Research Group
The CSIR is a multidisciplinary organisation with a vast range of science, engineering and technology competences, rooted in the minds of its qualified, experienced and renowned experts. The organisation’s range of expertise include broad fields of science such as mathematics; computer and information science; applied sciences such as urban and town planning; physical sciences; chemical sciences; earth and related environmental science; and biological sciences.
It also includes engineering and technological fields such as civil engineering; architecture; mechatronics; microsystems such as microfluidics; systems engineering; mining engineering; electrical and electronic engineering; mechanical engineering; chemical engineering; materials engineering; industrial engineering; and nanotechnology. The organisation also has expertise in health and medical sciences. In the agricultural sciences, expertise includes agricultural ecology, molecular diagnostics and agroprocessing. Expertise rooted in social sciences includes resource economics.
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The CSIR’s Advanced Internet of Things (IoT) group specialises in research and development on IoT technologies.
The artificial intelligence (AI) and extended reality (XR) research group addresses the digital and biological aspects of fourth industrial revolution megatrends.
The cloud and network architecture and services research group focuses on research and development in the cloud, network architecture and services area.
The focus of the CSIR’s work in spectrum access and management innovation is on dynamic spectrum resource management and access, particularly developing the know-how and technologies that enable ef