Three papers from the DataLab Research Group were published in the Proceedings of the 7th International Conference in Information and Communication Technologies (ICICT 2025), held at the Confucius Institute, University of Zambia, Lusaka, on August 28 and 29, 2025:
- Mubanga Chibesa, Christine Kanyengo, Eness Chitumbo, Chisoni Mumba and Lighton Phiri. Strengthening Scholarly Publishing at the University of Zambia: Custom OJS Plugins for Metadata Accuracy, DOI Management, and Repository Integration (pp. 91–95). Read the paper
- Harris Shikapande, Christine Kanyengo, Lighton Phiri, Eness Chitumbo and Chisoni Mumba. Improving Indexing Visibility for University of Zambia Hosted Journals: Practical Approaches and Workflow Enhancements through Open Journal System Integration (pp. 218–222). Read the paper
- Frazer Nyambe and Lighton Phiri. Automatic Creation of Wikipedia Articles about Zambia Utilizing Retrieval-Augmented Generation Techniques and Fact-Based Vector Databases (pp. 192–196). Read the paper
Before the conference, J. Phiri, A. Zimba, M. Nyirenda and L. Phiri facilitated an Artificial Intelligence Skills Building Workshop at the Mika Convention Centre, Chongwe, from August 24 to 27, 2025.
