Leantros Kyriakoullis is a PhD candidate at the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts. He holds a BSc in Computer Science (University of Nicosia, Frederick Institute of Technology) and an MSc in Electronic Commerce (University of Manchester). He has 15 years of experience in the Information Technology sector and worked for private companies, public administration as well as for the European Institutions in Brussels. His research focuses on culture and how it can influence user behaviour and perceptions about interactive systems. More specifically, it focuses on social networks due to high participation levels of users from various countries and the
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