Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Jax
Head of the Institute
Room: 206
+49 241 80-26956
+49 241 80-22254
jax(at)iks.rwth-aachen.de
Curriculum
1997
Diploma Degree in Electrical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University
1997-2005
RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Communication Systems and Data Processing
- 1997-2002
Research and teaching assistant at the Institute of Communication Systems and Data Processing
- 2002
PhD on "Enhancement of Bandlimited Speech Signals: Algorithms and Theoretical Bounds"
- 2003-2005
Chief Engineer
2005-20015
Deutsche Thomson OHG, German subsidiary of Technicolor S.A. (former: Thomson S.A.)
- 2005-2013
Laboratory head "Digital Audio" & Project Manager
- 2008-2013
Center Director Research & Innovation Hannover
- 2009-2015
Member of the Technicolor Distinguished Scientist Network
- 2011-2015
General Manager of the Deutsche Thomson OHG
- 2013-2015
Technology Area Leader "Audio & Acoustic"
Since 04/2015
Full Professor at RWTH Aachen University, Chair of Communication Systems
Awards, Recognitions, Patents
- Distinguished Member of Technicolor Fellowship Network, 2010
- Johann-Philipp-Reis Preis awarded by VDE, Deutsche Telekom and the towns of Friedrichsdorf and Gelnhausen
- Borchers Award of RWTH Aachen University
- E-Plus Award for the best dissertation in communications engineering at RWTH Aachen
- 27 patent families in the field of speech and audio signal processing
Selected Publications
Publications from May/ 2026 to Mar/ 2024
Hardenbicker, T., Schneider, J. and Jax, P.: Maximum Likelihood Measurement Noise Estimation for Block-Time Domain Kalman Filters, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 16017-16021, IEEE, May. 2026, 10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11464581 ©2026 IEEE
Hilgemann, F. and Jax, P.: Design of Acoustic Equalization Filters for Headphones Based on Low-Rank Regularization, in IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, Vol. 7, No. , pp. 173-184, Feb. 2026, ISSN: 2644-1322, 10.1109/OJSP.2026.3656057
Chatzimoustafa, E. and Jax, P.: Frequency-Independent Ambisonics Upscaling using Deep Learning, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 4586-4590, IEEE, 2026, ISBN: 979-8-33156-701-9, ISSN: 2379-190X, 10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11464166 ©2026 IEEE
Steiner, J., Hilgemann, F. and Jax, P.: Investigations on Drone-Mounted Active Noise Control, in Acta Acustica, Vol. 10, No. 32, 2026, ISSN: 2681-4617, https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2026030
Weyer, C. and Jax, P.: Sensing Bone-Conducted Speech with Earbuds, in Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026, accepted for publication, ISSN: 1549-4950
Fleischhauer, E. and Jax, P.: Deep Learning-based Head Rotation Estimation from Binaural Recordings, in Proceedings of International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), IEEE, 2026, accepted for publication
Fleischhauer, E. and Jax, P.: Full-Sphere Binaural Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Incorporating Head Rotation Information, in Proceedings of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), pp. 231-235, EURASIP, Sep. 2025, ISBN: 978-9-46459-362-4, 10.23919/EUSIPCO63237.2025.11226131
Chatzimoustafa, E. and Jax, P.: Higher-Order Ambisonics Upscaling using Gated Recurrent Units, in Proceedings of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), pp. 171-175, Sep. 2025, ISBN: 978-9-46459-362-4, 10.23919/EUSIPCO63237.2025.11226429
Hardenbicker, T., Hahn, J. and Jax, P.: Network Architectures for Manifold Learning in MIMO Acoustic System Identification, in 2025 33rd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), pp. 396-400, Sep. 2025, 10.23919/EUSIPCO63237.2025.11226195 ©2025 IEEE
Fleischhauer, E. and Jax, P.: Blind Estimation of Head Rotations From Binaural Recordings, in ITG-Fachtagung Sprachkommunikation, pp. 171-175, VDE, Sep. 2025, ISBN: 978-3-80076-618-5, 10.30420/456617035
Hahn, J., Kabzinski, T. and Jax, P.: Extending Manifold-Based MIMO System Identification to Adaptive Crosstalk Cancellation, in ITG-Fachtagung Sprachkommunikation, pp. 26-30, VDE, Sep. 2025, ISBN: 978-3-80076-617-8, 10.30420/456617006
Hilgemann, F. and Jax, P.: Optimum Fixed-Pole Adaptive Filtering for Active Noise Control in Headphones, in IEEE SPL, Vol. 32, No. 1070-9908, pp. 2858 - 2862, Jul. 2025, ISSN: 1558-2361, 10.1109/LSP.2025.3588420
Steiner, J., Hilgemann, F. and Jax, P.: Empirical Study on Active Noise Control in UAVs, in Proceedings of the 11th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2025, pp. 61-64, Jun. 2025, ISBN: 978-8-48798-535-5, ISSN: 3005-7124, 10.61782/fa.2025.0338
Lima, R. M., Lewandowsky, J., Adrat, M., Antweiler, C. and Jax, P.: Learning of Information Bottleneck LDPC Decoding Operations with Genetic Algorithms, in 2025 International Conference on Military Communication and Information Systems (ICMCIS), p. 9, IEEE, May. 2025
Chatzimoustafa, E., Heck, J., Patek , D. and Jax, P.: A Comprehensive Room Impulse Response Database for Spatial Audio, in Proceedings of German Annual Conference on Acoustics (DAGA), pp. 1161-1164, Mar. 2025, ISBN: 978-3-93929-623-2, 10.71568/dasdaga2025.377
Hilgemann, F., Chatzimoustafa, E. and Jax, P.: Data-Driven Uncertainty Modeling for Robust Feedback Active Noise Control in Headphones, in Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 72, No. 12, pp. 873-883, Dec. 2024, ISSN: 1549-4950, 10.17743/jaes.2022.0185
Fleischhauer, E., Nagel, S. and Jax, P.: Binaural Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Incorporating Head Movement Information, in Proceedings of International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), pp. 1-5, IEEE, Sep. 2024, ISBN: 979-8-35036-185-8, ISSN: 2835-3439, 10.1109/IWAENC61483.2024.10694619
Hilgemann, F. and Jax, P.: Low-Order Controllers for Active Noise Cancellation Based on Hankel Matrix Rank Minimization, in Proceedings of International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), pp. 399-403, IEEE, Sep. 2024, 10.1109/IWAENC61483.2024.10694029
Weyer, C. and Jax, P.: Analysis of Earbud-Mounted Bone-Conduction Microphones, in Proceedings of International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), IEEE, Sep. 2024, ISBN: 979-8-35036-185-8, 10.1109/IWAENC61483.2024.10694264
Fleischhauer, E., Nagel, S., Balachanthiran, A. and Jax, P.: On the Use of Dereverberation Algorithms in Binaural Cue Adaptation, in Proceedings of German Annual Conference on Acoustics (DAGA), pp. 1600-1603, Mar. 2024, ISBN: 978-3-93929-622-5