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
- About 25 patents and patent applications in the field of speech and audio processing
Selected Publications
Publications from Sep/ 2024 to Sep/ 2022
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, 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), IEEE, Sep. 2024
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, Apr. 2024
Duque, V., Lewandowsky, J., Adrat, M., Hardenbicker, T. and Jax, P.: Autoencoders for Signal Enhancement in Communication Systems, in 2024 International Conference on Military Communication and Information Systems (ICMCIS), pp. 1-9, IEEE, 2024, ISBN: 979-8-35037-319-6, 10.1109/ICMCIS61231.2024.10540784
Kabzinski, T. and Jax, P.: A Flexible Framework for Expectation Maximization-Based MIMO System Identification for Time-Variant Linear Acoustic Systems, in IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, Vol. 5, No. , pp. 112--121, Nov. 2023, ISSN: 2644-1322, 10.1109/OJSP.2023.3337721
Thieling, L. and Jax, P.: Beyond Clean Phase: Using Silence-Generating Phase for DNN-Based Speech Enhancement, in Proceedings of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), pp. 111-115, EURASIP, Sep. 2023, ISBN: 978-9-46459-360-0, ISSN: 2076-1465, 10.23919/EUSIPCO58844.2023.10289814
Hilgemann, F. and Jax, P.: Adaptive Feedback Active Noise Control by Robust Controller Interpolation, in Proceedings of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), pp. 81-85, EURASIP, Sep. 2023, ISBN: 978-9-46459-360-0, ISSN: 2076-1465, 10.23919/EUSIPCO58844.2023.10289884
Nagel, S. and Jax, P.: Evaluation of HRTF Models for Binaural Cue Adaptation, in ITG-Fachtagung Sprachkommunikation, pp. 166-170, VDE, Sep. 2023, 10.30420/456164032
Förster, J., Janning, H., Nagel, S. and Jax, P.: Reduced-Complexity Binaural Source Localization for Headphones and Hearing Aids using Low-Rank DRTF Approximations, in ITG-Fachtagung Sprachkommunikation, pp. 91-95, VDE, Sep. 2023, 10.30420/456164017
Hilgemann, F., Weyer, C. and Jax, P.: Design of Low-Order IIR Filters Based on Hankel Nuclear Norm Regularization for Achieving Acoustic Transparency, in ITG-Fachtagung Sprachkommunikation, pp. 136-140, VDE, Sep. 2023, ISBN: 978-3-80076-164-7, 10.30420/456164026
Thieling, L., Nippert, L. and Jax, P.: Using Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) Loss for DNN-Based Speech Enhancement, in ITG-Fachtagung Sprachkommunikation, pp. 61-65, VDE, Sep. 2023, ISBN: 978-3-80076-164-7, 10.30420/456164011
Hardenbicker, T. and Jax, P.: Fast Tracking of Time-Variant Systems Using Local Affine Subspaces, in ITG-Fachtagung Sprachkommunikation, pp. 141-145, Sep. 2023, ISBN: 978-3-80076-164-7, 10.30420/456164027
Hilgemann, F. and Jax, P.: Order Reduction of Multi-Channel FIR Filters by Balanced Truncation, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 1-5, IEEE, Jun. 2023, ISBN: 978-1-72816-327-7, ISSN: 1520-6149, 10.1109/ICASSP49357.2023.10096830
Kabzinski, T., Hilgemann, F. and Jax, P.: Design of Crosstalk Cancellation Filters: Combining Inverse Filtering and Optimal Control, in Proceedings of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), EURASIP, 2023, ISBN: 978-9-46459-360-0, 10.23919/EUSIPCO58844.2023.10289795
Weyer, C., Hilgemann, F. and Jax, P.: Empirical Analysis of Waterbed-like Performance Trade-Off for a Feedforward Occlusion Effect Reduction System, in Proceedings of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 2023, ISBN: 978-9-46459-360-0, 10.23919/EUSIPCO58844.2023.10289996
Weyer, C. and Jax, P.: Feedback-Aware Design of an Occlusion Effect Reduction System Using an Earbud-Mounted Vibration Sensor, in ITG-Fachtagung Sprachkommunikation, 2023, ISBN: 978-3-80076-164-7, 10.30420/456164044
Kabzinski, T., Nagel, S. and Jax, P.: Towards a Natural Reproduction of Binaural Recordings: Combining Binaural Cue Adaptation and Adaptive Crosstalk Cancellation, in ITG-Fachtagung Sprachkommunikation, pp. 31-35, VDE, 2023, ISBN: 978-3-80076-164-7, 10.30420/456164005
Thieling, L. and Jax, P.: Two-Stage Speech Enhancement Using Gated Convolutions, in Proceedings of International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), pp. 1-5, IEEE, Sep. 2022, ISBN: 978-1-66546-867-1, 10.1109/IWAENC53105.2022.9914693
Hilgemann, F. and Jax, P.: Robust Feedback Active Noise Control in Headphones Based on a Data-Driven Uncertainty Model, in Proceedings of International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), pp. 1-5, IEEE, Sep. 2022, ISBN: 978-1-66546-867-1, 10.1109/IWAENC53105.2022.9914746
Weyer, C. and Jax, P.: Occlusion Effect Reduction Using a Vibration Sensor, in Proceedings of International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), pp. 1-5, IEEE, Sep. 2022, ISBN: 978-1-66546-867-1, 10.1109/IWAENC53105.2022.9914705 ©2022 IEEE