{"id":6665,"date":"2023-04-17T13:31:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T13:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/dr-adams-condolences\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T13:31:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T13:31:48","slug":"dr-adams-condolences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/dr-adams-condolences\/","title":{"rendered":"Message of condolences: Dr Daniel Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"googlefontscall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pagebuilderckparams\" data-colorpalettefromtemplate=\"\" data-colorpalettefromsettings=\",,,,\" data-styles=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowck ckstack3 ckstack2 ckstack1 uick-sortable\" id=\"row_ID1681738033242\" data-gutter=\"2%\" data-nb=\"2\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-columns-space-between=\"1\">\n<style class=\"ckcolumnwidth\">[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"70\"] {width:69%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"70\"] {width:70%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"30\"] {width:29%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"30\"] {width:30%;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"inner animate clearfix\">\n<div class=\"blockck\" id=\"block_ID1681738033242\" data-real-width=\"69%\" data-width=\"70\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1681738126088\" class=\"cktype\" data-type=\"text\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"tab_effects ckprops\" fieldslist=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tab_blocstyles ckprops\" blocbackgroundpositionend=\"100\" blocbackgrounddirection=\"topbottom\" blocbackgroundimageattachment=\"scroll\" blocbackgroundimagerepeat=\"no-repeat\" blocbackgroundimagesize=\"auto\" blocbordertopstyle=\"solid\" blocborderrightstyle=\"solid\" blocborderbottomstyle=\"solid\" blocborderleftstyle=\"solid\" blocbordersstyle=\"solid\" blocshadowinset=\"0\" fieldslist=\"blocbackgroundpositionend,blocbackgrounddirection,blocbackgroundimageattachment,blocbackgroundimagerepeat,blocbackgroundimagesize,blocalignementleft,blocalignementcenter,blocalignementright,blocalignementjustify,blocbordertopstyle,blocborderrightstyle,blocborderbottomstyle,blocborderleftstyle,blocbordersstyle,blocshadowinset\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tab_edition ckprops\" fieldslist=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\">\n<style><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cktext inner\" style=\"position: relative;\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to a colleague, friend, and a mentor to the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), Dr Daniel Adams, who recently passed away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Dr Adams played a significant role in the establishment of SADiLaR while he was still Chief Director of Emerging Research Areas and Infrastructure at the Department of Science and Innovation. His duties and responsibilities included monitoring and evaluation of new and emerging research areas as well as the establishment of national research and cyberinfrastructure which is about facilities, resources and services used by the research community to conduct research.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">He also played a crucial role in the development of the South African Infrastructure Roadmap which focusses on building networks and partnerships nationally and internationally. Since this roadmap was developed in 2016, the department has implemented nine research infrastructures with SADiLaR being one of those.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blockck\" id=\"block_ID1681738097907\" data-real-width=\"29%\" data-width=\"30\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1681738122714\" class=\"cktype\" data-type=\"image\" onshow=\"ckAddDndForImageUpload(jQuery('#ID1681738122714')[0]);\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"imageck\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dr-Adams-web.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dr-Adams-web.jpg\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ID1681738097914\" class=\"cktype\" data-type=\"text\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cktext inner\" style=\"position: relative;\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rowck ckstack3 ckstack2 ckstack1 uick-sortable\" id=\"row_ID1681738246364\" data-gutter=\"2%\" data-nb=\"1\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n<style class=\"ckcolumnwidth\">[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"inner animate clearfix\">\n<div class=\"blockck\" id=\"block_ID1681738246364\" data-real-width=\"100%\" data-width=\"100\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1681738248946\" class=\"cktype\" data-type=\"text\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"tab_effects ckprops\" fieldslist=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tab_blocstyles ckprops\" blocbackgroundpositionend=\"100\" blocbackgrounddirection=\"topbottom\" blocbackgroundimageattachment=\"scroll\" blocbackgroundimagerepeat=\"no-repeat\" blocbackgroundimagesize=\"auto\" blocbordertopstyle=\"solid\" blocborderrightstyle=\"solid\" blocborderbottomstyle=\"solid\" blocborderleftstyle=\"solid\" blocbordersstyle=\"solid\" blocshadowinset=\"0\" fieldslist=\"blocbackgroundpositionend,blocbackgrounddirection,blocbackgroundimageattachment,blocbackgroundimagerepeat,blocbackgroundimagesize,blocalignementleft,blocalignementcenter,blocalignementright,blocalignementjustify,blocbordertopstyle,blocborderrightstyle,blocborderbottomstyle,blocborderleftstyle,blocbordersstyle,blocshadowinset\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tab_edition ckprops\" fieldslist=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\">\n<style><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cktext inner\" style=\"position: relative;\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">He viewed research infrastructure as facilities, resources and services used by the research community to conduct research, not only about scientific equipment, but also about knowledge-based resources, collections, archives, and scientific data. He strongly believed that the research infrastructure has an integral role in the so-called knowledge triangle of education, research, and innovation. He fully supported the notion of exploiting emerging technologies such as natural language processing, artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop multilingualism.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Dr Adams was also responsible for the National Research Equipment Programmes, providing financial support for the acquisition of research equipment at traditional universities as well as universities of technology and national research facilities; and the National Nanotechnology Equipment programme, providing financial support for the acquisition of research equipment to implement the National Nanotechnology Strategy. He also managed the roll-out of the national research broadband network, and development of the national high-performance computing centre.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">For the period of 1987 to 2007, Adams was a full-time academic at the University of the Western Cape\u2019s (UWC) Department of Physics, where he held the positions of professor and research scientist. During his tenure at the university, he supervised a number of postgraduate students and established a successful research programme in Bioceramics with emphasis on the development and engineering of artificial bone material. Apart from being an active academic, Adams also served as Head of the Department of Physics at UWC for two terms.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">SADiLaR staff and management convey their deepest condolences to his family and all his loved ones. May God grant them comfort and strength during this difficult time, and may his soul rest in eternal peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Prof Langa Khumalo <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Executive Director: SADiLaR&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;, geneva, sans-serif;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><br data-mce-bogus=\"1\"><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(Sources consulted<\/em><\/strong><em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eresearch.ac.za\/daniel-adams\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.eresearch.ac.za\/daniel-adams\">http:\/\/www.eresearch.ac.za\/daniel-adams<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaf.ac.za\/the-south-african-centre-for-digital-language-resources-has-resources-and-expertise\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.usaf.ac.za\/the-south-african-centre-for-digital-language-resources-has-resources-and-expertise\/\">https:\/\/www.usaf.ac.za\/the-south-african-centre-for-digital-language-resources-has-resources-and-expertise\/<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;, geneva, sans-serif;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to a colleague, friend, and a mentor to the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), Dr Daniel Adams, who recently passed away. 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