SciLux podcast – Symeon Chatzinotas, Professor & Chief Scientist in Electronic Systems

12 December 2023

Satellite and Quantum Communications

Quantum communications will revolutionise cybersecurity, and Luxembourg is ideally positioned to be at the forefront of this field. This is one of the many topics related to wireless communications and future connectivity that Prof. Chatzinotas is working on.

Symeon Chatzinotas is Full Professor / Chief Scientist and Head of the research group SIGCOM at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg. In parallel, he is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electronic Systems, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and a Collaborating Scholar of the Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”.

Enhancing Wireless Communications Systems

At SnT, Prof. Chatzinotas is heading the SIGCOM research group standing for Signal Processing and Communications. With more than 70 members, the group conducts research aiming at designing, emulating and testing new high-performance systems for the future of mobile and satellite communications. Its fields of application range from 5G/6G telecommunications to satellite-based internet connectivity.

Listen to Prof. Symeon Chatzinotas to find out more about wireless systems, quantum communications and, more generally, the future of connectivity.

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LUQCIA and Lux4QCI

The Luxembourg Quantum Communication Infrastructure Laboratory (LUQCIA) is a five-year project to build a national testbed for quantum communication infrastructure (QCI) and enable advanced collaborative research in this domain. Launched in March 2022 by SnT, the project is funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU, with the collaboration of Luxembourg’s Department of Media, Connectivity and Digital Policy.

The Luxembourg Experimental Network for Quantum Communication Infrastructure(Lux4QCI), a project co-funded by the Digital Europe Programme, aims to build an EU-wide QCI by connecting national infrastructures with each other. It was launched in February 2023, by a consortium of seven partners that SnT, represented by Prof. Symeon Chatzinotas, is leading as coordinator.

In fact, the Grand Duchy is well on track to be the first European country with a full-fledged national QCI infrastructure, which will open countless opportunities for residents and companies alike.

Prof. Symeon Chatzinotas

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