About the SnT The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character. The Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust ( SnT ) at the University of Luxembourg is a leading international research and innovation centre in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT systems and services. We play an instrumental role in Europe by fueling innovation through research partnerships with industry, boosting R&D investments leading to economic growth, and attracting highly qualified talent.Welook forresearchers from diverse academic backgrounds to contribute to our projects in areas such as: Network Security, Information Assurance, Model driven Security, Cloud Computing, Cryptography, Satellite Systems, Vehicular Networks, and ICT Services & Applications. The successful candidate will join the young, vibrant, and interdisciplinary FINATRAX Research Group, which builds bridges between business research and information systems engineering. The group conducts research on the application and the impact of digital technologies like DLT/Blockchain, Digital Identities, Machine Learning/AI, and IoT/5G on organisations from both the private and public sectors. The group consists of doctoral and post doctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, including business, technology, law, and psychology. They are united in pursuit of sustainable technologies that positively impact society. For more information, please visit our website: https://www.uni.lu/snt en/research groups/finatrax/ Your role The candidate will be funded through an industry partnership with Luxembourg''s Ministry for Digitalisation, as well as other industry partnerships or public research projects. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to cutting edge research, exploring the design, implementation and instantiation of Luxembourg''s digital identity wallet and the European digital identity wallets (EUDIW) and their implications on privacy and security, as well as other technical, organizational, and regulatory aspects. The candidate would perform, among others, the following tasks Carry out research in the field of digital identity wallets, such as Critical evaluations of security and privacy implications of technical design choices for digital identity wallets (e.g., the involvement of QWACs), specifically in the context of the eIDAS 2.0 regulation and the current status of the architecture reference framework (ARF) Investigating emerging standards (e.g., W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC), OpenID4VCI/ OpenID4VP), current solutions (eIDs, biometric passports, X.509 certificates, SD JWTs) and deployments (e.g., the availability of secure hardware and cryptographic co processors in (mainly) mobile phones) Developing and implementing privacy enhancements for new or existing standards based on cryptographic constructions such as zero knowledge proofs (ZKPs) Provide guidance to PhD students Disseminate results thro