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Overview

W.J. Lorenz is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany and specializes in engineering, with a focus on several subfields including signal processing, building and construction, cognitive neuroscience, visual arts and performing arts, and environmental engineering.

Their research spans multiple topics, notably music and audio processing, speech and audio processing, aesthetic perception and analysis, architecture and art history studies, urban heat island mitigation, land use and ecosystem services, and noise effects and management.

Lorenz has contributed to several publications, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches combining engineering with environmental and aesthetic concerns. Their recent papers include:

  • "DESED-FL and URBAN-FL: Federated Learning Datasets for Sound Event Detection," 2021, published in the 2021 29th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO)
  • "Multilayered Complexity Analysis in Architectural Design: Two Measurement Methods Evaluating Self-Similarity and Complexity," 2021, published in Fractal and Fractional
  • "Spherical Box-Counting: Combining 360° Panoramas with Fractal Analysis," 2023, published in Fractal and Fractional
  • "FRACAM: A 2.5D Fractal Analysis Method for Facades - Test Environment for a Cell Phone Application to Measure Box Counting Dimension," 2020, published in eCAADe proceedings
  • "M-DAB - Towards re-using material resources of the city," 2020, published in eCAADe proceedings

Lorenz frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • eCAADe proceedings
  • Fractal and Fractional
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • 2021 29th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO)
  • Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering

Collaboration forms a significant aspect of their research activity, often working with co-authors such as:

  • Gabriel Wurzer
  • Michael Taenzer
  • Stylianos Ioannis Mimilakis
  • Sascha Grollmisch
  • Hanna Lukashevich

Best Publications

  • Electrocrystallization: Nucleation and growth phenomena

    E. Budevski;G. Staikov;W.J. Lorenz

  • An EIS study of aluminium barrier-type oxide films formed in different media

    J.B. Bessone;D.R. Salinas;C.E. Mayer;M. Ebert

  • AC-impedance measurements on aluminium barrier type oxide films

    J. Bessone;C. Mayer;K. Jüttner;W.J. Lorenz

  • AC‐Impedance Measurements on Corroded Porous Aluminum Oxide Films

    J. Hitzig;K. Jüttner;W. J. Lorenz;W. Paatsch

  • AC-impedance measurements on porous aluminium oxide films

    J. Hitzig;K. Jüttner;W.J. Lorenz;W. Paatsch

  • The Formation of Monolayer Metal Films on Electrodes

    W. J. Lorenz;H. D. Hermann;N. Wüthrich;F. Hilbert

  • Structural changes of surface oxide layers on palladium

    T. Chierchie;C. Mayer;W.J. Lorenz

  • Underpotential deposition of lead on polycrystalline and single-crystal gold surfaces

    K. Engelsmann;W.J. Lorenz;E. Schmidt

  • Corrosion Inhibition in Neutral, Aerated Media

    F. Mansfeld;M. W. Kendig;W. J. Lorenz

  • Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy on 3‐D Inhomogeneous Surfaces Corrosion in Neutral Aerated Solutions

    K. Jüttner;W. J. Lorenz;M. W. Kendig;F. Mansfeld

  • THE INFLUENCE OF CHLORIDE IONS ON THE KINETICS OF IRON DISSOLUTION

    N. A. Darwish;F. Hilbert;W. J. Lorenz;H. Rosswag

  • Frequency response analysis of the Ag/Ag+ system: a partially active electrode approach

    J. Hitzig;J. Titz;K. Jüttner;W.J. Lorenz

  • A THEORETICAL TREATMENT OF THE KINETICS OF IRON DISSOLUTION AND PASSIVATION

    A. A. El Miligy;D. Geana;W. J. Lorenz

  • Tunneling mechanisms in electrochemical STM -distance and voltage tunneling spectroscopy

    J. Halbritter;G. Repphun;S. Vinzelberg;G. Staikov

  • Lead adsorption on silver single crystal surfaces

    H. Bort;K. Jüttner;W.J. Lorenz;E. Schmidt

  • Characterization of Organic Coatings on Metal Substrates by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

    J. Titz;G. H. Wagner;H. Spähn;M. Ebert

  • Underpotential Deposition and Electrocrystallization of Metals An Atomic View by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

    W. Obretenov;U. Schmidt;W. J. Lorenz;G. Staikov

  • The determination of corrosion rates by electrochemical d.c. and a.c. methods — II. Systems with discontinuous steady state polarization behavior

    A.A. Aksüt;W.J. Lorenz;F. Mansfeld

  • Ag UPD on Au(100) and Au(111)

    S. Garcia;D. Salinas;C. Mayer;E. Schmidt

  • Interface and interphase corrosion inhibition

    W.J. Lorenz;F. Mansfeld

  • Voltammetric investigation of thallium adsorption on silver single crystal electrodes

    H. Siegenthaler;K. Jüttner;E. Schmidt;W.J. Lorenz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge R. Vilche
Jorge R. Vilche National University of La Plata
Florian Mansfeld
Florian Mansfeld University of Southern California
Wolfgang Kautek
Wolfgang Kautek University of Vienna
Ulrich Stimming
Ulrich Stimming Technical University of Munich
Michael Höpfner
Michael Höpfner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Andrey Milchev
Andrey Milchev Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

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