Awards

As part of the student evaluation of courses in the winter semester 2024/2025, the IDC achieved particularly outstanding results in two courses. The Digital Communications lab, led by Dr.-Ing. Clemens Stierstorfer, Hans Rosenberger, Lukas Brand, Gui Zhou, and Brikena Kaziu achieved second place in t...

Timo Jakumeit has received a travel grant from the IEEE Communications Society to attend the 2nd Workshop on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communication (MBMC) in Montreal, where he will present his research on molecular communications. The funding will help cover travel and accommodation c...

Prof. Robert Schober received an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor honoris causa) for his contributions to wireless and molecular communications from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. The degree was awarded in a solemn ceremony on December 19, 2024. After Profs. Markos Papageorgiou and Athanasi...

Hedieh Ajam won 2nd place in the IEEE Communications Society’s Four-Minute-Thesis (4MT) competition. The 4MT competition challenges PhD students to explain their research project to a non-specialist audience in just four minutes. The competition is held in two rounds. In the first round, contestants...

Prof. Dr. Robert Schober has been listed on the "Highly Cited Researchers List 2024". This list, compiled by Clarivate Analytics, includes the world's most influential researchers whose work is frequently cited by their peers. Prof. Schober is the only researcher in Germany recognized in the categor...

Teena tom Dieck was awarded the VDE Bayern Award 2024 for her Master’s Thesis titled “Optical-to-Chemical Signal Modulation with Functionalized Nanodevices” supervised by Dr. Maximilian Schäfer, Lukas Brand, Prof. Dr. Kathrin Castiglione, and Prof. Dr. Robert Schober. The thesis was conducted in coo...

Ata Khalili has been awarded a travel grant to attend IEEE Globecom 2024, where he will present his accepted paper entitled "Advanced ISAC Design: Movable Antennas and Accounting for Dynamic RCS". The conference will be held December 8-12 in Cape Town, South Africa. IEEE Globecom is recognized as a ...

Timo Jakumeit from the Institute for Digital Communications has won the IEEE ComSoc MBMC-TC (Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications Technical Committee) logo competition. Out of five submissions in the final short list, Timo's logo received the highest number of votes, with 38.4% of t...

Detailed list of Awards 

  • : Mitgliedschaft in Leopoldina (Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina) – 2025
  • , : Lehrevaluation - Bestenliste Übung in Kategorie ÜW5 für Molecular Communications (Technische Fakultät der FAU) – 2025
  • : Winner of IEEE MBMC-TC Logo Competition (IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications) – 2024
  • : VDE Bayern Award (Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik (VDE) Bayern e.V.) – 2024
  • , : Lehrevaluation - Bestenliste Übung in Kategorie ÜP10 für Digitale Übertragung (Technische Fakultät der FAU) – 2024
  • : Honorary Doctoral Degree (Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece) – 2024
  • : Best Presentation Award (11th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication) – 2024
  • , , , , , , , : Best Paper Award (11th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication, Milan, Italy) – 2024
  • : 3rd in the Four-Minute-Thesis Competition at IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) (IEEE Communications Society) – 2024
  • : 2. Platz des Green ICT Awards (Forschungsfabrik Mikroelektronik Deutschland) – 2024
  • : 1st in the Four-Minute-Thesis competition at ICC (IEEE Communications Society) – 2024
  • : VDE Bayern Award (Dissertationspreis) (VDE Bayern) – 2023
  • , , , , , : Lehrevaluation - Bestenliste (Technische Fakultät der FAU) – 2023
  • , , , , : IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize (IEEE Communications Society) – 2023
  • : Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)) – 2023
  • , , , : Best Paper Award (IEEE Global Communications Conference) – 2023
  • , , , , , : Best Paper Award (IEEE ComSoc Transmission, Access, and Optical Systems (TAOS) Technical Committee) – 2023
  • : Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Postdocs (Alexander von Humbdolt Foundation) – 2023
  • : 2nd Price Four-Minute-Theis (4MT) Competition at IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE Communication Society) – 2023
  • , , , : The IEEE Communications Society Stephen O. Rice Prize (IEEE Communications Society) – 2022
  • : Student Travel Grant IEEE GlobeCom (IEEE) – 2022
  • : Student Participation Grant (IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications) – 2022
  • : Stuart Meyer Memorial Award (IEEE Vehicular Technology Society) – 2022
  • : IKY Scholarship Programme for PhD Candidates (IKY (National Scholarship Foundation), Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund-ESF)) – 2022
  • : Exemplary Reviewer (top 3%), IEEE Wireless Communication Letters (IEEE Communications Society) – 2022
  • : British Council & IKY Short Term Scholarship (British Council and IKY (National Scholarship Foundation), Greece) – 2022
  • , , : Best Paper Award (2022 14th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP)) – 2022
  • , , , , , , , , : Best Paper Award (9th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communications (NanoCom22)) – 2022
  • , , , : 3rd Best Paper Award (25th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx20in22)) – 2022
  • , , , : WCNC Best Paper Award (IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)) – 2021
  • , , , : Frist place in ACM NanoCom 2021 Data Competition (ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication) – 2021
  • : Exemplary Reviewer (top 3%), IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (IEEE Communications Society) – 2021
  • , , , , , , : 3rd Best Paper Award (IEEE 5G World Forum (5GWF 2021)) – 2021
  • : 1st in the KAUST 6G Summit Competition on Connecting the Unconnected (KAUST) – 2021
  • : Mitglied der Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften (acatech) (Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften (acatech)) – 2020
  • : Lehrevaluation - Bestenliste – 2020
  • , , , , , , : Lehrevaluation - Bestenliste (Technische Fakultät der FAU) – 2020
  • : Lehrevaluation - Bestenliste (Technische Fakultät der FAU) – 2020
  • , , , , : ITG Literaturpreis (Informationstechnischen Gesellschaft (ITG) des Vereins Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE)) – 2020
  • , , : ICC Best Paper Award (IEEE International Conference on Communications) – 2020
  • : Exemplary Reviewer (top 3%), IEEE Wireless Communication Letters (IEEE Communications Society) – 2020
  • , , , , , , : Best Paper Award (12th EAI International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications Technologies) – 2020
  • , : IEEE Best Student Paper Award (1st Place) for "Symbol Based Statistical RF Fingerprinting for Fake Base Station Identification" (IEEE Czechoslovakia Section at MAREW) – 2019
  • : Honours Program in Information Technology (Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering Politecnico di Milano) – 2019
  • , , : Globecom Best Paper Award (IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom)) – 2019
  • , : Finalist for the IEEE Young Professionals Best Paper Award for "The Phase Noise and Clock Synchronous Carrier Frequency Offset based RF Fingerprinting for the Fake Base Station Detection" (IEEE WAMICON) – 2019
  • : Exemplary Reviewer (top 3%), IEEE Wireless Communication Letters (IEEE Communications Society) – 2019
  • , , , , , , , , , , : Best Paper Award, ACM NanoCom 2019 (6th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication) – 2019
  • , , , , , , : 5G World Forum Best Paper Award (IEEE 2nd 5G World Forum and IEEE 4th 5G Summit Dresden) – 2019
  • : IEEE Student Travel Grant WCNC (IEEE Communications Society) – 2018
  • : IEEE ComSoc Joseph LoCicero Award for Exemplary Service to Publications (IEEE Communications Society) – 2018
  • , , , , , : TCGCC Best Paper Award (IEEE Technical Committee on Green Communication & Computing (TCGCC)) – 2017
  • : IEEE ComSoc Wireless Communications Technical Committee Recognition Award (IEEE ComSoc Wireless Communications Technical Committee) – 2017
  • , , , : ICNC Best Paper Award (International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)) – 2016
  • , , , , : ICC Best Paper Award (IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)) – 2016
  • : Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Communication Society (IEEE Communication Society) – 2016
  • : Third best Teaching Evaluation for the master course tutorial on "Digital Communications" among 54 tutorials at FAU for winter semester 2013/2014 (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg) – 2014
  • , : ITG Literaturpreis (Informationstechnischen Gesellschaft (ITG) des Vereins Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE)) – 2014
  • : German Academic Exchange Service's (DAAD) STIBET Final Year Scholarship for Master's Degree (DAAD) – 2014
  • : Third best Teaching Evaluation for the master course tutorial on "Digital Communications" among 58 tutorials at FAU for winter semester 2012/2013 (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnbergn (FAU)) – 2013
  • , , : WCNC Best Paper Award (IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference (WCNC)) – 2012
  • : NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) – 2012
  • : Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada (Engineering Institute of Canada) – 2012
  • : Alexander von Humboldt-Professur (Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung) – 2012
  • : Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering (Canadian Academy of Engineering) – 2011
  • , , , : Best Track Paper Award (IEEE VTC 2011-Spring, "Mobile Satellite & Positioning" Track) – 2011
  • : Second best student award 2010 in the international Master Program "Communications Technology" in Ulm University – 2010
  • , , : ITG Literaturpreis (Informationstechnischen Gesellschaft (ITG) des Vereins Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE)) – 2010
  • : IEEE Fellow (IEEE) – 2010
  • , , , : 1. Platz {EEEfCOM} Innovationspreis 2010 ({GEROTRON} {COMUNNICATION} GmbH) – 2010
  • : Rankings in the B.Sc. studies (German University in Cairo (GUC)) – 2009
  • : Ranked 1st in the B.Sc. degree among the Faculty of Information Engineering and Technology (IET) in the German University in Cairo (GUC), class 2009. (The Faculty of Information Engineering and Technology (IET) in the German University in Cairo (GUC)) – 2009
  • : Mitgliedschaft Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften – 2009
  • : Lehrevaluation - Bestenliste (Technische Fakultät der FAU) – 2009
  • : DAAD Scholarship during Master studies (German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)) – 2009
  • : Best IEEE GUC poster in the RF internship poster competition (IEEE student branch at the German University in Cairo) – 2009
  • : DAAD Scholarship for a 6-months bachelor project at Ulm University (German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)) – 2008
  • : Charles A. McDowell Award for Excellence in Research (University of British Columbia) – 2008
  • : Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel-Forschungspreis (Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung) – 2007
  • : UBC Killam Research Prize (University of British Columbia) – 2006
  • , , : ICUWB Best Paper Award (IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB)) – 2006
  • : GUC academic excellence award (German University in Cairo (GUC)) – 2006
  • : Philipp-Reis-Preis (Die Barbarossastadt Gelnhausen, die Stadt Friedrichsdorf, die Deutsche Telekom AG, der VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Kommunikationstechnik) – 2005
  • , , : EURASIP Best Paper Award (European Association for Signal, Speech and Image Processing (EURASIP)) – 2005
  • , , , : Vodafone Innovation Award (Vodafone Foundation for Research in Mobile Communications) – 2004
  • : Preis der ITG (Informationstechnische Gesellschaft im VDE) – 2003
  • , , , : EEEfCOM Innovation Award (Electrical and Electronic Engineering for Communications) – 2003
  • , : IZS Best Student Paper Award (International Zürich Seminar on Broadband Communications) – 2002
  • , : IEEE Leonard G. Abraham Price (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)) – 2002
  • : Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) – 2002
  • , : ITG Literaturpreis (Informationstechnischen Gesellschaft (ITG) des Vereins Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE)) – 2001
  • : Förderpreis der ITG (Informationstechnische Gesellschaft im VDE) – 2000
  • : Förderpreis 2000 (Mannesmann Mobilfunk-Stiftung für Forschung) – 2000
  • , , : EW Best Paper Award (European Wireless Conference) – 2000