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Jakob Abeßer

Prof @ Uni Bamberg | Senior Scientist @ Fraunhofer IDMT

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💼 Since 2025, I am a tenure-track professor for “Computational Humanities” at the University of Bamberg focussing on applications of audio processing for digital humanities research in the fields of Music Information Retrieval, Soundscape, DCASE, Bioacoustics, and Ecoacoustics.

💼 I am still affiliated with Fraunhofer IDMT as a senior scientist

🎓 I’m currently working towards my habilitation degree at the Technische Universität Ilmenau.

🔬 In my research, I combine techniques from machine learning / deep learning and audio signal processing. I mainly focus on two application scenarios:

  • Soundscape / DCASE - Here, I work mostly on sound event detection, sound polyphony estimation, acoustic scene classification, and applications for urban sound monitoring and bioacoustic research.

  • Music Information Retrieval - Here, I’m mostly interested in automatic music transcription and instrument recognition.

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🎸 🥁 🎧 Music

I have a big passion for playing & teaching music (bass guitar & percussion).