Introduction of the chair

The chair for Communications Theory is working and teaching on the main topics applied information theory, signal processing for communication networks and optimal design of communication systems.

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Overview of Important Topics

Vorderansicht des Hörsaalzentrums mit Plakat zur Kampagne "Wissen schafft Exzellenz"

Profil and main research topics

In 2008 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eduard Jorswieck succeeded Prof. Dr.-Ing habil. Adolf Finger as head of the chair for Communications Theory. Main working and research topics of the chair are applied information theory, signal processing and optimization of communication systems.

Innenansicht des Gebäudes der Informatik an der TU Dresden

Working group Physical Layer Security

Information-theoretical secrecy by utilizing of physical parameters e.g. in fading channels provides new and scalable security primitives for future communication systems as Internet-of-Things, cyber-physical systems or 5G. The working group Physical Layer Security with Dr. Wolf, Dr. Engelmann and Dr. Lin is conducting a number of research projects in this field.

Staff at the chair

At the chair for Communications Theory there are currently 27 employees. One professor and one senior-professor, three administrative assistants, two scientific assistants and postdocs in charge of lectures and labs, 5 postdocs and 9 PhD students (plus 3 external ones), and an EXIST start-up working group with 3 postdocs are currently working at the chair.

Visibility and awards

The chair for Communications Theory is actively involved in boards and committees within IEEE. Remarkable results are a number of awards in the field of applied information theory and signal processing.

December 2015: IF&E chair’s award for Demonstration at IEEE Globecom 2015 for the DIWINE project.
January 2013: Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship Award 2013 for Pan Cao.
October 2012: Best Paper Award at IEEE WCSP 2012 for Fei Shen's paper "User-Centric Compensation Framework with Universal Pricing for Hybrid Femtocell Networks".
July 2012: Best Technology Demonstrator Award at Future Network Mobile Summit for the SAPHYRE project.
June 2012: Best Student Paper Award at IEEE SPAWC 2012 for Pan Cao's paper "Efficient Computation of the Pareto Boundary for the Two-User MIMO Interference Channel".
September 2011: Best Student Paper Award at IEEE CAMSAP 2011 for Rami Mochaourab's paper "Coalition Formation in Multiple Antenna Interference Channels".
August 2010: Best Paper Award at CHINACOM 2010 for the paper “Optimal Sensor Placement for Linear Decentralized Estimation with Coherent and Orthogonal Multiple Access Channels”.
April 2006: IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award for the paper written jointly with H. Boche, "Optimal transmission strategies and impact of correlation in multi-antenna systems with different types of channel state information", IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, vol. 52, no. 12, pp. 3440-3453, Dec. 2004.