12.06.2026: Exam booking in summer term 2026 is possible now.
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.
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.
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.
Since early summer, Julius Braun-Dullaeus, David Thesing and Martin Semmelrodt have joined the DSS team, bringing expertise in embedded systems, sensor hardware and physics. Julius has been connected to DSS throughout his studies, working on stochastic modeling and underwater signal processing. His current work focuses on a drone-based system for localizing and classifying magnetic objects. David continues his master’s research at DSS, combining thin-film sensor development with real-time signal processing for 3D SONAR beamforming. Martin joined in August after completing his master’s degree in theoretical physics. Having first encountered DSS through a collaboration at Müller-BBM, he now works on drone-based magnetic detection of underwater objects and will take over the project from Julius in January.
We are delighted to welcome all three colleagues and look forward to their contributions to our research!