Information and communications

Strengthening international research collaboration on sensor web enablement A six-week visit by CSIR researcher Bheki Cwele to CSIRO's Tasmanian ICT Centre, is part of a growing trend in collaborative partnerships between sensor web enablement (SWE) researchers across the globe.

Utilising interactive visualisation as a scientific tool The Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) is making good progress in its quest to deliver visualisation platforms for scientists. The CHPC is funded by the Department of Science and Technology and managed by the Meraka Institute of the CSIR.

Sharing learning abroad on the Digital Doorway innovation CSIR researcher Grant Cambridge, a member of the team that developed the Digital Doorway, a robust, standalone system for self-learning of computer and information literacy, was called to share his expertise and learning with a group of international post-graduate students at the University of New York.

Data cube concept supports remote sensing research on change detection Fast access to satellite image time series data has received a leg up through a data storage concept developed by the remote sensing research unit at the Meraka Institute of the CSIR.