Pit Hofmann received a Diploma degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in civil engineering from the Dresden University of Technology in 2021. Pit continues his studies in the field of communication networks, where he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at the Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks. His research focuses on molecular communications, diffusion-based molecular nanonetworks, microfluidics, and the Internet of Bio-Nano Things.
Zheng, Ruifeng; Zhou, Pengjie; Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
DNA-Based Molecular Communication: A Markov Approach to Channel Modeling and Detection Proceedings Article
In: IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), 2025.
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Zhou, Pengjie; Zheng, Ruifeng; Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
DMPPIC: An Improved CFD Solver for Microfluidic Molecular Communication Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom), Nice, France, 2025.
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Wietfeld, Alexander; Hofmann, Pit; Fuchtmann, Jonas; Zhou, Pengjie; Zheng, Ruifeng; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Kellerer, Wolfgang
Advanced Plaque Modeling for Atherosclerosis Detection Using Molecular Communication Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Montreal, Canada, 2025.
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Zheng, Ruifeng; Hofmann, Pit; Zhou, Pengjie; Cabrera, Juan A.; Seeling, Patrick; Reisslein, Martin; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
ANIS: Anti-Noise ISI-Suppression Filter for Molecular Communication via Diffusion Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, 2025.
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Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Schulte, Gunnar; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
A Biologically Inspired and Protein-Based Bio-Cyber Interface for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things Journal Article
In: Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, vol. 22, 2024.
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Hofe, Nico; Hofmann, Pit; Benken, Frederic; Hofer, Johannes; Zhou, Pengjie; Zheng, Ruifeng; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Sniffing out the Path: Olfactory Localization based Low-Cost SLAM for Disaster Scenarios Proceedings Article
In: IEEE Global Communications Conference Workshops (GLOBECOM Workshops), Cape Town, South Africa, 2024.
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Zhou, Pengjie; Zheng, Ruifeng; Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
A Diffusive MPPIC Solver in OpenFOAM for Microfluidic Molecular Communication Proceedings Article
In: ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (NANOCOM), pp. 126–127, New York, NY, USA, 2024.
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Cabrera, Juan A.; Hofmann, Pit; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Boche, Holger
Calculation system and related procedure Patent
2024, (DE102023114253B3).
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Hofmann, Pit; Zhou, Pengjie; Lee, Changmin; Reisslein, Martin; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Chae, Chan-Byoung
OpenFOAM Simulation of Microfluidic Molecular Communications: Method and Experimental Validation Journal Article
In: IEEE Access, pp. 1-18, 2024.
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Hofmann, Pit; Schmidt, Sebastian; Wietfeld, Alexander; Zhou, Pengjie; Fuchtmann, Jonas; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Kellerer, Wolfgang
A Molecular Communication Perspective on Detecting Arterial Plaque Formation Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. Early Access, pp. 1-6, 2024, (Presented at 8th Workshop on Molecular Communications (MolCom) in Oslo, Norway in April 2024).
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Debus, Lisa Y.; Hofmann, Pit; Gómez, Jorge Torres; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Dressler, Falko
Synchronized Relaying in Molecular Communication: An AI-based Approach using a Mobile Testbed Setup Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, pp. 1-6, 2024, (Presented at 8th Workshop on Molecular Communications (MolCom) in Oslo, Norway in April 2024).
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Zhou, Pengjie; Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Detection Algorithm Study for a Microfluidic Molecular Communication Testbed Setup Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. Early Access, 2024, (Presented at 8th Workshop on Molecular Communications (MolCom) in Oslo, Norway in April 2024).
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Khanzadeh, Roya; Angerbauer, Stefan; Gomez, Jorge Torres; Hofmann, Pit; Dressler, Falko; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Springer, Andreas; Haselmayr, Werner
Explainable Asymmetric Auto-Encoder for End-To-End Learning of IoBNT Communications Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning for Communication and Networking (ICMLCN), Stockholm, Sweden, 2024.
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Debus, Lisa Y.; Hofmann, Pit; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Dressler, Falko
Reinforcement learning-based receiver for molecular communication with mobility Proceedings Article
In: Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), pp. 558-564, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023.
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Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Analog network coding in molecular communications: A practical implementation Proceedings Article
In: Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), pp. 571-576, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023.
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Gómez, Jorge Torres; Hofmann, Pit; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Dressler, Falko
Explainability of Neural Networks for Symbol Detection in Molecular Communication Channels Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications (T-MBMC), vol. 9, iss. 3, pp. 323-328, 2023, (Presented at Workshop on Molecular Communications (WMC), Erlangen, Germany, 12-14.04.2022).
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Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Krieg, Elisha; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
DNA-Storage in Future Communication Networks Journal Article
In: IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 61, iss. 10, pp. 178-183, 2023.
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Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Bassoli, Riccardo; Reisslein, Martin; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Coding in Diffusion-Based Molecular Nanonetworks: A Comprehensive Survey Journal Article
In: IEEE Access, pp. 1-1, 2023.
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Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
A Comparative Study of Linear Block Channel Codes in Macroscale Molecular Communications Proceedings Article
In: European Wireless (EW), Rome, Italy, 2023.
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Hofmann, Pit; Gomez, Jorge Torres; Dressler, Falko; Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Testbed-based Receiver Optimization for SISO Molecular Communication Channels Proceedings Article
In: 2022 International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking (BalkanCom), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2022.
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