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    Steering a Safer Future for Autonomous Systems

    Car accidents are one of the leading causes of avoidable deaths in Europe, and despite numbers falling in recent years, there were still almost 20,000 people who lost their lives in 2021 as a result. It’s a problem that has many proposed solutions under way, with the EU aiming to reduce the number of deaths…

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    New publication in Journal of Cleaner Production

    The paper Trademarks and how they relate to the sustainability and economic outcomes of social startups (Mirko Hirschmann with Jörn Block) was published in Journal of Cleaner Production.

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    Entering the Metaverse: 4 Oct Infrachain Summit Panel with Prof. Fisch

    To dive into the Metaverse join the Infrachain Summit 2022, on 4 October 2022 at d’Coque, Luxembourg. To close the event the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and Legal Hackers Luxembourg are hosting a panel discussion that will go into the practicalities of launching activities in the metaverse.

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    Entering the Metaverse: 4 Oct Infrachain Summit Panel

    To dive into the metaverse join the Infrachain Summit 2022, on 4 October 2022 at d’Coque, Luxembourg. To close the event the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and Legal Hackers Luxembourg are hosting a panel discussion that will go into the practicalities of launching activities in the metaverse.

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    Powering the Smart Grids of Tomorrow

    In the last decade, Luxembourg has shifted its focus to developing its renewable energy sources. In fact, consumption of renewable energy has risen from 1.5% to 7.1% over the past 10 years. As part of the Grand Duchy’s Third Industrial Revolution plan, this is expected to rise exponentially, up to 25% by 2030, to be…

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    New publication: The rise of DAOs

    The paper The rise of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs): a first empirical glimpse (Christian Fisch with Cristiano Bellavitis and Paul Momtaz) was published in the journal Venture Capital.

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    Enhancing Privacy for Genomic Data

    When it comes to data privacy, genomic data may not be the first thing that springs to mind. But with the vast increase in services offering genome analysis, it’s important to make sure that your data is in the right hands. At the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), our…

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    Fighting the Fakes: Protecting the Authenticity of EU Diplomas

    When it comes to our education, working to obtain a university qualification could be considered as one of life’s greatest achievements. Many students work hard over the course of a few years to obtain their qualification – some up to six years while managing a full-time job and family life. However, as the famous saying goes, “Hard work spotlights…

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    Can You Still Trust Your Eyes?

    In 2019, media artists created a convincing video showing President Nixon giving a speech that was conceived but never actually recorded. The video, entitled “In Event of Moon Disaster”, features an alternate version of reality in which the famous 1969 Moon landing was unsuccessful. Created using a branch of artificial intelligence, deepfakes, it’s a truly believable video – which in itself…

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    New publication in Oxford Research Encyclopedia

    The paper Artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship research (Christian Fisch with Martin Obschonka) was published in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management.

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