
Research Scientist
Mathematics Cluster
Frame Theory and its Implementation
Tel. +43 1 51581-2554
Email: michael.speckbacher(at)oeaw.ac.at
Academic Background
Michael Speckbacher studied Mathematics at the Technical University of Munich. He completed his doctoral studies at the Acoustics Research Institute in September 2017. After positions at the Université de Bordeaux, the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, and the University of Vienna, he returned to the Acoustics Research Institute in June 2024.
Current Research
Michael Speckbacher leads the research project "LIOON - Localization (of) Operators and Operator Reconstruction," which intends to systematically study localization and reconstruction of operators. His research interests range from time-frequency analysis, frame theory, and localization operators to statistical approaches in operator reconstruction.
ARI Publications
- Localised frames for tensor product spaces. / Bytchenkoff, Dimitri; Speckbacher, Michael; Balazs, Peter.
In: Monatshefte fur Mathematik, 18.05.2026.In this paper, we investigate whether the tensor product of two frames, each individually localised with respect to a spectral matrix algebra, is also localised with respect to a suitably chosen tensor product algebra. We provide a partial answer by constructing an involutive Banach algebra of rank-four tensors that is built from two solid spectral matrix algebras. We show that this algebra is inverse-closed, given that the original algebras satisfy a specific property related to operator-valued versions of these algebras. This condition is satisfied by all commonly used solid spectral matrix algebras. We then prove that the tensor product of two self-localised frames remains self-localised with respect to our newly constructed tensor algebra. Additionally, we discuss generalisations to localised frames of Hilbert-Schmidt operators, which may not necessarily consist of rank-one operators.
- How large are the gaps in phase space? / Speckbacher, Michael.
2025 International Conference on Sampling Theory and Applications (SampTA). IEEE, 2025.Given a sampling measure for the wavelet transform (resp. the short-time Fourier transform) with the wavelet (resp. window) being chosen from the family of Laguerre (resp. Hermite) functions, we provide quantitative upper bounds on the radius of any ball that does not intersect the support of the measure. The estimates depend on the condition number, i.e., the ratio of the sampling constants, but are independent of the structure of the measure. Our proofs are completely elementary and rely on explicit formulas for the respective transforms.
Other Publications
- Baranov, A.; Jaming, P.; Kellay, K.; Speckbacher, M. (2024) Oversampling and Donoho-Logan type theorems in model spaces. Annales Fennici Mathematici, Bd. 49/1
- Gröchenig, K.; Romero, J.L.; Speckbacher, M. (2023) Lipschitz continuity of spectra of pseudodifferential operators in a weighted Sjöstrand class and Gabor frame bounds. Journal of Spectral Theory, Bd. 13/3
- Speckbacher, M. (2022) Sampling trajectories for the short-time Fourier transform. Journal of Fourier Analysis and Applications, Bd. 28/6
- Abreu, L.D.; Speckbacher, M. (2022) Affine density, von Neumann dimension and a problem by Perelomov. Advances in Mathematics, Bd. 408
- Jaming, P.; Speckbacher, M. (2020) Almost everywhere convergence of prolate spheroidal series. Illinois Journal of Mathematics, Bd. 65
- Jaming, P.; Speckbacher, M. (2019) Planar sampling sets for the short-time Fourier transform. Constructive Approximation, Bd. 53