The DataLab group is a research laboratory at The University of Zambia. The group primarily conducts research focused on data analysis and data management, with focus on three key research areas:
- Digital Libraries;
- Data Mining and
- Educational Technology.
The primary activities conducted by the research laboratory are:
- Training;
- Research;
- Community Engagement and
- Consultancy
Recent Publications
Katongo, Mulenga, Amos Mapili, Alice Phiri, and Lighton Phiri. 2025. “Automated Identification Of Missing And Incomplete Wikipedia Content On And About Zambia”. Lusaka, Zambia: University of Zambia. |
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Chalwe, Christabel, Chisanga Chanda, Lweendo Muzyamba, Joe Mwape, and Lighton Phiri. 2025. “Quantitative Analysis Of Zambian Wikipedia Contributions: Assessing Awareness, Willingness, Motivation, And The Impact Of Gamified Leaderboards And Badges”. In Annual Conference Of South African Institute Of Computer Scientists And Information Technologists. Gqeberha, South Africa: Springer Nature. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64881-6_2. |
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Shawa, Andrew, and Lighton Phiri. 2025. “Deployment And Evaluation Of Intelligent Dicom Viewers In Low-Resource Settings: Orthanc Plugin For Semi-Automated Interpretation Of Medical Images”. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-79103-1_14. |
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News and Announcements
| Monday, March 14, 2022 - 06:21 | "Factors Influencing Co-Creation of Open Education Resources Using Learning Object Repositories" Accepted to CSEDU 2022 |
| Tuesday, November 30, 2021 - 12:52 | Seed Money Grant Award for Streamlined Medical Imaging Workflows in Zambia Using Enterprise Medical Imaging and Artificial Intelligence |
| Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 19:42 | Conference Presentation at JCDL 2021: Improved Discoverability of Digital Objects in Institutional Repositories Using Controlled Vocabularies |
| Saturday, May 29, 2021 - 08:59 | "Improved Discoverability of Digital Objects in Institutional Repositories Using Controlled Vocabularies" Accepted to JCDL 2021 |
| Tuesday, May 25, 2021 - 09:20 | Invited Talk at Deep Learning Indaba X - Zambia 2021 |