Lighton Phiri

Full Name

Lighton Phiri

Email Address

lighton.phiriATunza.zm

Role

Academic Staff

Biography

Dr. Lighton Phiri is a Lecturer and Researcher at The University of Zambia. He was awarded a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Cape Town. His broad research interests lie within the areas of Digital Libraries and Data Mining. He also has on-going research interest in Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) and Technology-Enhanced Learning.

Projects

Automatic Classification of IR Objects

Smart IR Deposit Platform

Scholarly Research Output Online Visibility

Zambia National ETD Portal

Enterprise Medical Imaging

Educational Data Mining

Wikipedia Content Contribution in the Global South

Open and Accessible Legal and Legislative Documents

Road Safety in Zambia

Publications

**2021**
Chaibela, Mutune, Ivy Chisha, David Pungwa, Danny Siabbaba, Bydon Simukoko, and Lighton Phiri. 2021. “Performance Predictor: A Data Mining And Machine Learning Software For Student Performance Outcomes”. Lusaka, Zambia: The University of Zambia. http://lis.unza.zm/archive/handle/123456789/90.	More Info.
Mbewe, Mathews, Mathews Mwewa, Moonga Habukali, Nandi Sikazindu, Nozyenji Mwale, and Lighton Phiri. 2021. “Effective Ingestion Of Digital Objects In Institutional Repositories Using Subject Repositories”. In 2021 Ist-Africa Conference (Ist-Africa), xxx-xxx. South Africa: IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9576906.	More Info.
Chipangila, Bertha, Eric Liswaniso, Andrew Mawila, Philomena Mwanza, Daisy Nawila, Robert Msendo, Mayumbo Nyirenda, and Lighton Phiri. 2021. “Improved Discoverability Of Digital Objects In Institutional Repositories Using Controlled Vocabularies”. In 2021 Acm/Ieee Joint Conference On Digital Libraries (Jcdl 2021). Champaign, IL, USA: IEEE. doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/JCDL52503.2021.00022.	More Info.

**2020**
Chanda, Mulenga, Elizabeth Chirwa, Mirriam Kamanga, Mwenya Kayula, and Lighton Phiri. 2020. “Investigating The Use Of Learning Object Repositories In The Co-Creation Of Open Educational Resources By Educators”. Lusaka: The University of Zambia. http://lis.unza.zm/archive/handle/123456789/8.	More Info.
Phiri, Lighton. 2020. “Automatic Classification Of Digital Objects For Improved Metadata Quality Of Electronic Theses And Dissertations In Institutional Repositories”. International Journal Of Metadata, Semantics And Ontologies 14: 234-248. doi:10.1504/IJMSO.2020.112804.	More Info.

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