Dipl.-Ing. Pit Hofmann

PhD Researcher

Pit Hofmann received a Diploma degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in civil engineering from Technical University Dresden, Germany 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.

Contact

Phone: +49 351 463 40776
Email: pit.hofmann@tu-dresden.de
Room: BAR I/5

Research Interests

  • Molecular Communications
  • Microfluidics
  • Diffusion-Based Molecular Nanonetworking
  • Internet of Bio-Nano Things
  • Molecular Storage
  • Molecular Computing

Open Topics for Student/Diploma/Master Thesis

Molecular Communication for Leakage Detection Scenarios

Teaching

SS 24

  • Statistik I – Teaching Assistant
  • ComNets I – Teaching Assistant

WS23/24

  • Statistik II – Teaching Assistant
  • ComNets 3 (Molecular Communications) – Lecturer

SS 23

  • Statistik I – Teaching Assistant

WS 22/23

  • Statistik II – Teaching Assistant
  • ComNets 3 (Molecular Communications) – Lecturer

SS 22

  • Statistik I – Teaching Assistant

WS 21/22

  • ComNets 3 (Molecular Communications) – Co-Lecturer

Talks

  • IEEE ACT Invited Talk @ Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (January 2025) – “Engineering Molecular Communication: Implementation Aspects and Testbed Activities”
  • Tutorial @ IEEE Global Communications Conference, Cape Town, South Africa (December 2024) – “Molecular Communication Integrated in Future Communication Networks”
  • KuVS IoBNT Summer School 2024  @ Hohwacht (June 2024) – Hands-On Session on Simulation of Fluidic Molecular Communication
  • Connected Systems Seminar @ University of Warwick (April 2024) – “Simulation of Microfluidic Molecular Communication using OpenFOAM”
  • BUA Workshop on Nanotechnologies in Healthcare @ TU Berlin + Charité Berlin (April 2024) – “Arterial Disease: Insights from a Molecular Communication Perspective”
  • 6G-life + 6G-RIC Workshop on Post-Shannon, Molecular and Semantic Communication @ TU Braunschweig (February 2024) – “Simulation of Microfluidic Molecular Communication using OpenFOAM”
  • 6G-life Workshop on Molecular Communications @ TUM (July 2023) – “Coding in Molecular Communication Networks – A Macroscale and Microscale View”

Awards

  • Best Student Paper Award at BalkanCom 2022 for the paper ‘Testbed-based Receiver Optimization for SISO Molecular Communication Channels’

Publications

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2023

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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2022

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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Hofmann, Pit; Bassoli, Riccardo; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Reisslein, Martin

MC NFV: Molecular Communication NFV in 6G Networks Proceedings Article

In: 2022 IEEE 21st Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON) (MELECON 2022), Palermo, Italy, 2022.

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