Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Jax

Lehrstuhlinhaber und Institutsleiter

Raum: 206
+49 241 80-26956
+49 241 80-22254
jax(at)iks.rwth-aachen.de

Lebenslauf

1997
Diplom Elektrotechnik an der RWTH Aachen University

1997-2005
RWTH Aachen, Institut für Nachrichtengeräte und Datenverarbeitung

  • 1997-2002
    Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Nachrichtengeräte und Datenverarbeitung, RWTH Aachen University
  • 2002
    Promotion bei Prof. Dr.-Ing. P. Vary, Thema "Enhancement of Bandlimited Speech Signals: Algorithms and Theoretical Bounds"
  • 2003-2005
    Oberingenieur

2005-2015
Deutsche Thomson OHG, deutsche Tochterfirma der Technicolor S.A. (früher: Thomson S.A.)

  • 2005-2013
    Laborleiter "Digital Audio" & Projektleiter
  • 2008-2013
    Center Director Research & Innovation Hannover
  • 2009-2015
    Mitglied des Technicolor Distinguished Scientist Network
  • 2011-2015
    Generalbevollmächtigter für die Deutsche Thomson OHG
  • 2013-2015
    Technology Area Leader "Audio & Acoustics"

Seit 04/2015
Professor an der RWTH Aachen, Lehrstuhl für Kommunikationssysteme

Auszeichnungen, Anerkennungen, Patente

  • Distinguished Member of Technicolor Fellowship Network, 2010
  • Johann-Philipp-Reis Preis verliehen vom VDE, der Deutschen Telekom sowie der Städte Friedrichsdorf und Gelnhausen
  • Borchers Plakette der RWTH Aachen University
  • E-Plus Preis für die beste Dissertation im Bereich Nachrichtentechnik an der RWTH Aachen
  • Ca. 25 Patente und Patentanmeldungen im Bereich der Sprach- und Audiosignalverarbeitung

Ausgewählte Veröffentlichungen

Publications from Sep/ 2025 to Jun/ 2023

Fleischhauer, E. and Jax, P.: Full-Sphere Binaural Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Incorporating Head Rotation Information, in Proceedings of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), EURASIP, Sep. 2025, accepted for publication


Chatzimoustafa, E. and Jax, P.: Higher-Order Ambisonics Upscaling Using Gated Recurrent Units, in Proceedings of European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Sep. 2025, accepted for publication


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, Jun. 2025, accepted for publication


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


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


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


Hardenbicker, T. and Jax, P.: Online System Identification on Learned Acoustic Manifolds using an Extended Kalman Filter, in Proceedings of International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), pp. 339-343, 2024, ISSN: 2835-3439, 10.1109/IWAENC61483.2024.10694174


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


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