Timo Maiwald

Mr. Timo Maiwald


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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30 October 2024 in Remote Sensing
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PRPhilipp Reitz
Philipp Reitz
TMTimo Maiwald
Timo Maiwald
JBJonas Bönsch
Jonas Bönsch
NFNorman Franchi
Norman Franchi
Maximilian LübkeMaximilian Lübke
Maximilian Lübke
FMCW radar systems are increasingly used in diverse applications, and emerging technologies like JCAS offer new opportunities. However, machine learning for radar faces challenges due to limited application-specific datasets, often requiring advanced simulations to supplement real-world data. This paper presents a setup for generating synthetic radar data for indoor environments, evaluated using CNNs. The setup involves comprehensive modeling, including far-field antenna simulations, variations in human radar cross-section, and detailed representations of indoor environments with their corresponding propagation channel properties. These synthetic data are used to train CNNs, and their performance is assessed on real measurement data. The results demonstrate that CNNs trained on synthetic data can perform well when tested on real measurement data. Specifically, the models trained with synthetic data showed performance comparable to models trained with real measurement data, which required a minimum of 300 samples to reach similar levels of accuracy. This result demonstrates that synthetic data can effectively train neural networks, providing an alternative to real measurement data, particularly when collecting sufficient real-world samples is difficult or costly. This approach significantly reduces the time required for generating datasets, and the ability to quickly label data in simulations simplifies and accelerates post-processing. Additionally, the generated datasets can be made more heterogeneous by introducing varying signal conditions, enhancing the diversity and robustness of the training data.

1 September 2026 in IEEE Journal of Microwaves
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MZMengyu Zhang
Mengyu Zhang
THTianzhu Huang
Tianzhu Huang
TRTorsten Reissland
Torsten Reissland
TMTimo Maiwald
Timo Maiwald
NFNorman Franchi
Norman Franchi
RWRobert Weigel
Robert Weigel