Summer Academy (Ferienakademie) in Sarntal, South Tyrol

Since 1984, the summer academy (Ferienakademie) offers courses for Bachelor and Master students from TU München, the University of Erlangen and the University of Stuttgart. The courses take place in Sarntal, South Tyrol, Italy. The academy is funded by companies and supported by the participating universities.

Each course has around 15 students and 2 professors. The program consists of presentations by the participants and joint projects. Leisure time is also important, in particular the hiking tours in the surrounding mountain area are a main attraction of the summer academy. The 2023 academy takes place from Sunday September 17 to Friday September 29. Further information can be found on the official website.

Prof. Gerhard Kramer and Prof. Ralf Müller will offer a course on Neural Network Compression. Students of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Informatics and Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics (Bachelor from 3rd year of study, or Master) can apply here until May 1, 2023.

 

Application - Neural Network Compression

Interested students of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Informatics and Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics (3rd year Bachelor students, or Master students) can apply here until May 1, 2023. The following prerequisites are recommended:

  • Basics of digital communications, signal processing and linear algebra.

We look forward to working with interested and talented students, and to spending time together in the Sarntal.

Previous Courses

  • Physical Models Meet Deep Learning (Bachelor & Master students), 2022: Gerhard Kramer and Walter Kellermann (FAU Erlangen) with Johannes Zeitler (FAU), Christoph Hofmeister, Thomas Wiegart, and guest Stephan Ten Brink (Universität Stuttgart)

  • Advanced Topics in Information Theory and Communications (Doctoral Course), 2021: Gerhard Kramer and Ralf Müller (FAU Erlangen) with Thomas Wiegart, and guests Gianluigi Liva (DLR Oberpfaffenhofen) and Laura Cottatellucci (FAU Erlangen)

  • Machine Learning in Signal Processing & Communications (Bachelor & Master students), 2019: Gerhard Kramer and Walter Kellermann (FAU Erlangen) with Delcho Donev

  • Redundancy & Irrelevance in Source & Channel Coding (Bachelor & Master students), 2018: Gerhard Kramer, André Kaup and Bernd Edler (both FAU Erlangen) with Mustafa Cemil Coşkun and Ning Guo (Fau Erlangen)

  • Compressed Sensing (Bachelor & Master students), 2017: Gerhard Kramer and Ralf Müller (FAU Erlangen) with Lars Palzer, and guests Antonia Tulino (University of Napoli) and Giuseppe Caire (TU Berlin)

  • Massive MIMO Communication (Bachelor & Master students), 2016: Gerhard Kramer and Ralf Müller (FAU Erlangen) with Fabian Steiner, and guest Stephan ten Brink (Universität Stuttgart)

  • Modern Channel Coding - Theory and Applications (Bachelor & Master students), 2015: Gerhard Kramer and Johannes Huber (FAU Erlangen) with Patrick Schulte, and guests Gianluigi Liva (DLR Oberpfaffenhofen) and Stephan ten Brink (Universität Stuttgart)

  • Algorithms for Software Defined Radio (Bachelor Students), 2014: Gerhard Kramer and Ralf Müller (FAU Erlangen) and Stephan ten Brink (University of Stuttgart) with Onur Günlü

  • Advanced Topics in Wireless Communications (Doctoral Course), 2013: Gerhard Kramer and Johannes Huber (FAU Erlangen) and Ralf Müller (FAU Erlangen) with Georg Böcherer

  • Multi-User Information Theory (Bachelor & Master students), 2012: Gerhard Kramer and Johannes Huber (FAU Erlangen) with Georg Böcherer