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A total of 21 students and staff of the IKS took the opportunity to visit the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics (FKIE) in Wachtberg.
Interview in "Einstein's Musicbox"
As part of the "Einsteins Musicbox" series the musicians of the Aachen Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of General Music Director Justus Thorau, presented a special program connecting music and science.
Winterterm 2017/2018 Block Seminar "Der Ingenieur als Manager"
The highly attractive block seminar "Der Ingenieur als Manager" from Dr.-Ing. Joachim Schläper has been continued in this winter term. Within a week, students of IK and TI learn about methods and procedures for self-analysis and self-management. This also prepares them for future management tasks in projects, teams and corporate hierarchies.
Exhibition Booth in the Eurogress
To kick off the new concert series "Orchester hautnah" of the Aachen Symphony Orchestra, the Institute has set up an exhibition booth in the foyer of the Eurogress to present the visitors new optical and sound perspectives. With different demos and the new Youtube playlist we presented our recent work to the general public.
Successful patent application for the active cancellation of the occlusion effect
German Patent "Aktive Unterdrückung des Okklusionseffektes in Hörhilfen" (DE102016011719B3) accepted in under a year.
Communications Engineering student imprinted in DAAD booklet
Comment of Thibaut Meyer, Master Student in the major Communications Engineering, imprinted in the DAAD Master information booklet.
Otto Junker Award for Sebastian Nagel
With three other RWTH graduates, Sebastian Nagel received the Otto Junker Award for outstanding academic performance in his studies.
IKS and WDR recorded the works of Mendelssohn, Lindberg, and Sibelius interpreted by the Aachen Symphony Orchestra with the 3D recording unit Eigenmike and a classical multi-microphone setup. The WDR installed a typical orchestral recording setup consisting of a main microphone system in combination with spot microphones for each instrument group and solo instrument.
In the course of our cooperation with the Aachen Symphony Orchestra and the completed installation of the IKS|Labs a series of videos with binaural sound emerged. This also includes, e.g., interactive 360 ° videos from complete symphonies, which are about to be released. In order to gain an insight into this work, Mr. Dreher from the RWTH Press Center is currently creating a short film about these activites.
Open House for Freshman Students
Nearly 20 first-year students have taken the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes of our institute right from the start of their studies. After a brief introduction by Prof. Jax, the program presented a variety of demonstrations in the area of digital speech and audio processing as well as communication systems.