Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Frank H. P. Fitzek, IEEE Fellow, holds the Deutsche Telekom Chair for Communication Networks at the Dresden University of Technology (TUD) and leads a research team of more than 100 scientists. His research focuses on cutting-edge topics such as 5G/6G communication systems, quantum and molecular communication, novel computing approaches, human-machine interaction, and information theory.
Prof. Fitzek coordinates two large interdisciplinary research projects: the Cluster of Excellence “Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop” (CeTI) and the BMBF-funded initiative “6G-life”, a cooperation between TU Dresden and TU Munich. In addition, he co-leads the joint Saxon-Bavarian research initiative “gAIn”, which explores innovative computer architectures for artificial intelligence.
His team works closely with leading academic institutions such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Aalborg University (AAU), Technische Universität München (TUM), Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE), NorthEastern University, and EURECOM. Industry partnerships include Deutsche Telekom AG and Ericsson.
Prof. Fitzek’s pioneering work in MIMO MDC earned him the YRP Award in 2005 and the Danish Young Elite Researcher Award. For his innovative contributions to cooperative networks, he received the NOKIA Champion Award from 2007 to 2011 and the Nokia Achievement Award in 2008. In 2011, he received the prestigious SAPERE AUDE research grant, followed by the Vodafone Innovation Prize in 2012. In 2015, he was awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa by BUTE.
Prof. Fitzek has co-founded several successful startups in the fields of communications, computing, robotics, AI, human-machine interaction, and quantum technologies.
Academic Appointments
TU Dresden, Germany
10/2014 – present
Professor, Area Chair – Communication Networks
5G Lab Germany Coordinator 5Glab.de
Aalborg University, Denmark
12/2003 – 09/2014
Professor, Electronic Systems
Head of Mobile Devices and Future Vision Group
University of Ferrara, Italy
2002–2003
Adjunct Professor, Wireless Networking,
Group of Professor Michele Zorzi
Visiting Appointments
MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2009,2010
Visiting Professor Wireless and Cooperative Networks,
Group of Professor Muriel Medard
VTT Research Center Oulu, Finland
2007
Visiting Professor, Cognitve and Cooperative Wireless Networks
Group of Dr. Marcos Katz
ASU – Arizona State University, USA
2000,2002
Visiting student, Multimedia Networking
Group of Martin Reisslein
Education
Technical University of Berlin, Germany
1997–2002
supervisor Professor Adam Wolisz
Degree: Dr.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering
RWTH Aachen, Germany
1992–1997
supervisor Professor Bernhard Walke
Degree: Dipl.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering
Function-Aligned Nonuniform Quantization Graph Coloring for Distributed Functional Compression Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Communications: Communication Theory (ICC - CT), pp. 5.9, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2026.
System Modeling of Microfluidic Molecular Communication: A Markov Approach Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2026.
Routing in Bufferless Quantum Networks Proceedings Article
In: IEEE INFOCOM WKSHPS: QuNAP 2026: Quantum Networked Applications and Protocols (INFOCOM QuNAP 2026), pp. 5.97, Tokyo, Japan, 2026.
Faking Bell Violations with Classical Light and Side-Channel Attacks Proceedings Article
In: IEEE INFOCOM WKSHPS: QuNAP 2026: Quantum Networked Applications and Protocols (INFOCOM QuNAP 2026), pp. 5.84, Tokyo, Japan, 2026.
SliceEdge: Edge-Based Network Slicing for Multimodal Tactile Internet Applications in 5G/6G Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2026), Workshop WS04: 5th Workshop on Sustainable and Resilient Industrial Networks, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 2026.
Time-Slot-Aware Transmission in 5G TDD for Edge-Controlled Robotics Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2026), Workshop WS-05: 6G Connected Robotics, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 2026.
HONOR: O-RAN-Compliant Handover Optimization in Vehicular Networks via Offline RL Proceedings Article
In: IFIP Networking, Lugano, Switzerland, 2026.
Quantum Electromagnetic Curvature Resilience: An Information-Geometry Metric for Wireless Quantum Networks Proceedings Article
In: 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), pp. 5, Dublin, Ireland, 2026.
Chaos is a Ladder (and Increases with Storage): Aiding Communications with RSSI-Based Common Randomness Journal Article
In: IEEE Access, 2026.
Quantum-Assisted Packet Synchronization for 5G/6G: Architecture, Standards Alignment, and Positioning Gains Proceedings Article
In: International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC 2026), Kobe, Japan pubstate = accepted, 2026.
Revisiting in-Network Caches on Constrained IEEE 802.15.4 IoT Hardware: Reproducible Testbeds and Future Research Motivation Proceedings Article
In: 2026 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference Workshops (WCNCW): WS14: IEEE 1st International Workshop on Next-Generation Advanced Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) (WCNCW 2026 - WS14), pp. 5.94, KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, 2026.
Network Coding Assisted In-Network Caching Implementation for Multi-Hop IoT Networks Proceedings Article
In: 2026 Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS) (GIIS'26), pp. 4.56, Nanjing, China, 2026.
Demonstration of End-to-End Time Synchronization over 5G-TSN Proceedings Article
In: International IEEE Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2026), Offenburg, Germany, 2026.
Demonstration of Device Discovery on Device-Side 5G-TSN Bridge Translator Proceedings Article
In: International IEEE Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2026), Offenburg, Germany, 2026.
Fly-PRAC: Packet Recovery for Random Linear Network Coding Miscellaneous
arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.10266, 2026.
Building Bridges to the Quantum Future: Early Results from a Mentoring Program for the Emerging Quantum Workforce Proceedings Article
In: INTED2026 Proceedings, IATED, Valencia, Spain, 2026, ISSN: 2340-1079.
Reliable Edge Control over 5G-TSN: Demonstrating End-to-End Prioritization with Inverted Pendulums Proceedings Article
In: IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2026, (accepted for publication).
Toward a Trust-Centric Semantic Mobile Core Leveraging Quantum Security Journal Article
In: IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, vol. 0, 2026, (Early access).
RSS readings in Software Defined Radios with Channel Emulator for CR Generation Medium
IEEE Dataport, 2026, visited: 01.01.2025.
No Further Delay: Making Time an Ally of Edge Computation of AI Workloads Journal Article
In: IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, pp. 1-8, 2025.
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