{"id":1520,"date":"2022-04-05T14:11:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ndltd.org\/directory\/board-of-directors\/libio-huaroto-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T18:34:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T23:34:29","slug":"lighton-phiri","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ndltd.org\/directory\/board-of-directors\/lighton-phiri\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighton Phiri"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ndltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/img-ndltd23-official_profile-lighton_phiri-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1731\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Phiri is a Lecturer and Researcher at The University of Zambia (<a href=\"https:\/\/unza.zm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/unza.zm<\/a>), a position he has held since joining the institution in 2017. He is also a founding member of the DataLab Research Group (<a href=\"http:\/\/datalab.unza.zm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/datalab.unza.zm<\/a>) at The University of Zambia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lighton holds a Master of Science in Computer Science (2013) and a PhD in Computer Science (2018), both from the University of Cape Town (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uct.ac.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.uct.ac.za\/<\/a>). 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Homepage:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/lightonphiri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/lightonphiri.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ORCID:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3582-9866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3582-9866<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Google Scholar:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.co.za\/citations?user=UIb4aEsAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/scholar.google.co.za\/citations?user=UIb4aEsAAAAJ&amp;hl=en<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phiri is a Lecturer and Researcher at The University of Zambia (https:\/\/unza.zm), a position he has held since joining the institution in 2017. 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