IN THIS ISSUE December 2006/January 2007, Vol 4, No 1
SERA Task Team member appointed to serve on international board
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Human Language Technologies group develops novel DictionaryMaker
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SERA partner institutions collaborate in the spirit of Batho Pele
SERA Task Team member appointed to serve on international board
Dr Anthony Turton, SERA Water Task Team member, has been elected a director of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) executive board for a period of three years, starting in January 2007.

Human Language Technologies group develops novel DictionaryMaker
Innovation by digital@SERA's Human Language Technologies (HLT) research group at the Meraka Institute continues to contribute to the betterment of all South Africans - this time through the newly developed DictionaryMaker.
 
SERA partner institutions collaborate in the spirit of Batho Pele
The spirit of Batho Pele - a government drive to put the interests of the people first - is the drive behind a joint research study between the SERA Alliance partners, CSIR and the University of Pretoria (UP).

USEFUL LINKS

SPOTLIGHT on R&D in sub-Saharan Africa

Post Graduate Research Indaba,
20-22 February 2007


Opinion: Reforming universities key to technology transfer

NRF Scholarships & Fellowships Awardees 2007


ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES

African ethics committees still have a long way to go - A study shows how African research ethics committees struggle with numerous problems and are not properly fulfilling their missions. Source: SciDev.Net

Changing the face of research in South Africa - The Department of Science and Technology (DST), and the NRF officially launched the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) on 13 December 2006. The names of the first 21 Research Chairs recruited from South Africa, Africa and abroad were announced. Source: NRF Website

Appointment to the BIO-EARN Programme Advisory Committee - ACGT Director, Dr Jane Morris has recently been appointed to the BIO-EARN advisory committee. Source: ACGT Website

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