Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Hemmert

Principal Investigator

Address

TUM - MIBE
Boltzmannstr. 11 
85748 Garching

Phone

+49-89-289-10853

Fax

+49-89-289-10805

Email

werner.hemmert[at]tum.de

Homepage

Research topics

• information processing and computational neuroscience
• coding of sound into nerve-action potentials
• spiking neuronal networks in the auditory brainstem
• biophysics and modelling of sensory organs and neurons
• hearing implants: novel coding strategies, electrical and optical stimulation
• automatic speech recognition using bio-inspired algorithms.

Scientific Approach

• We combine methods from information theory and classification theory to analyze our models of theinner ear and our spiking neuronal networks for speech processing.

• We conduct measurements to investigate the excitation of auditory neurons in human subjects with cochlear implants and with neuronal networks cultured on multi-electrode arrays.

Bernstein Projects

• Project C5 - Auditory scene analysis in normal hearing listeners and users of cochlear implants. Bernhard U. Seeber (TUM) and Werner Hemmert (TUM)

Group Members Associated with BCCN

• Jörg Encke
• Stefanie Keller
• Florian Völk
• Stefan Zirn