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
Zambian Sign Language Translation
Diamond Open Access Journals
Publications
2022
Kasonde, Cecilia, Adrian Chisale, and Lighton Phiri. 2022. “Empirical Evaluation of ETD-Ms Compliance in Institutional Repositories”. In 25th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD 2022). Novi Sad, Serbia: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7084848.
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Mwaba, Brighton, John Mwanza, Andrew Shawa, Wilkin Sikazwe, and Lighton Phiri. 2022. “Enterprise Medical Imaging: Design and Implementation of a Picture Archiving and Communication System for Effective Radiological Workflows”. Lusaka, Zambia: University of Zambia.
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Nyambe, Frazer, Nkole Mulenga, Richard Mufuzi, Geoffrey Ngoma, and Lighton Phiri. 2022. “Rule-Based Automatic Generation of Electronic Theses and Dissertations Metadata”. Lusaka, Zambia: University of Zambia.
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Bowa, Hazel, Prudence Mwendaluta, Towela Kalikeka, Rector Njobvu, and Lighton Phiri. 2022. “Investigating The Introduction of Interactive Tablets In the Zambian Classroom By Understanding The Challenges Faced in Orchestration of Teaching and Learning”. Lusaka, Zambia: University of Zambia.
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2021
Chipangila, Bertha, Eric Liswaniso, Andrew Mawila, Philomena Mwanza, Daisy Nawila, Robert M’sendo, Mayumbo Nyirenda, and Lighton Phiri. 2021. “Improved Discoverability of Digital Objects in Institutional Repositories Using Controlled Vocabularies”. In Proceedings of the 2021 ACM IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2021), 100-109. Champaign, IL, USA: IEEE. doi:10.1109/JCDL52503.2021.00022.
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