The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and the CSIR Meraka Institute, based in Pretoria, have joined hands to create one of the largest Artificial Intelligence research centres on the continent: the UKZN/CSIR-Meraka Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (CAIR). The official launch of the Ce...
ICT research on the agenda: African and European perspectives and plans shared
Information and communications technology (ICT) is a potent tool for socio economic upliftment in Africa. This is the premise upon which presentations, discussions and debates at the 4th EuroAfrica Cooperation Forum on ICT Research will be based. Some 200 delegates from over 10 African countries ...
Phase one of SANReN complete
The CSIR Meraka Institute and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have announced that phase 1 of the South African National Research Network (SANReN) is now complete. This follows the completion and commissioning of the Cape Town metropolitan fibre network, and the completion of 10 Gbp...
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CHPC PLACES SOUTH AFRICA BACK IN TOP500 SUPERCOMPUTER LIST
The CSIR Meraka Institute and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have announced that the Centre for High Performance Computing`s (CHPC) Tsessebe Sun Constellation System has been ranked as one of the world¿s fastest supercomputers, taking 329th place in the international Top 500 list....
CSIR organises Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research in Ethiopia
The Meraka Institute of South Africas CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) has taken the lead in organising the one-day Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This is in collaboration with partners in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) EuroAfri...
CSIR provides specialist input to joint training initiative on wireless networks
A training course developed by the CSIR Meraka Institute in the design and implementation of wireless mesh networks will be presented at the University of Zululand during the first quarter of 2010. Beneficiaries of this course will be the 2010 intake of learners for wireless mesh networks trainin...
Quest science magazine launches interactive website
The popular science magazine Quest is launching an interactive website to make science more accessible and exciting for learners. It will be demonstrated using groundbreaking technology developed at the CSIR Meraka Institute. The website, QuestInteractive, will be launched by the publisher of the...
CSIR staff members to give 67 minutes for Mandela Day by online maths tutoring through Dr Math
" Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world," Nelson Mandela. Scientists and researchers from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will support Mandela Day on 18 July 2010 by donating their time to empower South African students through educa...
CSIR to host a 'real and relevant' science and technology conference
Every second year since 2006, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) dedicates two days to its 'Science real and relevant' conference to share research progress, breakthroughs and impact in an open forum. In 2010, the conference will be shaped around the research fields in whic...
South African consortium wins bid to host African Regional Mobile Application Laboratory
A South African consortium comprising the Meraka Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), The Innovation Hub, Innovation Lab and Ungana-Afrika, has been selected to host the Southern African laboratory of the African Regional Mobile Application Laboratory. This was ...