News
22.05.2026: Aylin Kösker presented the results of her bachelor thesis at DAGA 2026 in Dresden.
17.03.2026: The DSS chair hosted the 121. working session of the Committee on Noise Reduction on Ships in Kiel.
20.02.2026: Acoustic damping mats successfully installed in our maritime test facility.
14.02.2026: Handout template (PowerPoint-based) for student talks (required in several of our masters lectures) added.
15.01.2026: Sören Lange joined the DSS team.
08.01.2026: Exam booking in winter term 2025/2026 is possible now.
12.06.2025: Exam booking in summer term 2025 is possible now.
09.01.2025: Exam booking in winter term 2024/2025 is possible now.
Research
Our research is focused on adaptive signal processing with special focus on real-time application in speech communication in adverse environments, medical applications, and underwater systems.
Since 2010 the DSS group is developing KiRAT, an acronym that stands for Kiel Real-Time Application Toolkit. First, it was made for audio and speech processing. Meanwhile, it also supports medical und underwater applications.
Team
The "Digital Signal Processing and System Theory" (DSS) team welcomes you on our homepage. Currently we consist of five professors or lecturers (Jan Abshagen, Frank Ehlers, Ulrich Heute, Klaus Linhard, and Gerhard Schmidt), two secretaries (Petra Usinger, Kathrin Büsse), one system administrator (Asvet Jasari), about fifteen internal and external PhD students, as well as several master and bachelor students. More details about us can be found in our team section.
Aylin Kösker Presented her Bachelor Thesis at DAGA 2026
In March 2026, the DSS Chair attended the annual DAGA conference in Dresden. Thanks to the support of the GaS-Club, the student Aylin Kösker was given the opportunity to accompany the chair and participate in the conference from March 23rd to March 26th. As part of the daily poster sessions, she presented the results of her bachelor’s thesis “Machine Learning for the Analysis of Hydrographic Data to Assess the Waterside Accessibility of Port Waters” in the field of Underwater Acoustics. The thesis forms an important basis for an ongoing university research project on the acoustic analysis of sediment properties in harbor areas. The poster session enabled valuable discussions with researchers and conference participants from related research fields.