Student Supervision

Current PhD Students

• M.Sc. Yuxuan He
• M.Sc. Amir Latifi Bidarouni

Former PhD Students

• Dr.-Ing. Sascha Grollmisch
• Dipl.-Ing. Christian Kehling
• Dipl.-Inf. Michael Taenzer
• M.Sc. Christon Ragavan Nadar

Master's Theses

• Franca Bittner [TU Ilmenau]. Melody Extraction of Music Recordings Using Transformer Models. 2026.
• Daniel Wägner [Saarland University]. Automatic Music Transcription and Tuning Frequency Estimation for Guitar. 2025.
• Bora Aydin [University of Toulon/NTNU]. Zero- and Few-Shot Learning for Marine Mammal Detection and Classification. 2025.
• Bharanidharan Jayakumar [TU Ilmenau]. 2025.
• Anjana Rajasekhar [Audiolabs/FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg]. Assessing Speech Privacy Preservation Techniques and Their Impact on Utility. 2025.
• Zhiwei Liang [TUM]. Self-Similarity Based Representations of Soundscape Recordings. 2024.
• Rasmus Merten [TU Ilmenau]. Real-time Piano Multipitch Estimation using CNNs. 2024.
• Asad Ullah [TU Ilmenau]. Improving Bioacoustics Sound Event Detection via Few-Shot Learning. 2023.
• Param Tushar Gadam [TU Ilmenau]. Per-Instrument Polyphony in Automatic Music Transcription. 2022.
• Juan Jose Villamar Villarreal [TU Ilmenau]. Deep Learning based Drum Transcription. 2022.
• Jaydeep Chauhan [TU Ilmenau]. Multi-scale Sound Event Detection. 2021.
• Sebastian Ribecky [TU Ilmenau]. Disentanglement Representation Learning for Music Applications. 2021.
• Shen Ke [TU Ilmenau]. Modeling Perceived Annoyance of Urban Environmental Sounds. 2021.
• Yutong Xiao [TU Ilmenau]. Audio Synthesis Methods as Data Augmentation for Sound Classification. 2020.
• Christon Ragavan Nadar [TU Ilmenau]. Multitask Learning for Beat Detection and Chord Recognition. 2020.
• Hany Tawfik [TU Ilmenau]. Automatic Generation of Monophonic Melodies with Complexity Constraints. 2018.
• Juan Sebastián Gómez Canón [TU Ilmenau]. Automatic Instrument Recognition using Deep CNNs. 2018.
• Andreas Männchen [TU Ilmenau]. Automatic Real-time Chord Recognition in Guitar Signals. 2015.
• Arndt Eppler [TU Ilmenau]. Automatic Real-time Rhythm Pattern Recognition in Guitar Signals. 2015.
• Carsten Bönsel [TU Ilmenau]. Automatic Best-Take Detection in Vocal and Guitar Recordings. 2015.
• Christian Kehling [TU Ilmenau]. Parametric Instrument Encoder via Guitar Analysis and Re-Synthesis. 2013.
• Martin Dörr [TU Ilmenau]. Temporal Music Mood Annotation. 2012.
• Johannes Krasser [TU Ilmenau]. Musical Similarity Computation Based on Sound Objects. 2012.
• Patrick Kramer [TU Ilmenau]. Automatic Sound Synthesis for Bass Notes with Playing Techniques. 2011.
• David Wagner [TU Ilmenau]. Interactive Fingering Animation in Music Learning Software. 2011.
• Martin Herzog [TU Ilmenau]. Harmony Analysis of MIDI Data for High-Level Feature Extraction. 2011.
• Thomas Völkel [TU Ilmenau]. Classification of Latin American Music via Rhythmic Patterns. 2010.
• Anna Kruspe [TU Ilmenau]. Automatic Classification of Music into Global Cultural Areas. 2010.
• Matthias Kahl [TU Ilmenau]. Classification of Principal Instruments in Polyphonic Music. 2009.
• Michael Stein [TU Ilmenau]. Detection and Removal of Effects in Bass and Guitar Recordings. 2009.

Bachelor's Theses

• Josef Häusel [Hochschule Trossingen/Hochschule Furtwangen]. AI Technologies in Audiovisual Sound Design Processes. 2025.
• Robert Viehweg [TU Ilmenau]. Deep Learning based Drum Transcription. 2024.
• Juan Sebastián Páez Medina [HfM Weimar]. Music Style Classification via AI Methods. 2024.
• Matthias Nowakowski [TU Ilmenau]. Deep Learning Architectures for Electroacoustic Music Transcription. 2019.
• Lukas Schaller [TU Ilmenau]. Development of Acoustic Scene Classification Procedures. 2016.
• Sebastian Preuße [TU Ilmenau]. Automatic Instrument Family Classification Algorithm. 2016.
• Daniel Matz [TU Ilmenau]. Automatic Remixing of Historical Jazz Recordings. 2015.
• Konstantin Brand [TU Ilmenau]. Automatic Transcription of Walking Bass Lines from Jazz Recordings. 2015.
• Andreas Männchen [TU Ilmenau]. Real-time String Detection in Monophonic/Polyphonic Guitar Recordings. 2013.
• Arndt Eppler [TU Ilmenau]. Audio Restoration via Re-Synthesis of Guitar Recordings. 2013.
• Mikus Grasis [TU Ilmenau]. Improvement of Instrument Recognition in Polyphonic Music. 2013.
• Markus Schubert [TU Ilmenau]. Sound Synthesis of Guitar Signals. 2011.
• Carsten Bönsel [TU Ilmenau]. Video Analysis for Automatic Fret Hand Position Recognition. 2011.
• Thomas Thron [TU Ilmenau]. Tonal and Motivic Music Segmentation Algorithms. 2011.
• Johannes Krasser [TU Ilmenau]. Automatic Detection of Performance Errors in Polyphonic Instruments. 2010.