Institutes & Centres
A defining characteristic of the work at the DSI is its transdisciplinary nature.
The complex nature of the challenges in the Defence industry often demands contributions from multiple perspectives, combined in new and innovative ways. In partnership with Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and other partners DSI has established 3 Centres for Advanced Defence Research (CADR) in Australia and works in close partnership with other institutes and centres.
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Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML)
The Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) conducts globally competitive research and development in machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision and deep learning.
AIML is Australia’s first institute dedicated to research in machine learning formed in early 2018 from the Australian Centre for Visual Technologies (ACVT), with funding from the South Australian state government and the University of Adelaide. ACVT’s many years of success and experience has formed the core of what is now known as AIML.
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Centre for Advanced Defence Research in Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CADR RAS)
The Centre for Advanced Defence Research in Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CADR-RAS) was established at the University of Adelaide with the defence industry Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG).
The main focus of the Centre is to provide a streamlined contracting mechanism for defence work in the RAS space. The centre adds value through enabling oversight of defence RAS research across Australia and so encouraging collaboration and reduced overlap.
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Centre for Advanced Defence Research in High-Frequency Technologies (CADR HFT)
The JORN Open Innovation Network (JOIN) Centre for Advanced Defence Research in High Frequency Technologies (CADR-HFT) was founded at the University of Adelaide with support from the Department of Defence and BAE Systems Australia in October 2023.
The Centre’s primary purpose is to develop the highly specialised workforce that is needed to operate Australia’s Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN), an Over-The-Horizon-Radar (OTHR) network that operates using high frequency (HF) technologies.
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Centre for Defence Communications and Information Networking (CDCIN)
Based in the Teletraffic Research Centre, the Centre for Defence Communications and Information Networking (CDCIN) is dedicated to helping protect Australia through advanced system design and analysis.
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Centre for Radiation Research Education and Innovation (CRREI)
CRREI provides South Australia’s own commercial, high-throughput radioanalytical facility in collaboration with the Prescott Environmental Luminescence Laboratory, to deliver radiation-related services.
Based at The University of Adelaide, CRREI are co-located with Adelaide Microscopy and world-leading analytical facilities such as the first Atom Trap Trace Facility in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS)
The Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) fosters excellence in research in materials science, chemistry, biology and physics and develops disruptive new tools for measurement.
IPAS has been created to bring together experimental physicists, chemists, material scientists, biologists, experimentally driven theoretical scientists and medical researchers to create new sensing and measurement technologies.
IPAS is built on a strong ongoing partnership with DSTG and their support of numerous research projects and positions.
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Research Unit on Military Law and Ethics (RUMLAE)
The Research Unit on Military Law and Ethics (RUMLAE) at the Adelaide Law School has been established to examine legal and policy issues relevant to military and security matters with a particular focus on ethical aspects relevant to the use of force.
RUMLAE aims to facilitate the emergence of a creative inter-disciplinary dialogue on contemporary challenges in the areas of military law, national security, international law, military justice, international relations, strategic policy and space law.
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Social Science and Intelligence Research Network (SSIReN)
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Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group (NSSG)
The Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group (NSSG) is the dedicated delivery agent for the naval shipbuilding and sustainment enterprise, responsible for providing naval capability acquisition and sustainment.
In partnership with the Royal Australian Navy, the Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group delivers maritime capability and is the Australian Government’s policy lead for enabling a sustainable, national, sovereign shipbuilding industry and workforce.
The Social Science and Intelligence Research Network (SSIReN) is a national body of scholars dedicated to undertaking and translating world-class research from across the social sciences and affiliated disciplines to challenges facing Australia’s national security and intelligence communities.