Wiebke Middelberg received her B.Eng. degree in Engineering Physics in 2019 and her M.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics with a specialization in Acoustics in 2021, both at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. Since September 2021 she is pursuing a Dr.-Ing. degree in the Signal Processing Division at the Carl von Ossietzky University. At the DAGA 2022, she received the “DEGA Study Award” for her Master Thesis about GSC-based noise and interferer reduction in acoustic sensor networks. Furthermore, she won the third place of the “ARD/ZDF Förderpreis Frauen und Medientechnologie 2022” for her Master Thesis. From June 2024 to November 2024 she interned with Meta Reality Labs Research in Redmond, WA, USA.

• Multi-microphone processing
• Acoustical parameter estimation in acoustic sensor networks
• Model- and DNN-based speech enhancement for compact and semi-distributed microphone arrays

1. W. Middelberg, H. Gode, S. Doclo, Relative Transfer Function Vector Estimation for Acoustic Sensor Networks Exploiting Covariance Matrix Structure, in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA), New Paltz, USA, Oct. 2023.
2. D. Fejgin, W. Middelberg, S. Doclo, BRUDEX Database: Binaural Room Impulse Responses with Uniformly Distributed External Microphones, in Proc. ITG Conference on Speech Communication, Aachen, Germany, Sep. 2023, pp. 126-130.
3. W. Middelberg, S. Doclo, Bias Analysis of Spatial Coherence-Based RTF Vector Estimation for Acoustic Sensor Networks in a Diffuse Sound Field, in Proc. International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), Bamberg, Germany, Sep. 2022. [Poster]
4. W. Middelberg, S. Doclo, Comparison of Generalized Sidelobe Canceller Structures Incorporating External Microphones for Joint Noise and Interferer Reduction, in Proc. ITG Conference on Speech Communication, Sep. 2021, pp. 104-108. [Poster]
5. N. Gößling, W. Middelberg, S. Doclo RTF-Steered Binaural MVDR Beamforming Incorporating Multiple External Microphones, in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA), New Paltz, USA, Oct. 2019, pp. 368-372.

1. W. Middelberg,  S. Doclo, "Incorporation of External Microphones in Hearing Aid Processing for Robust Noise and Interferer Reduction", International Hearing Aid Research Conference (IHCON), Lake Tahoe, USA, Aug. 2022.
2. W. Middelberg,  S. Doclo, "MPDR-Based Extended GSC Structure for Joint Noise and Interferer Reduction in Hearing Devices", German Annual Conference on Acoustics (DAGA), Stuttgart, Germany, Mar. 2022. [Presentation Video]
3. W. Middelberg, N. Gößling, S. Doclo, "Real-Time Evaluation of an RTF-Steered Binaural MVDR Beamformer Incorporating an External Microphone", German Annual Conference on Acoustics (DAGA), Rostock, Germany, Mar. 2019. [Poster]

• Exercises in "Grundpraktikum Physik I" (WS16/17, WS17/18, WS18/19, WS19/20, WS20/21)
• Exercises in "Nebenfachpraktikum Physik für Umweltwissenschaften" (SS18)
• Exercises in "Introduction to Matlab" (WS18/19, WS19/20)
• Exercises in "Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering II" (SS19, SS20, SS21)
• Exercises in "Blockpraktikum Digitiale Signalverarbeitung" (SS19, WS19/20, WS20/21, SS21, WS21/22)
• Supervision of "Grundpraktikum Physik I" (WS21/22)
• Project Supervision in "Advanced Topics Speech and Audio Processing" (WS21/22)

• Master Thesis: GSC-based Noise and Interference Reduction for Binaural Hearing Aids Exploiting External Microphones, Jun. 2021
• Bachelor Thesis: Combination of RTF Vector Estimates in Acoustic Sensor Networks, May 2019

• DEGA Study Award 2022 for Master Thesis
• 3. Place »ARD/ZDF Förderpreis Frauen und Medientechnologie 2022« for Master Thesis [Video portait]