Dr.-Ing. Römer, FlorianDr.-Ing. Römer, Florian
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Römer, Florian
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Römer, Florian

Contact

Phone: +49 3677 69-4286
E-Mail: florian.roemer@izfp.fraunhofer.de
Address: Technische Universität Ilmenau
  Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
  Fachgebiet Fachgebiet Signalverarbeitung für Intelligente Sensorsysteme
  Postfach 100 565
  98684 Ilmenau

Education

Year Degree Subject Topic of Thesis
2012 Dr.-Ing. (Doctorate) Ph.D. studies in electrical engineering with major in communications research at TU Ilmenau Advanced Algebraic Concepts for Efficient Multi-Channel Signal Processing
2006 Dipl.-Ing. Study of Computer Engineering at TU Ilmenau Advances in subspace-based parameter estimation: Tensor-ESPRIT-type methods and non-circular sources
2004 Study Abroad at McMaster University, Hamilton/ON (Canada)  

Professional Path

since 2025 University professor in the field of ‘Signal Processing for Intelligent Sensor Systems’ at the TU Ilmenau
since 2022 Chief Scientist for the ‘Applied AI, Signal Processing and Data Analysis’ research area at the Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing IZFP
2018 - 2022 Group leader at Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing IZFP: Group leader of SigMaSense (Signal processing for material data acquisition using smart sensors)
2012 - 2017 Postdoctoral research fellow at Digital Broadcasting Research Laboratory at TU Ilmenau
2006 - 2012 Research fellow at Communications Research Lab at TU Ilmenau
2003 - 2006 Student research assistant at the Communications Research Lab at TU Ilmenau: research on high-resolution parameter estimation, non-circular complex random signals, electronically steerable (ESPAR) antennas
2005 - 2006 Internship at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT): research on diagonalization of pseudo-circulant polyphase matrices

Awards

2021 Fraunhofer IZFP Best Paper Award for the best international publication in 2021: F. Krieg et al., ‘Locally optimal subsampling strategies for full matrix capture measurements in pipe inspection’, published in MDPI Sensors
2020 Fraunhofer IZFP Best Paper Award for the best international publication in 2020: F. Krieg et al., ‘SAFT processing for manually acquired ultrasonic measurement data with 3D smartInspect’, published in Insight – The Journal of The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing
2016 Best Paper Award of TU Ilmenau for the publication "R-Dimensional ESPRIT-Type Algorithms for Strictly Second-Order Non-Circular Sources and Their Performance Analysis" (J. Steinwandt et. al.)
2016 EURASIP Best PhD Award 2013
2016 Elevation to IEEE Senior Member
2015 Postdoctoral scholarship of Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
2013 Best dissertation award of the Förder- und Freundeskreises der TU Ilmenau
2007 Siemens Communications Academic Award 2006

Projects Related to the Research Unit

  • Nondestructive Testing
  • Efficient acquisition of analog signals, e. g. via Compressive Sensing
  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
  • High-resolution parameter estimation: Parametric spectral estimation (ESPRIT, MUSIC), Maximum Likelihood methods
  • Array signal processing