Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

💼 Tech transfer - Luxembourg Venture Days 2025 We showcased a selection of high-potential technologies at Luxembourg Venture Days through LIST Ventures, connecting groundbreaking research with investors and industry leaders ready to take innovation to market. Among the tech presented: 🔹 TwiSCO → A digital twin platform helping construction companies cut costs and reduce waste through smarter material delivery and logistics (Fabrice Berroir)👉 https://twisco.io/ 🔹 OptiWave → A software platform blending real and synthetic data to help 5G/6G operators and regulators manage Electromagnetic Field exposure constraints efficiently (Sébastien Faye) 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejn3fkUU 🔹 RisarX → An augmented reality system enabling first responders to visualise and respond to invisible Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear threats (Rod McCall) 👉 https://lnkd.in/eFMNmT-U 🔹MoTio → A low-cost XR-enabled motion tracking system to help physiotherapists remotely monitor and personalise rehab (Jensen Joymangul) 👉 https://lnkd.in/euZdVdVc 🔹ValueHeat → A software platform to help industrial sites with recovering and optimising waste heat (Alex Bertrand)👉 https://valueheat.list.lu/ 🔹Optiwaste → A software platform to help waste collectors with inefficient routes and overflow risks (Sébastien Faye) 👉 https://lnkd.in/ezwrtwx6 🔹Delve → A plug-and-play analytics platform that helps research teams break data silos and get real-time (Barnik Mandal)👉 https://lnkd.in/ee6SRi4v 🔹Papyrus → A visualisation software to help regulators, researchers, and analysts efficiently extract insight from large collections of documents (Mohammad Ghoniem & Nicolas Médoc)👉 https://lnkd.in/eFvH6eBQ 🔹Spectrum → A next-gen Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) sensors platform for diagnostics teams (Marta Ferreira)👉 https://lnkd.in/ek_DuTwi 🔹Peptidata → A biotech platform to help healthcare innovators with limited access to high-quality peptide-target interaction data (Cesar Pascual García)👉 https://lnkd.in/ePs-tZMs 🔹Jumpro → A bioprocessing platform to help fermentation-based industries with low yields and high costs (Marcelo Fernández Lahore)👉https://lnkd.in/e-7CZXSh 🔹Tycho → Lightweight mobile apps that deliver real-time image and video detection (Olivier Parisot) 👉 https://lnkd.in/esWf2N4P Each of these innovations is an opportunity for strategic partnerships, investment, and market development, building on LIST’s mission to transform research outcomes into viable commercial solutions. Contact Alex Godlewski and Jurgen Joossens to know more! #TechTransfer #DeepTech #LuxembourgVentureDays #ResearchToMarket

Healthtech 🩺 Why cybersecurity is a challenge! Digital health is booming and every solution should be designed with a cybersecurity by design approach. Privacy must be built in from day one, not added later. Taking the wearables and smart devices example and they pose a risk: Smartwatches, patches, and implanted sensors collect tons of sensitive data. Federated learning offers a path forward: AI trains on patient data without the data leaving the hospital or device, keeping privacy intact while enabling collaborative intelligence. What does LIST do to support? Projects like R-MMS, our collaboration with MyelinZ®, combine AI, encryption, anonymization, and federated learning. Patient data stays private, AI learns safely, and hospitals can focus on care — not breaches. Watch Orhan Ermiş' video Read more: https://lnkd.in/efDpszvK #cybersecurity #healthtech #digitalhealth #cyberdefence Djamel KHADRAOUI | Paperjam

🌍 When AI and connectivity bridge the digital divide across and outside Europe Coordinated by the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and funded by Horizon Europe, the COMMECT project has successfully bridged the digital divide and unlock new opportunities for rural communities. Over the past three years, this initiative has: ⏹️ Brought connectivity to some of the most remote areas across and beyond Europe. ⏹️ Demonstrated innovative digital solutions through 5 Livings Labs: from precision spraying in Luxembourg’s vineyards to connected forestry in Norway. ⏹️ Developed an AI-powered agronomic assistant, helping identify the most suitable connectivity options for rural contexts. 🔗 Learn more about COMMECT: https://lnkd.in/ekiDH3AN #Connectivity #DigitalTransition #AI

🌍 Welcoming the World Food Programme to LIST for Humanitarian Days! We were thrilled to host representatives from the World Food Programme as part of Humanitarian Days, a great opportunity to showcase how research, innovation, and AI can support sustainable and responsible humanitarian action. Our teams pitched exciting projects demonstrating how science and technology can make a tangible difference, more specifically: ▶️Building capacities to support the risk assessment and management of endemic trematodes in Lao DPR by Leslie OGORZALY ▶️Assessing pollution in the Senegal River and Lake Guiers to promote sustainable practices by Kahina Mehennaoui ▶️Earth observation and AI for humanitarian aid by Marco Chini ▶️Ethical and responsible use of AI by Alexandru-Adrian Tantar, PhD ▶️WASDI-LIST collaboration by Paolo Campanella From using AI for humanitarian insights to ensuring ethical and responsible innovation, these projects exemplify LIST’s commitment to science serving society and supporting sustainable development goals. A huge thank you to the World Food Programme team for visiting and engaging with our researchers. Lucien Hoffmann | Luc Vandenabeele #HumanitarianDays #LIST

🌳 Advancing forest resilience through science Prime Minister Luc Frieden and Serge Wilmes (Ministère de l'Environnement, du Climat et de la Biodiversité) visited the Bambësch research site, home to the FORLUX project 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZsEKbpk As climate change intensifies droughts, forest diseases and extreme weather, LIST researchers are working to better understand how Luxembourg’s forests can adapt and remain resilient. At the heart of FORLUX lies an integrated monitoring and modelling approach. Using sap flow sensors, meteorological stations, hydrological and air quality analyses, LIST scientists are developing a digital twin of the forest – a tool capable of simulating how ecosystems evolve under various climate scenarios. 💡 The project is funded by the Fonds climat et énergie of Ministère de l'Environnement, du Climat et de la Biodiversité, and carried out in collaboration with the Administration de la nature et des forêts and Ville de Luxembourg Picture credits: ME and MECB Bruno Alves | Michel LEYTEM | Olivier Guillon | Laurent Pfister | Richard Keim | Stan Schymanski | Christophe Hissler #FORLUX #LIST #Luxembourg #ClimateResilience #Forests

💡 What if high-school students could turn discarded materials into viable business ideas? That’s the question driving GUIDANCE, a three-year project funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) and led by Tim Huber, Senior R&T Associate at LIST. 🌱 Through hands-on workshops and the #TrashForm competition, students from participating high-schools across Luxembourg will learn to turn waste into creative, circular product ideas — blending science, design, and entrepreneurship. From researching material properties to prototyping and promoting their ideas, students will get to experience every step of the innovation journey. The most promising teams will compete in a national final at LIST. 👉 Originally inspired by an initiative Dr Huber launched in New Zealand, GUIDANCE aims to help Luxembourg’s youth imagine a more sustainable future. 🔗 Learn more about the initiative here: https://lnkd.in/eNxP6Frf #CircularDesign #Sustainability #Innovation #Luxembourg #Education

💧Launch of Luxembourg’s Hydrological Bulletin: A monthly insight into the country’s rainfall and river dynamics.   From marked low flows in August to record-breaking rain in September, 2025 has already shown how rapidly water conditions can change across Luxembourg.    💡To help policymakers, water managers, researchers and citizens better understand and anticipate these hydrological dynamics under climate change, Laurent Pfister and his team at LIST, together with the Administration de la gestion de l'eau, have launched a monthly Hydrological Bulletin.    🔗 Learn more about this initiative and key 2025 trends so far: https://lnkd.in/ei8MMVBw   #Hydrology #WaterResources #ClimateChange 

How can Luxembourg’s communes turn digital innovation into tangible local impact? With the launch of the Smart City call by the Ministère de l'Économie - Luxembourg and the Ministère de l'Environnement, du Climat et de la Biodiversité, LIST’s Smart City Hub helps municipalities co-design and test solutions in mobility, energy, and resources. During a dedicated event organized in collaboration with Syndicat des Villes et Communes Luxembourgeoises - SYVICOL and hosted by Ville d'Esch-sur-Alzette, representatives from municipalities, intercommunal syndicates, public institutions, and private companies, highlighting strong multi-stakeholder interest were able to get: ▶️ Insights from Esch-sur-Alzette’s digital transformation journey, shared by Jeannot Behm and Jean-Paul Espen. ▶️ A presentation of the Smart City call for projects by Jerome Petry ▶️ An overview of the SmartCityHub’s mission and support offer by Marouane LAHMIDI. Also, the participants contributed to hands-on workshops, co-creating concrete use cases across different topics: Smart Mobility, Smart Energy, and Smart Resources — including ideas such as secure e-bike parking and charging, unified smart parking, energy optimisation of buildings, drinkable water network monitoring, and a construction resource reuse register. The SmartCityHub is a testing and experimentation environment designed to help Luxembourg’s cities and communes develop and adopt digital solutions safely, effectively, and collaboratively. Co-financed by the European Commission and Luxembourg’s Ministry of the Economy under the CitCom.ai TEF – Testing AI and Robotics in Smart Communities, it is the only TEF site in Luxembourg and will support municipalities through 2027 and beyond. A dedicated team of specialists in data science, AI, cybersecurity, and digital twins works hand-in-hand with municipalities to co-design pilot projects and tailor services to local needs. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/exFp4gZq Bruno Cavaleiro | Jurgen Joossens | German Castignani | Luc Vandenabeele | Laurence Johannsen #SmartCity #DigitalTransformation #AI #Luxembourg #smartmobility #smartresources

🔬 Strengthening Franco-Luxembourgish research collaboration Our researchers have successfully contributed to the “Collaborative Research Project – International” call launched by the ANR, the French National Research Agency in collaboration with the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) We are pleased to have been granted five of the nine funded projects, reflecting our continued commitment to international scientific cooperation and the value of strong partnerships with our French counterparts. Each project will be led at LIST by a different researcher, in collaboration with partners, including: 🔹Simon Bulou and Mireille Richard (CNRS)➡️“Thin layers of titanium oxide co-alloyed with non-critical metallic and nitrogenous elements using a dual process combining PECVD and reactive sputtering” 🔹 Emmanuel Defay and Gael Sebald (INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon)➡️“Cooling with electrocaloric ceramics: a comprehensive approach to ultimate power, temperature difference, and heat pump COP” 🔹 Gaetano Giunta and Marco Montemurro (Arts et Métiers - École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers)➡️“Robust multi-scale design of meta-structures for mechanical concealment using additive manufacturing processes” 🔹Yuejun Guo and Han Yufei (Centre Inria de l'Université de Rennes)➡️“Secure Large Language Models for Reliable AI-Based Software Vulnerability Detection” 🔹 Renaud Leturcq and Silviu Colis (Institut de Physique et de Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg - IPCMS)➡️“Control of energy transfer and transport mechanisms in oxide and metal nanoparticle heterostructures for improved light absorption” Congratulations to all involved researchers and their partners.

🌍 The Word Soil Day is coming back for its fifth edition in Luxembourg!     Join us on 3 December 2025 for this year’s conference focusing on the new EU Soil Directive and its challenges:     ⏹️ Soil health monitoring  ⏹️ Sustainable land management  ⏹️ Contaminated site remediation  ⏹️ Latest scientific innovations   🔗 Learn more and secure your spot: https://lnkd.in/eDHX9Thw   This event is organized by LIST, in collaboration with the Environment Agency / Ëmweltverwaltung and the Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture #WorldSoilDay #SoilHealth #SustainableLandUse