Articles by Shaimaa Lazem

Dr. Lazem earned her PhD in Computer Science at Virginia Tech, USA in 2012. She then returned to Egypt where she holds an academic position at the City of Scientific Research and Technology Applications (SRTA-City). Her research interests include participatory design, cross-cultural collaborations, post-colonial computing, and decolonizing HCI. She was awarded the Leaders in Innovation Fellowship with the Royal Academy of Engineering to support digital self-documentation of intangible cultural heritage. Dr. Lazem is the Chair of the Cairo ACM SIGCHI Professional Chapter in Egypt (CairoCHI) and the Co-founder of the ArabHCI community.