International Audio Laboratories Erlangen

Research Team

Head of Group

• Prof. Dr. Nils Peters
• Interested students: check our current job offers and also get in touch with your own project and thesis proposals

Research Interns

• Jayteerth Amble (FAU Communications and Multimedia Engineering)
• Aishwarya Suresh (FAU Communications and Multimedia Engineering)
• Wala' Zakarneh (FAU Communications and Multimedia Engineering)
• Komal Rajesh Hirurkar (incoming, FAU Communications and Multimedia Engineering)

MSc Candidates

• Jeremy Lawrence (FAU Advanced Signal Processing and Communications Engineering)
• Hüseyin Mirza Yildirim (FAU Communications and Multimedia Engineering)

PhD Candidates

• MSc Lorenz Schmidt
• MSc Ünal Ege Gaznepoğlu
• MSc Anna Leschanowsky (incoming)

Former Group Members

• Dr.-Ing. Nils Werner

Former Internships & Research Projects

• Seyedmaziar Mavali (FAU Communications and Multimedia Engineering), 2020/21
• Srivatsav Chenna (FAU Information and Communication Technology), 2020/21
• Nagashree Rao (FAU Communications and Multimedia Engineering), 2020/21
• Ünal Ege Gaznepoğlu (FAU Advanced Signal Processing and Communications Engineering), 2020/21
• Nathan Wiedemann (FAU Information and Communication Technology), 2021
• Jianyang Wu (FAU Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Information Technology), 2022
• Jeremy Lawrence (FAU Advanced Signal Processing and Communications Engineering), 2021/22
• Sulaiman Shamasna (FAU Communications and Multimedia Engineering), 2021/22
• Zaina Samir Hussein (FAU Communications and Multimedia Engineering), 2021/22
• Kailun Sha (FAU Information and Communication Technology), 2022

Completed Thesis Projects

1. Shahmeer Shahnawaz
   The Impact of Early Reflection Pattern Modifications on the Basic Audio Quality in Shoebox Rooms
   Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2021. Bibtex

   @mastersthesis{shahnawazMSc2021,
   type = {{{MSc}}},
   title = {The {{Impact}} of {{Early Reflection Pattern Modifications}} on the {{Basic Audio Quality}} in {{Shoebox Rooms}}},
   author = {Shahmeer Shahnawaz},
   year = {2021},
   address = {{Erlangen, Germany}},
   langid = {english},
   school = {Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg}
   }

2. Chenxi Guo
   Anomalous Event Detection in Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks
   Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2022. Bibtex PDF

   @mastersthesis{guoMSc2022,
   type = {{{MSc}}},
   title = {Anomalous Event Detection in Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks},
   author = {Chenxi Guo},
   year = {2022},
   address = {{Erlangen, Germany}},
   langid = {english},
   url-pdf = {2022_Guo_MSc.pdf},
   school = {Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg}
   }

3. Srivatsav Chenna
   Similarity Estimation of Audio Data in the Encrypted Domain
   Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2022. Bibtex PDF

   @mastersthesis{chennaMsc2022,
   type = {{{MSc}}},
   title = {Similarity {{Estimation}} of {{Audio Data}} in the {{Encrypted Domain}}},
   author = {Srivatsav Chenna},
   year = {2022},
   address = {{Erlangen, Germany}},
   langid = {english},
   url-pdf = {2022_Chenna_MSc.pdf},
   school = {Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg}
   }

4. Renan Beran Kilic
   Multi-Objective Optimization of Audio Processing NNs on Embedded Hardware
   Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2022. Bibtex

   @mastersthesis{kilicMSc2022,
   type = {{{MSc}}},
   title = {Multi-{{Objective Optimization}} of {{Audio Processing NNs}} on {{Embedded Hardware}}},
   author = {Renan Beran Kilic},
   year = {2022},
   address = {{Erlangen, Germany}},
   langid = {english},
   school = {Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg}
   }

5. Anna Leschanowsky
   How Does Conversational Privacy Affect User Perceptions and Behavior?
   Winner of Siemens Master Thesis Award, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2022. Bibtex PDF

   @mastersthesis{leschanowskyMSc2022,
   type = {{{MSc}}},
   title = {How Does Conversational Privacy Affect User Perceptions and Behavior?},
   author = {Anna Leschanowsky},
   year = {2022},
   address = {{Erlangen, Germany}},
   langid = {english},
   school = {Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg},
   note = {Winner of Siemens Master Thesis Award},
   url-pdf = {2022_Leschanowsky_MSc.pdf}
   }

6. Gunika Vashisht
   Learnable Acoustical Frontends for Noise Suppression
   Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2022. Bibtex

   @mastersthesis{vashishtMSc2022,
   type = {{{MSc}}},
   title = {Learnable {{Acoustical Frontends}} for {{Noise Suppression}}},
   author = {Gunika Vashisht},
   year = {2022},
   langid = {english},
   school = {Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg}
   }