On 17th July 2025 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg hosted the workshop ‘Deep Learning and Mathematical Tools for 6G’. Professors and students of FAU’s Elite GraduateProgram Ad-vanced Signal Processing and Communications Engineering (ASC) welcomed international experts from research and industry for this one-day event.
Professor Ralf Müller, speaker of Advanced Signal Processing and Communications Engineering, warmly welcomed all workshop participants at FAU’s South Campus in Erlangen and introduced his co-chairs Prof. Mérouane Debbah and Dr. Samson Lasaulce from Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi. Following the opening, the scientific program began with engaging talks on deep reinforcement learning, statistical learning, and machine learning in wireless communications. These were followed by contributions on NOMA, network sensing, and optimization problems.
A particular highlight was the interactive panel discussion on the question: “Maths for Deep Learning or Deep Learning for Maths?”, where international guests such as Abdellatif Zaidi (Huawei Paris), Abdel Lisser (Paris-Saclay University) and Emiliano Traversi (ESSEC Paris) shared their perspectives. In the afternoon, the focus shifted to novel approaches for resource allocation in wireless systems and innovative beamforming design strategies.
This day, which was packed with insightful talks, was rounded up by a poster presentation. ASC alumni Johanna Fröhlich and Levi Bohnacker, both research staff at FAU Institute for Digital Communications, Marina Ritthaler and Paul Wawarek-López, who work at FAU Chair of Multimedia Communications and Signal Processing, as well as ASC master student Jan Claar presented their scientific projects. At the poster presentation and finger food buffet everyone had the chance to get involved in some more on-topic discussions and networking.
Text: Lena Borke-Weber, Coordinator of the Elite Graduate Programm Advanced Signal Processing and Communications Engineering
