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Lighton Phiri Delivers Invited Talk at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture Dr Lighton Phiri has taken up a one-year Visiting Researcher position in Road and Railway Engineering at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (BUCEA), under the National Key… October 28, 2026 · 1 min read Lighton Phiri Completes the BAAI Global AI Compute Faculty Development Initiative Dr Lighton Phiri has completed the second cohort of the Global AI Compute Faculty Development Initiative (全球AI开放计算师资发展计划), run by the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) with experts… October 23, 2026 · 2 min read DataLab Facilitates GenAI Sessions at the COL–UNZA Open Educational Resources Workshop On October 6 and 7, 2026, the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the University of Zambia School of Education held a two-day workshop, Harnessing Open Educational Resources for Teaching, Learning and… October 7, 2026 · 2 min read Congratulations to Frazer Nyambe on His Postgraduate Seminar Week Prizes Congratulations to Frazer Nyambe, an MSc in Computer Science student in the DataLab Research Group, who won two prizes at the School of Natural and Applied Sciences Postgraduate Seminar Week, held at… September 22, 2026 · 1 min read Two Student-Led Papers Published in Medical Image Computing in Resource Constrained Settings Two papers led by DataLab students have been published by Springer in Medical Image Computing in Resource Constrained Settings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume 16398), the proceedings of… August 6, 2026 · 1 min read Lighton Phiri Delivers Session on AI Literacy at the HEA Winter School Dr Lighton Phiri was invited by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to deliver a session at its Winter School Capacity Building Workshop for Higher Education Institutions, held at the Chrismar Hotel… July 17, 2026 · 1 min read Pilot Workshop on Digital Innovation, Collaboration and AI-Enhanced Learning On May 28 and 29, 2026, Prof. David Mwanza and Dr Lighton Phiri ran a pilot Digital Innovation, Collaboration and AI-Enhanced Learning Workshop for University of Zambia lecturers and students. The… May 29, 2026 · 1 min read DataLab Congratulations to Our 2026 Graduates Several members of the DataLab Research Group graduated at the University of Zambia graduation ceremony on May 21, 2026. Please join us in congratulating them. May 21, 2026 · 1 min read Congratulations to Malaizyo Muzumala on Successfully Defending His MSc Thesis Congratulations to Malaizyo Muzumala, who successfully defended his Master of Science in Computer Science thesis, Exploring Artificial Intelligence Based Interpretation of Medical Images in… March 25, 2026 · 1 min read Lighton Phiri Delivers Applied AI Training at the 2026 ICTAZ Tech Conference Dr Lighton Phiri delivered a full-day training session on Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the 2026 ICTAZ Tech Conference Training, EXPO and 17th Annual General Meeting, held… March 17, 2026 · 1 min read DataLab New Students Joining the DataLab Research Group in 2026 The DataLab Research Group is pleased to welcome a large group of new members in 2026. March 2, 2026 · 1 min read DataLab Facilitates Institutional Repository and Open Access Publishing Training at Kapasa Makasa University From February 11 to 13, 2026, Dr Lighton Phiri facilitated a three-day Institutional Repository and Open Access Publishing Training Workshop at Kapasa Makasa University (KMU) in Chinsali. The… February 13, 2026 · 1 min read