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Date added: 2025-07-31

Microphone Array Project

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Course Dates:
  • October 1, 2025 – February 28, 2026
Organizational Meeting:
  • October 14, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Registration Period:
  • August 18 – October 12, 2025
Number of Seats:
  • Maximum 24 participants (waiting list available)
Administrative Processing Time for Applications:
  • 3 weeks

Join TU Berlin’s interactive course on microphone arrays: Learn acoustic signal processing, design measurement campaigns, and apply skills in a blended format with online and onsite lab sessions.

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Microphone Array Project (Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme)

UNIVERSITY:

  • Technische Universität Berlin.

TYPE OF CERTIFICATION:

  • Academic certificate.

SUBJECT AREA:

  • Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, Others.

CATEGORY:

  • Summer & Winter Schools.

OFFERED TO:

  • MSc Students, PhD Candidates/Researchers, BSc Students, University Teaching Staff.
Description

Microphone arrays, often referred to as “acoustic cameras”, are essential tools for the spatial separation and analysis of sound sources. In this interactive course, students learn the basics of acoustic array signal processing and apply this knowledge in practical projects.

In small groups, participants from European partner institutions design a microphone array measurement campaign based on a scientific question of their own choice. The course takes place in a blended format, with mandatory online phases and a five-days onsite phase at TU Berlin's Acoustics labs, and is divided into three parts:

  • Learning the basics and formation of international project groups,

  • Planning and preparation of individual measurement tasks in the groups,

  • Practical implementation of the measurements and analysis of the results.

Participants might be eligible to receive a scholarship from their home university for their participation in the onsite phase in Berlin. Please find more information on scholarships under "Further Information".

Expected learning outcomes

General knowledge about microphone array measurements:

  • Understanding of hardware setup and measured quantities,

  • Knowledge of possible applications.

Deeper understanding of acoustic signal processing, particularly:

  • Acoustic beamforming methods in the time domain and in the frequency domain,

  • Dealing with noise, stationary, and/or moving sources,

  • Incorporation of sound propagation models,

  • Recognizing limitations and method-intrinsic artifacts.

Practical know-how regarding implementation and evaluation of array measurements:

  • Design & scheduling of a measurement campaign,

  • Realizing and documenting the experiments,

  • Data evaluation using microphone array signal processing software.

 
Prerequisites

  • Knowledge in Acoustics,

  • Basic programming skills.
     

Learning Opportunity Structure

Online seminars, five-days onsite lab / experiments taking place at TU Berlin. For further information on the exact schedule please visit the course website.

Type of Assessment
  • 100 points, mixed assessment:
     
  • Project description, concept, and schedule (written, 20 pts),
     
  • Presentation of intermediate results (oral, 10 pts),
     
  • Presentation of final results (oral, 30 pts),
     
  • Final report (written, 40 pts).
Supervision and Verification

Supervised with identity verification.

Quality Assurance

In accordance with TU Berlin QM.

Grading System

German higher education grading scheme:

  • 1,0 - 1,5: ECTS grade A (excellent),
  • 1,6 - 2,0: ECTS grade B (good),
  • 2,1 - 3,0: ECTS grade C (good/satisfactory),
  • 3,1 - 3,5: ECTS grade D (satisfactory),
  • 3,6 - 4,0: ECTS grade E (sufficient),
  • 4,1 - 5,0: ECTS grade F (failed).
Estimated effort

6 ECTS credits = 150 - 180 working hours.

How to enroll

Please apply via the following link:

Application Form

Further Information

If there are more applications than available places, applicants are selected based on technical suitability (field of study, course grades, specialization).

Students from the following ENHANCE universities are eligible to receive a scholarship from their home university's International Office:

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