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**
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.
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.
Zulu, Ernest Obbie, and Lighton Phiri. 2021. “Enterprise Medical Imaging For Streamlined Radiological Diagnosis In Zambian Public Health Facilities”. Lusaka, Zambia: The University of Zambia. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.11215.61603.	More Info.
Lubinda, Inutu, Matthews Lungu, Hockings Mambwe, Jefferson Ndhlovu, Lewis Ntembeni, and Lighton Phiri. 2021. “Authoring And Usage Of Useful And Usable Oer Reusable Orchestration Appliances”. Lusaka, Zambia: The University of Zambia. http://lis.unza.zm/archive/handle/123456789/111.	More Info.

2021