6. August 2025: Digital Identity Management Workshop

The Digital Identity Management Workshop took place at Reykjavik University on Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 from 9:00am to 15:00pm in room M208

Computer science students from Reykjavik University, researchers, and professionals interested in digital identity management met at Reykjavik University on August 6th to learn about and discuss critical topics in the field. Digital identity management is essential for minimizing risks of data breaches and cyber threats while meeting regulatory requirements and improving process efficiency; however, in practice it remains an extremely difficult problem to solve at scale.

Professor Jacky Mallett (Reykjavik University) welcomed participants and gave an overview of limits on information scaling in networks through the Fischer Consensus Problem. This was followed by a talk by Jonathan E. Hochman (Yale University) on the challenges of practical digital identity infrastructure and current research on potential solution approaches. Havard Mathisen (PwC Norway) introduced the FLP (Fischer–Lynch–Paterson) theorem, providing a practical perspective on the theory. Professor Hans P. Reiser (Reykjavik University) presented the development and future of electronic IDs in Europe.

After lunch, the keynote speech was delivered by Professor Michael J. Fischer (Yale University) on his contribution to one of the most seminal papers in distributed computing: Impossibility of Asynchronous Distributed Consensus (FLP) – A Retrospective. The final panel discussion, moderated by Professor Alice Fischer (University of New Haven), explored information network scaling and consensus, challenges of practical digital identity infrastructure, and digital identity management more broadly.

Overall, the workshop enabled a fruitful exchange of knowledge, ideas, and research and was a full success.

Follow this link to view the program.