Benedikt Baier

Benedikt Baier is a Researcher (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the Chair of Communication Networks (Lehrstuhl für Kommunikationsnetze) at TU Munich. He holds an M.Sc. in Electrical and Information Engineering from TU Munich, completing his Master's thesis in 2023 on routing algorithms in quantum networks. His research focuses on quantum networks under the 6G-QT project, exploring topics like entanglement management, routing protocols, and quantum data plane optimization.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical and Information Engineering (March 2020)
• Master's Degree in Electrical and Information Engineering (February 2023)

Research Interests:

• Quantum network protocols and architectures
• Routing and resource allocation in quantum systems
• 6G communication technologies
• Entanglement purification and reallocation strategies

Recent Work: His 2024 publication analyzed delay-reducing protocols for quantum data plane repeaters, contributing to more efficient quantum network designs. He supervises student theses on topics like capacity assignment algorithms and routing metrics for quantum networks.