A number of research and development groups, distinct but overlapping, feed into the realisation of the distributed multimedia platform. They are:

• Computer Vision (Mr James Connan and Prof Dane Brown)
• Convergence (Prof Alfredo Terzoli, Prof Nomusa Dlodlo, Dr Zelalem Shibeshi)
• Distributed and Parallel Computing (Prof Karen Bradshaw & Prof George Wells) 
• ICT4D (Prof Alfredo Terzoli, Prof Nomusa Dlodlo)
• Intelligent Robots (Prof Karen Bradshaw)
• Security and Networks (Dr Stones Chindipha)
• Software Design and Development (Dr Yusuf Motara)