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
| Thursday, June 2, 2022 - 09:06 | Lighton Phiri Appointed Member of the Board of Directors for The Networked Digital Libraries of Theses and Dissertations |
| Monday, May 30, 2022 - 16:41 | Conference Presentation at IST-Africa 2022: Enterprise Medical Imaging in the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities |
| Friday, May 27, 2022 - 07:26 | New Final Year Undergraduate Students Joining the DataLab Lab in 2022 |
| Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - 06:25 | Conference Presentation at CSEDU 2022: Factors Influencing Co-Creation of Open Educational Resources Using Learning Object Repositories |
| Monday, March 14, 2022 - 06:49 | "Enterprise Medical Imaging in the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities" Accepted to IST-Africa 2022 |