Dr.-Ing. Pit Hofmann

PhD Researcher

+49 351 463-40776

Teaching: ComNets1

Curriculum Vitae

Pit Hofmann obtained his PhD in electrical engineering and his diploma from TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany, in February 2026 and October 2021, respectively. He is currently working as a junior research group leader at the Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks at TUD. He leads the Chair's research group on molecular communication and synthetic biological intelligence. Furthermore, he is involved in the Cluster of Excellence Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop (CeTI). During his PhD, he was a visiting researcher at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, and at Cortical Labs in Melbourne, Australia. Pit Hofmann's research interests are molecular communication, biological computing, and the Internet of Bio-Nano Things.

Publications

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2026

Hofmann, Pit

Molecular Communication: From Fundamentals to Simulations, Experimental Implementations, and Explainable Neural Networks PhD Thesis

2026.

BibTeX

Zheng, Ruifeng; Zhou, Pengjie; Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.

System Modeling of Microfluidic Molecular Communication: A Markov Approach Proceedings Article

In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2026.

BibTeX

Bienau, Alexandra; Boche, Holger; Deppe, Christian; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Hofmann, Pit; Kellerer, Wolfgang; Labidi, Wafa; Richter, Andreas; Simmel, Friedrich C.; Wietfeld, Alexander; Zheng, Ketong; Zhou, Pengjie

Molecular communication for 6G networks Book Section

In: Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Boche, Holger; Kellerer, Wolfgang; Seeling, Patrick (Ed.): 6G-life: Unveiling the Future of Technological Sovereignty, Sustainability, and Trustworthiness, pp. 487–508, Academic Press, 2026.

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Bassoli, Riccardo; Boche, Holger; Böck, Yannik N.; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Fettweis, Gerhard P.; Göhringer, Diana; Gottschaldt, Paul; Hofmann, Pit; Jobst, Matthias; Mayr, Christian G.; Raman, Vignesh; Schaefer, Rafael F.

Chapter 20 - Computing Book Section

In: Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Li, Shu-Chen; Speidel, Stefanie; Strufe, Thorsten; Mahmoodi, Toktam; Reisslein, Martin (Ed.): Humans, Robots, and Virtual Worlds in the Tactile Internet, pp. 313-336, Academic Press, 2026, ISBN: 978-0-443-30044-8.

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Andrei, Vlad-Costin; Bassoli, Riccardo; Boche, Holger; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Hofmann, Pit; Li, Xinyang; Mönich, Ullrich J.; Nazari, Hosein K.; Raman, Vignesh; Schaefer, Rafael F.; Torres-Figueroa, Luis

Chapter 21 - Communication Book Section

In: Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Li, Shu-Chen; Speidel, Stefanie; Strufe, Thorsten; Mahmoodi, Toktam; Reisslein, Martin (Ed.): Humans, Robots, and Virtual Worlds in the Tactile Internet, pp. 337-355, Academic Press, 2026, ISBN: 978-0-443-30044-8.

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2025

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.

BibTeX

Zheng, Ruifeng; Zhou, Pengjie; Hofmann, Pit; Cabrera, Juan A.; Fitzek, Frank H. P.

Molecular Communication with Langmuir Adsorption Kinetics: Channel Characteristics and Temporal Memory Journal Article

In: IEEE Communications Letters, pp. 1-1, 2025, (early access).

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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.

BibTeX

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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2024

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.

BibTeX

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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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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Supervision

Vincent Bradatsch
Supervisor: Frank Peters
2024
Florian Thiessenhusen
Supervisor: Frank Peters
2024
Anne Harloff
Supervisor: Frank Peters
2024

Awards

Best Student Paper Award
at BalkanCom in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2022

Contact Person

Any questions regarding press? Please get in touch with Doreen Böttcher.