Frank Fitzek

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Frank H. P. Fitzek is leading the Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks with over 50 researchers. The main focus of the chair’s research is concentrated on future communication systems. Current research directions are Tactile Internet, Quantum Communication, and Post Shannon. The chair is intensively involved in the topic of Computing in Communication Networks, especially SDN, NFV, and ICN. Other research areas include network coding, cooperative networks, and robotics.

The chair is leading the excellence cluster Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop (CeTI), coordinating the Center for Explainable and Efficient AI Technologies (CEE-AI), and is partner in the following projects: 5G Insel, AI4mobile, Hexa-X financed by DFG, BMBF, and EU.

In addition, Professor Fitzek is the coordinator of the 5G Lab Germany at the TU Dresden, which encompasses an interdisciplinary team of 23 professors and almost 600 employees from various research institutes.

Bilateral research projects are currently carried out with (in alphabetical order) Deutsche Telekom AG, Ericsson, and Magna.

In most of the aforementioned research topics, we collaborate with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Aalborg University (AAU), Technical University of Munich (TUM), and Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE). Several projects are carried out with our partners from acticom GmbH, Chocolate Cloud ApS, Campus Genius, Code On Technologies, Meshmerize, Mimetik, Steinwurf ApS, and Wandelbots GmbH.

Tutorial/Keynote: “In-Network Computing for Tactile Internet”

Abstract: The tutorial/keynote will talk about the Tactile Internet and the requirements for future communication systems. The talk will advocate for in-network computing as only solution for low latency communication with service separation for multi-modal feedback.