Institute for Digital Communications – Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schober

The Institute for Digital Communication (IDC) is part of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communications of the Faculty of Engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schober. IDC is complemented by Prof. Dr. Laura Cottatellucci, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Müller, and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Gerstacker.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schober

Head of the Institute for Digital Communications

FERIENAKADEMIE 2025

Join our course Building the Internet of Cells with Synthetic Molecular Communication at Summer Academy 2025. The course introduces you to the latest scientific discoveries and technological advances in synthetic molecular communication!

WHEN: 21.9.2025 – 3.10.2025

WHERE: Sarntal Alps

FOR: Students of natural and engineering sciences, computer science or medicine

The Research Training Group (RTG) SyMoCADS is a research training program funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to train scientists and engineers in the emerging interdisciplinary field of molecular communication.

EmpkinS is a Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) with a the focus on capturing human motion parameters remotely in a minimally disturbing and non-invasive manner and with very high resolution.

The Research Training Group (RTG) KoRaTo is a joint project between the Ulm University (UUlm) and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg with the aim to develop a new UAV- and radar-based geophysical monitoring system to measure for instance earth mass movements, vegetation heights, or the cryosphere.