Geraldine Fitzpatrick
Geraldine Fitzpatrick (born 1958) is an Australian professor and academic researcher who serves as the head of the Human-Computer Interaction Group at TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology) since 2009.[1] Her research is interdisciplinary at the intersection of social and computer sciences.
She is an ACM Distinguished Scientist[2] and an IFIP Fellow.[3]
Education
[edit]Fitzpatrick started her degree in Computer Science in 1989, in University of Queensland.[4] She holds a PhD in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering[5] and an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology.[6]
Fitzpatrick also holds a certificate in midwifery (1983).[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Fitzpatrick's research is on social interaction and spans a range of areas including collaboration, health and well-being,[7] technology-enabled mental health[8] and active engagement for older people.[9][10]
Prior to her career in information technologies, Fitzpatrick worked as a midwife and a nurse. After completing her degree in computer science, she worked as a research fellow at the Distributed Systems Technology Centre and Centre for Online Health in Australia. She was the Director of the Interact Lab at the University of Sussex.[11]
Fitzpatrick is a member of the ACM Distinguished Member Committee,[12] the ACM CHI Steering Committee.[13] She is the Austrian representative on IFIP TC13.[14] She was the former associate editor and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work) journal.[15]
She is also an ACM Distinguished Speaker.[9]
Awards
[edit]- ACM Distinguished Scientist (2016)[2]
- IFIP Technical Committee on Human–Computer Interaction (IFIP TC13) Pioneer Award recipient (2019)[16][17]
- IFIP fellow (2020)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Inaugural Lecture of Prof. Dr. Geraldine Fitzpatrick". www.tuwien.at. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ a b "ACM Recognizes Distinguished Members for Computing Innovations that Transform Society". www.acm.org. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Geraldine Fitzpatrick Elected IFIP Fellow". TU Wien Informatics. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ gerifitz (23 July 2010). "gerifitz". FEMtech (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Queensl, The University of; Lucia, Australia Brisbane St; Gatton, QLD 4072 +61 7 3365 1111 Other Campuses: UQ; Maps, UQ Herston; Queensl, Directions © 2020 The University of. "Brisbane homes inappropriate for climate". UQ News. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Geraldine Fitzpatrick | Human Computer Interaction Group". igw.tuwien.ac.at. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ NunesFrancisco; VerdezotoNervo; FitzpatrickGeraldine; KyngMorten; GrönvallErik; StorniCristiano (14 December 2015). "Self-Care Technologies in HCI". ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 22 (6): 1–45. doi:10.1145/2803173. S2CID 944498.
- ^ "Investigators". www.team-itn.eu. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Geraldine Fitzpatrick". speakers.acm.org. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "MRL Distinguished Speaker Series 2 June - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Research : Geraldine Fitzpatrick : University of Sussex". www.sussex.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Committee". awards.acm.org. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Members – CHI Steering Committee". Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ adminweb. "MEMBERS/OFFICERS". IFIP TC13. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)". Springer. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Geraldine Fitzpatrick receives IFIP's 2019 TC 13 Pioneer Award". TU Wien Informatics. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "IFIP TC 13 Announces 2019 Pioneers in HCI Awards". IFIP News. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
