Read the full Annual Report in PDF format - CSIR

The CSIR’s work in information and communications technology (ICT) research
and development takes its cue from the concept of the information society.
Our vision is to contribute to South Africa’s development towards an advanced
information society in which everyone can benefi t from their enhanced ability
to create, manipulate, organise, transmit, store and act on information.
Advances in ICT, brought about by research and experimental development,
are worthy of pursuit both in terms of enabling impact in areas such as health,
energy and the environment, and as an area of impact in itself.
The CSIR’s research and development focuses specifi cally on:
• Integrative systems, platforms and technologies
• Networks and media
• Cyberinfrastructure
• Earth observation science and information technology
• Human language technologies and knowledge technologies
In this section, fi nd out how CSIR researchers hope to contribute to making
the Internet of Things work for South Africans; how research is making a
contribution to providing affordable broadband connectivity to under-serviced
rural communities; the status of a sustainable national cyberinfrastructure
system for research, development and innovation across the entire national
system of innovation; and what advances are being made in harnessing
the massive amount of Earth observation data. Also read about a project in
which ICT has been used to benefi t several sporting codes.
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