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Ensuring Data Protection with Artificial Intelligence

Data protection regulations are a cornerstone of our highly digitised society. With the vast amount of customer data being gathered by companies – likely more than ever before – data protection policies have become necessary to protect our fundamental right to privacy. It’s for this reason that in 2016, the European Union formalised all requirements in terms…

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Prof. Yves Le Traon Elevated to IEEE Fellow

The IEEE Board of Directors awarded the prestigious grade of Fellow to Prof. Le Traon, vice-director of SnT and head of the Security, Reasoning and Validation (SerVal) research group for his contribution to software analysis and testing. Le Traon studies software engineering, with a focus on software testing and software security. His areas of interest include, but are not limited to innovative testing,…

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SpaceR Participates in ESRIC-ESA Space Resources Challenge

It’s the year 2028. A robot is landing on the southern pole of the lunar surface with one objective – to find resources. With poor visibility due to low lighting, this robot will need to navigate dusty, loose regolith and rocks in its search for water, one of our most valuable resources.

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NewSpace Europe 2021: How to Boost Space Innovation

On 24 November 2021, the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) hosted the annual NewSpace Europe conference in Esch-sur-Alzette. Entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders gathered physically and virtually from around the world to discuss innovations and leading topics surrounding the theme of “Connecting Entrepreneurs & Investors in the New Space Age”. Four research experts and professors at…

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From Lab to Spin-off: How Researchers Become Entrepreneurs

As we are all too familiar, in the space of just one or two years, everything can change. To survive and thrive in a fast-paced and small society like Luxembourg, keeping up with (and predicting) the latest trends in developing technologies is a necessity. For SnT, advancing knowledge and injecting high quality technology into the…

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Partnership Day 2021: Together We Shape Tomorrow

“The Covid-19 measures caused a surge in digitalisation, and at SnT we saw an increased demand for innovation and collaborative research projects around this topic. In fact, the last two years saw record activities in terms of collaborative projects.” It’s with these words that Björn Ottersten, Director of SnT, opened the 2021 edition of Partnership Day,…

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AI: A Double-Edged Sword in Cybersecurity

In recent decades, corporations and researchers have been developing artificial intelligence tools with the aim to streamline processes and boost efficiency. The sophisticated technologies have revolutionist countless industries, with software that can mimic human intelligence. But as the desire for automated tools in our society grows, the need for strong cybersecurity practices becomes all the…

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SnT Speakers at Annual International Astronautical Congress

On the 25 – 29 October 2021, the 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) took place in the United Arab Emirates. This year marks the first that the conference has been hosted in an Arab country since its very first edition in 1950. This year’s theme was ‘Inspire, Innovate & Discover for the Benefit of Humankind’,…

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Two Projects Involving SnT Selected for Young Academics Funding

Young Academics Funding is an initiative first launched by the University of Luxembourg’s Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) in June 2021. The funding instrument, open to applicants from all disciplines and research areas, allows candidates to conduct their doctoral thesis in an interdisciplinary ecosystem, under the supervision of two academic staff members of the University of Luxembourg.…

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Are We Secure Against Post-Quantum Cyber-Attacks?

How safe is your data? Currently, most computer and mobile device users benefit from a generally high level of security, mainly since our data and communications – such as those processed in databases, payments, cloud storage, email and many other applications – are, for the most part, encrypted. But the current encryption techniques might soon…