Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Department Member, Computer Science

PhD-Researcher

Thesis Title: Towards localization methodology support for website localisation

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ABOUT ME:
Abdalghani (08.02.1980) is a Palestinian, in 2002 moved to the Belgium to obtain a Master and Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Brussels. In 2004 Abdalghani obtained a master degree in computer science from the Free University of Brussels (Belgium); where he is currently doing his PhD. He is a member of Web & Information System Engineering (WISE) laboratory. His undergraduate dissertation focused on the cultural differences and its effects on Website design.
He is currently studying towards a PhD on website design usability at the Web & Information System Engineering (WISE) laboratory. While Abdalghani doing his PhD at the VUB, he is also work as a senior knowledge management developer at the Sony Europe.


ABOUT My RESEARCH:
My research is situated in the context of Website design and cultural differences. The proposed research is about evaluating the influence of the users’ cultural background on content and interface understanding, and to develop a design methodology for website design that take into account social, religion and cultural factors. My contribution in the direction of localisation for website design will be to evaluate the influence of users’ cultural background on content and interface understanding; to define and characterize the cultural dimensions which are shown to be essential to consider for web users; and to work towards a methodology for localising or globalising websites. Using the results of the research, it will be possible to develop websites that take into account relevant social and cultural factors.

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