Mostafa E.

The winter school on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a condensed two-weeks activity that provides a lightweight HCI research experience to senior undergraduates. Students were selected based on their technical skills and GPA. The school accepted 31 students, and lasted for two weeks. The curriculum included lectures, selected reading, and team projects. Students were introduced to basic HCI and interaction design concepts such as user experience, human-centered approach in design, and prototyping. Students work in groups to address a challenging research problem. This year, the school explored using gamification, mobile phone interaction, and public space technologies to improve the mundane waiting experience at hospitals and healthcare clinics. Improving the quality health services is on of the challenges Egypt faces. One of the salient symptoms of the low-quality service is the long waiting time patients have to experience when they seek medical assistance whether the service is provided at free public hospitals or expensive private clinics.