Nature Genetics publishes the findings of South African and international scientists on how immune genes are regulated In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Genetics on 10 December 2018, a team of scientists from the University of Cape Town (UCT), the Institute for Infectious Disease and ...
Students to fly SA flag high at supercomputing competition in Germany
The annual Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) conference, which took place in Cape Town recently, provided a platform for South African students to showcase their skills in building supercomputers and their innovative ideas on how to prevent cybercrimes through the Student Cluster Compe...
Minister Kubayi-Ngubane welcomes new CSIR Board
Science and Technology Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane hereby announces and welcomes the new Board of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The CSIR, a world-class African research and development organisation, is an entity of the Department of Science and Technology. It is...
CSIR hosts workshop on software-defined networking and network function virtualisation impacting 5G
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Communications Society (IEEE ComSoc) hosted a workshop, including an expert panel, on how software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualisation (NFV) will impact th...
South Africa urged to invest in high-performance computing skills
South Africa has been urged to invest heavily in the development of a skilled high-performance computing generation, to avoid missing out on the opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR). Addressing delegates at the annual conference of the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHP...
Champion fruit juice energy efficient
South African juice company, Sir Fruit, is dedicated to the principle of ‘People, Planet and Prosperity’. To show how serious it is to its commitment to the planet, Sir Fruit has implemented a number of initiatives to ensure the production of energy efficient, sustainable and low carbon products....
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SA students compete to build supercomputer at annual CHPC conference
Media advisory: 03 December 2018 Students from universities across the country are set to battle it out in building the fastest computer in a bid to secure a spot to compete overseas with other computer students. Twenty teams from South African universities will be seeking national honours in the...
Call for proposals: Regional innovation support programme
The Technology Localisation Implementation Unit (TLIU) is an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), hosted and managed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The TLIU has been mandated by the DST to implement various interventions in support of the DS...
NICIS e-Research Support Programme: Call for applications for e-Research funding
The development of National e-Research Support Program (NeRSP) aims at encouraging fundamental and applied research, which develops technologies, and techniques that advance the South African Cyberinfrastructure (CI) and its efficient utilisation. Hence the focus of this research will be in areas...