Advanced Communication Acoustics

Dr. Michael Vorländer has served as Professor and Director of the Institute for Hearing Technology and Acoustics at RWTH Aachen University since 1996. After completing his doctorate in Aachen in 1989 with research on room acoustical computer simulation, he has made significant contributions to various fields of acoustics, including psychoacoustics, electro-acoustics, and architectural acoustics. His research focuses on auralization and acoustic virtual reality, with applications in psychoacoustics, room and building acoustics, automotive, and environmental noise control. He has held prestigious positions as President of both the European Acoustics Association and the International Commission for Acoustics. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to acoustics research, he was awarded the Rayleigh Medal from the Institute of Acoustics in 2021. Under his leadership, the institute has expanded its focus on hearing research and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Dr. Gerhard Müller serves as Professor and Head of the Chair of Structural Mechanics at Technical University Munich, while also holding the position of Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs since 2014. After completing his doctorate in 1989 and habilitation in 1993 at TUM, he spent twelve years leading an engineering company specializing in sound, vibration, and air pollution control. His research focuses on structural dynamics and vibroacoustics, particularly wave propagation, room and building acoustics, and numerical simulation of vibroacoustic problems in civil and mechanical engineering. As former President of the European Association for Structural Dynamics and Chairman of the Education Committee in the Bavarian Chamber of Engineers, he has significantly influenced the field of structural dynamics. His work combines theoretical approaches with practical applications, making him a respected figure in both academic and professional engineering circles.

Dr. Jens Ahrens serves as Associate Professor of Audio Technology at Chalmers University of Technology, leading the Audio Technology research group in the Division of Applied Acoustics. His expertise centers on spatial sound presentation and capture using loudspeaker and microphone arrays, with particular focus on sound field synthesis and auralization. After receiving his doctorate from TU Berlin in 2010, he gained valuable experience at Microsoft Research, Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, and TU Berlin before joining Chalmers in 2016. He has authored numerous influential publications, including "Analytic Methods of Sound Field Synthesis" and groundbreaking work on wave field synthesis theory. His current research includes projects on auralization of simulated sound fields, 3D audio capture, and the development of the SoundScape Renderer. He teaches various courses in the Sound and Vibration program at Chalmers while serving as an associate editor for several prestigious IEEE journals in audio and signal processing.

Professor Dr.-Ing. habil. Ercan Altinsoy, born in 1974 in Turkey, is a distinguished expert in acoustic and haptic engineering at the Technical University of Dresden. His academic journey began with mechanical engineering studies at the Technical University of Istanbul, followed by a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Ruhr-University Bochum in 2005, where he focused on auditory-tactile interaction in virtual environments. His professional experience includes work as an NVH project engineer at HEAD acoustics before joining TU Dresden in 2006, where he became the leader of the chair of acoustic and haptic engineering in 2016. His research focuses on perception-based engineering, encompassing haptic interfaces, audio-tactile interaction, vibroacoustics, whole-body vibrations, and product sound design. His expertise has earned him notable recognition, including the Lothar-Cremer medal from the German Acoustical Society and a Visiting Professorship at Tohoku University, Japan in 2018. As a founding member of 5G Lab Germany and core team member of the Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop, he leads innovative research in multimodal interaction systems and haptic feedback technologies.

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