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Victoria Chama

I am a first-year PhD student at the University of Cape Town and a Lecturer in Computer Science.

About Me

Lecturer & Financial Literacy Educator 

I am a first-year PhD student at the University of Cape Town and a Lecturer in Computer Science. My general research interests are in Logics for Knowledge Representation and Explainable AI.

 I was appointed as Acting Assistant Dean for the newly formed School of Engineering and Technology at Mulungushi Universityin 2022. I was responsible for end-to-end program development for Bachelor of Data Science and Master of Science in Data Science and Big Data including curriculum design, course materials, and final program evaluation and analysis. 

When I am not teaching, I am passionate about Financial Literacy Education and building wealth through things like Financial Management. I enjoy talking and learning about money management, I believe being open with our finances allows people to benefit from one another. Whether it’s learning from past mistakes or sharing financial strategies.

Publications

  1. Kunda, D., Chishimba, M., Mulenga, M. and Chama, V., (2017). An Analysis of Security and Performance Concerns in Mobile Web Application Development: Challenges and Open Issues. International Journal of Recent Contributions from Engineering, Science & I.T. (iJES), 5(3), pp.26-40. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijes.v5i3.7330
  2. Kunda, D., Mulenga, M., Sinyinda M and Chama, V., (2017) Challenges of Agile Development and Implementation in a Developing Country: A Zambia Case Study. Journal of Computer Science (JCS) https://doi.org/10.3844/jcssp.2018.585.600
  3. Zimba, A. and Chama, V., (2018). Cyber Attacks in Cloud Computing: Modelling Multi-stage Attacks using Probability Density Curves. I. J. Computer Network and Information Security. 3, pp 25-36 https://doi.org/10.5815/ijcnis.2018.03.04
  4. Kunda, Douglas and Chama, Victoria, (2016), Design and Implementation of Students’ Information System (SIS) for Mulungushi University Based on Spring Framework, International Journal of Computer and Information Technology (IJCIT), Volume 5 Issue 6, pp 556-562, http://www.ijcit.com/archives/volume5/issue6/Paper050612.pdf
  5. Kalezhi, J., Chibuluma, M., Chembe, C., Chama, V., Lungo, F., & Kunda, D. (2022). Modelling Covid-19 infections in Zambia using data mining techniques. Results in Engineering, 13, 100363 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2022.100363
  6. Kalezhi, J., Chibuluma, M., Chembe, C., Chama, V., Lungo, F., & Kunda, D., “A Cross Platform Contact Tracing Mobile Application for COVID-19 Infections using Deep Learning” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 13(8), 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2022.0130872
  7. Chama, V. 2020. Explanation for defeasible entailment. , Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32206

Teaching

  1. ICT201 – Discrete Mathematics (Mulungushi University 2017 – 2023)
  2. ICT261 – Introduction to Object Oriented Programming with Java (Mulungushi University 2020 – 2023)
  3. ICT271 – Databases (Mulungushi University 2017 – 2023)
  4. ICT262 – Intermediate Java Programming (Mulungushi University 2020 – 2023)
  5. ICT372 – Advanced Databases (Mulungushi University 2021 – 2022)
  6. CSC1010H: Computer Science 1010 (University of Cape Town 2019)

Honors and Achievements

  1. The Chancellor’s Award for the Overall Best Graduating Student
  2. The Ng’ambi (HC) and Lungu (JCN) Prize for the Overall Best Female Graduating Student
  3. The Senate Award for Best Graduating Student in the School of Science, Engineering and Technology
  4. The Mulungushi University Lecturer’s Prize for the Overall Best Graduating Student
  5. The ZAMTEL Prize for Best Graduating Female Student in the School of Science, Engineering and Technology
  6. The ZAMTEL Prize for Best Graduating Student in the School of Science, Engineering and Technology
  7. The Michinya Enterprises Prize for Best Graduating Student in the School of Science, Engineering and Technology
  8. The Zambia National Commercial Bank (ZANACO) Prize for Best Graduating Student in Bachelor of Computer Science
  9. The Airtel Prize for Best Graduating Student in Bachelor of Computer Science

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