rafael F. Schaefer (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, in 2007, and the Dr.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering from the Technische Universität München, Germany, in 2012. Since 2022, he is a Professor and the Head of the Chair of Information Theory and Machine Learning, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. Since 2023, he is also leading the Wireless Connectivity and Sensing Group at the Barkhausen Institut, Dresden, Germany. From 2013 to 2015, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with Princeton University. From 2015 to 2020, he was an Assistant Professor with the Technische Universität Berlin. From 2021 to 2022, he was a Professor with the Universität Siegen. Among his publications is the book Information Theoretic Security and Privacy of Information Systems (Cambridge University Press, 2017). He was a recipient of the VDE Johann-Philipp-Reis Award in 2013. He received the Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award in 2025 and Best Paper Awards from the German Information Technology Society (ITG-Preis) in 2016 and the IEEE Global Communications Conference in 2023.

Publications (FIS)

163 Entries

2018

Optimal Transmit Antenna Selection for Massive MIMO Wiretap ChannelsAsaad, S., Bereyhi, A., Rabiei, A. M., Muller, R. R. & Schaefer, R. F., Apr 2018, In: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 36, 4, p. 817-828, 12 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Secure Broadcasting Using Independent Secret KeysSchaefer, R. F., Khisti, A. & Poor, H. V., Feb 2018, In: IEEE Transactions on Communications. 66, 2, p. 644-661, 18 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Full-Duplex Relaying with Improper Gaussian Signaling over Nakagami- m Fading ChannelsGaafar, M., Khafagy, M. G., Amin, O., Schaefer, R. F. & Alouini, M. S., Jan 2018, In: IEEE Transactions on Communications. 66, 1, p. 64-78, 15 p., 8057834Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
On Robustness of Massive MIMO Systems against Passive Eavesdropping under Antenna SelectionBereyhi, A., Asaad, S., Muller, R. R., Schaefer, R. F. & Rabiei, A. M., 2018, 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). p. 1-7Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
On Stochastic Orders and Fast Fading Multiuser Channels with Statistical CSITLin, P., Jorswieck, E. A., Schaefer, R. F., Mittelbach, M. & Janda, C. R., 2018, 40 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Preprint/documentation/report > Preprint

2017

Stabilizing the secrecy capacity of the arbitrarily varying wiretap channel and transceiver synchronization using list decodingMansour, A. S., Boche, H. & Schaefer, R. F., 19 Dec 2017, 18th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 1-5, 5 p., 8227699Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Physical layer security in massive MIMO systemsSchaefer, R. F., Amarasuriya, G. & Poor, H. V., 2 Jul 2017, Conference Record of 51st Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2017. Matthews, M. B. (ed.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 3-8, 6 p., 8335124Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Stealthy keyless secret key generation from degraded sourcesLin, P. H., Janda, C. R., Jorswieck, E. A. & Schaefer, R. F., 2 Jul 2017, Conference Record of 51st Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2017. Matthews, M. B. (ed.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 14-18, 5 p., 8335126Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Optimal number of transmit antennas for secrecy enhancement in massive MIMOME channelsAsaad, S., Bereyhi, A., Mueller, R. R., Schaefer, R. F. & Rabiei, A. M., 1 Jul 2017, GLOBECOM 2017 - 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference. p. 1-6, 6 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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
Secure Communication in Underlay Cognitive Massive MIMO Systems with Pilot ContaminationAl-Hraishawi, H., Amarasuriya, G. & Schaefer, R. F., 2017, GLOBECOM 2017 - 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference. Singapore, p. 1-7, 7 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2016

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

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