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