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Technology is changing faster than ever, and SnT stands at the intersection of possibility and impact. In 2024, our community of 500 brilliant minds transformed challenges into breakthroughs that are reshaping our digital future.
The numbers tell part of our story: 12 new research projects generating €8.8M, 20 EU-funded initiatives including a prestigious ERC Proof of Concept (POC), and several transformative partnerships with innovation leaders like Google Cloud, BGL BNP Paribas, and NTT.
But our true strength lies in collaboration – half our doctoral students collaborate directly with industry, creating a powerful synergy between academic discovery and real-world application.
The word interdisciplinary isn’t just in our name, it guides our work and sparked the launch of our EnergyLab. This testbed in Kirchberg combines real-world infrastructure with advanced research to support sustainable energy development.
As we look to 2025, we’re intensifying our focus on transforming the financial sector through FutureFinTech, while launching our Cyber Research Hub in response to an increasingly vulnerable digital landscape.
AI’s rapid expansion brings extraordinary opportunities- and real responsibility. Our researchers are making sure these systems are not only powerful, but also trustworthy and beneficial to society.
We’re not just creating new technologies; we’re shaping a more innovative, secure and sustainable future for everyone.
Yves Le Traon, Director of SnT
Technology is changing faster than ever, and SnT stands at the intersection of possibility and impact. In 2024, our community of 500 brilliant minds transformed challenges into breakthroughs that are reshaping our digital future.
The numbers tell part of our story: 12 new research projects generating €8.8M, 20 EU-funded initiatives including a prestigious ERC Proof of Concept (POC), and several transformative partnerships with innovation leaders like Google Cloud, BGL BNP Paribas, and NTT.
But our true strength lies in collaboration – half our doctoral students collaborate directly with industry, creating a powerful synergy between academic discovery and real-world application.
The word interdisciplinary isn’t just in our name, it guides our work and sparked the launch of our EnergyLab. This testbed in Kirchberg combines real-world infrastructure with advanced research to support sustainable energy development.
As we look to 2025, we’re intensifying our focus on transforming the financial sector through FutureFinTech, while launching our Cyber Research Hub in response to an increasingly vulnerable digital landscape.
AI’s rapid expansion brings extraordinary opportunities- and real responsibility. Our researchers are making sure these systems are not only powerful, but also trustworthy and beneficial to society.
We’re not just creating new technologies; we’re shaping a more innovative, secure and sustainable future for everyone.
Yves Le Traon, Director of SnT
Detecting banking security weaknesses through AI
BGL BNP Paribas launches pioneering research project with SnT to develop intelligent monitoring systems for AI solutions in banking sector
Exploring the potential of decentralised finance
Nadia Pocher introduces her research on interdisciplinary co-design of digital financial systems and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)
Automating financial regulations with software
Innovative software engineering projects transform financial regulation compliance through AI-based automation in Luxembourg’s FinTech sector
VDF research protects Ethereum from vulnerabilities
Verifiable delay functions research identifies and addresses critical vulnerability in Ethereum security protocols, improving blockchain integrity and resilience
A race against deepfakes: How AI is fighting AI
SnT researchers create strong AI models to spot deepfakes. They focus on real data patterns instead of binary classification
AI-powered app stops ransomware using research
The new AI security tool CYSANA prevents ransomware damage using neural networks and anti-encryption
Making e-voting safer and verifiable
Research on voter verifiability aims to balance privacy, security and traceability in e-voting while addressing many challenges
LuxWays’ first PhD on his way to West Africa
Luxembourg’s doctoral training programme sends first cybersecurity professor back to West Africa to support regional digital transformation
One Year of Exchanging Quantum Keys in Luxembourg
Celebrating one year of quantum key distribution across 33km between two campuses, testing real-world performance for future security
Can we help train NASA Astronauts?
Our research team won a NASA challenge with a VR tool that trains astronauts to patch spacesuit oxygen leaks on Mars
AI and thermal imaging make satellites safer
Groundbreaking thermal imaging and AI technology launched into orbit transforms spacecraft health monitoring for future missions
iSpaRo conference pioneers space robotics
SnT’s inaugural space robotics conference unites global experts at Luxembourg’s Neimënster Abbey with NASA set to host next edition
Secure ‘talking’ crucial for self-driving cars
A research team transforms regular cars into autonomous vehicles using sensors and HD maps for safer, smarter urban mobility
AI helps protect communities from flash floods
SnT leads 5-year Interreg project using explainable AI to improve flash flood prediction and resilience across Northwestern Europe
Working together to improve technical standards
A partnership with ILNAS advances technical standards in ICT, aerospace and construction, connecting research with global frameworks
Boost for autonomous systems research at SnT
SnT secures €1.5M FNR funding for research on autonomous systems, partnering with industry to advance AI and robotics innovations
Our research directly tackles society’s most urgent challenges, translating scientific breakthroughs into real-world solutions. Through partnerships with industry, we gain unique access to complex problems, real data, and testing environments that accelerate our research impact.
This creates a dynamic innovation ecosystem that nurtures local talent and drives economic growth, turning scientific advances into tangible benefits for our society.
As the University’s ICT research centre, SnT transforms innovative ideas into sustainable businesses. In 2024, we launched our newest spin-off, NIR Watchdog—bringing the total to seven successful spin-offs.
Our Technology Transfer Office’s Venture Programme provides researchers with expert mentorship and business support – from concept to launch. By partnering with industry advisors and specialists, we guide researchers through market analysis, risk assessment, and business planning, and help them secure funding.
A real solution to detect counterfeit products
Our spin-off NIR Watchdog offers instant product authentication by comparing scans to manufacturer data
More academic freedom leads to more innovation
Study links academic freedom to innovation across 160 countries, warning that global freedom decline threatens patent output
We nurture the next generation of innovators through our advanced Master’s and Doctoral programmes, where students and researchers work directly alongside leading professors on industry-driven projects. Our collaboration with the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine has created pioneering master’s programmes in Cybersecurity and Space Systems, offering international talent unique opportunities to shape the future of technology.
Discover our interview series with SnT’s young researchers and the challenges they face
The University of Luxembourg will train cybersecurity experts through interdisciplinary approach
University of Luxembourg launches new Master in Cybersecurity and Cyber Defence, training experts through interdisciplinary approach
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