Kontak:Lt Cdr L.L. Matiwane
- +27 22 702 3138
Plek: South African Military Academy
DAIRU is a research entity that
attracts members from the defence sector and other dual-use industries
as well as multi-disciplinary academic research entities seeking to
create or exploit comparative and sovereign advantages within the
Artificial Intelligence (AI) knowledge domain. DAIRU is mandated to
facilitate research and innovation through national and international
collaborative research projects.
The DAIRU Steering Committee can
be located at the Faculty of Military Science in Saldanha.; and the
stakeholders are located in various South African organisations that are
interested in AI and its impact on national security.
DAIRU will
be launched on 3 May 2024 at the South African Military Academy
Saldanha. The launch will be presided over by Hon Mr Mondli Gungubele,
Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, and Hon Ms Thandi
Modise, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans. Key defence
stakeholders from the defence community will be in attendance. These
will include, but not limited to the following: some members of the
Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Defence, Stellenbosch
University leadership, Captains of defence industry and defence related
media. It is envisaged that the Chief of the SANDF will be among the
speakers.