Our former colleague Zhao Ren successfully defended her PhD thesis „Deep Learning Techniques for Computer Audition“ on the 22nd of February. The examiners were Zhao’s supervisor Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Björn Schuller, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André and Prof. Dr. Frank Kramer (both University of Augsburg) as well as Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Andreas Maier (FAU Erlangen). Congratulations!