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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.


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


On 7 June 2025, as part of its annual celebration, Die Junge Akademie welcomed ten young scientists and artists into its ranks as members while simultaneously celebrating its 25th anniversary. One of the newly elected members is IDC researcher Maximilian Schäfer. Die Junge Akademie was founded in 2...

The IDC was strongly represented at this year’s International Conference on Communications (ICC 2025), held in Montreal, Canada. Our participation spanned leadership roles and scientific contributions. ICC is one of two flagship conferences of the IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC), alongside Glob...

Former IDC member Dr.-Ing. Nikita Shanin has received the best Ph.D. Thesis award at the EuCNC & 6G summit! Congratulations! More than 40 recent Ph.D. graduates submitted their applications this year. The jury composed of professors and industry representatives selected the top five  applicants...

 

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IDC’s Lighthouse Projects

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.

 

6G-RIC is part of the 6G Platform Germany and aims to address the research challenges of the 6th generation of mobile communications.

 


IDC’s Fields of Research Activity


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