Speaker — 2026 Edition

Sheila Zingg

PhD Candidate, System Security Group

ETH Zürich

Sheila Zingg is a PhD Candidate in the System Security Group at ETH Zurich. Her research focuses on digital identities, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), ML & LLM security, data privacy, and fraud detection. Her work takes a human-centered approach, exploring how technology can support users in making better security and data privacy decisions. As a speaker at the Global Digital Collaboration conference and in Swiss e-ID policy participation meetings she has contributed to Swiss and international policy conversations on digital identity systems. Prior to her doctoral studies, Sheila worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, with a focus on data privacy and information security. She holds an MSc in Computer Science from ETH Zurich.