SnT is a leading international research and innovation centre in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT systems and services. We play an instrumental role in Luxembourg by fueling innovation through research partnerships with industry, boosting R&D investments leading to economic growth, and attracting highly qualified talent.
We’re looking for people driven by excellence, excited about innovation, and looking to make a difference. If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place!
Your Role...
Successful candidates will join the young, vibrant, and interdisciplinary FINATRAX Research Group, which builds bridges between business research and information systems engineering. Our work is organised around four ‘decentralisation technologies’: Blockchain (DLT), Digital Identities, Federated Learning, and the Internet-of-Things. The group consists of doctoral and post-doctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds (e.g., business, technology, and policy), united in pursuit of sustainable technologies that positively impact society. For more information, please visit our website: https://wwwen.uni.lu/snt/research/finatrax/projects.
Next to other activities, the successful candidates will have the opportunity to engage in a research collaboration with Spuerkeess, Luxembourg’s leading national financial institution. This partnership aims for applying ideas from decentralized finance (DeFi) to an institutional environment, providing for highly relevant but unique research topics. The project includes, among other topics, providing customers with DeFi-related services and constructing decentralized versions of other existing services or processes. Candidates have the opportunity to directly interact with a renowned financial institution to learn their perspective on emerging digital technologies such as DeFi, co-create novel ideas, position their research, and evaluate novel solution ideas and prototypes.
Besides engaging in the industry partnership, the candidate will perform the following tasks:
Your Profile...
Here’s what awaits you at SnT...
In Short...
The yearly gross salary for every Postdoctoral Researcher at the UL is EUR 77167 (full time)
How to apply...
Applications should include:
All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
Early application is highly encouraged, as the applications will be processed upon reception. Please apply ONLINE formally through the HR system. Applications by Email will not be considered.
The University of Luxembourg embraces inclusion and diversity as key values. We are fully committed to removing any discriminatory barrier related to gender, and not only, in recruitment and career progression of our staff.
About the University of Luxembourg...
University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character. The University was founded in 2003 and counts more than 6,700 students and more than 2,000 employees from around the world. The University’s faculties and interdisciplinary centres focus on research in the areas of Computer Science and ICT Security, Materials Science, European and International Law, Finance and Financial Innovation, Education, Contemporary and Digital History. In addition, the University focuses on cross-disciplinary research in the areas of Data Modelling and Simulation as well as Health and System Biomedicine. Times Higher Education ranks the University of Luxembourg #3 worldwide for its “international outlook,” #20 in the Young University Ranking 2021 and among the top 250 universities worldwide.
Further information
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The University of Luxembourg, a small-sized institution with an international reach, aims at excellence in research and education.
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