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Wouter Lueks is a postdoctoral researcher at EPFL in Lausanne where he works with Carmela Troncoso. He designs privacy-friendly systems. His research interests include privacy, applied cryptography, and systems. His work has real-world impact. For instance, his designs for privacy-friendly contact tracing have been deployed in millions of phones around the world, and his secure document search system is being deployed by a large organization for investigative journalists.