Geraldine Fitzpatrick
{{short description|Australian computer scientist in Vienna}}
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tuwien.at/en/research/news-detail/news/inaugural-lecture-of-prof-dr-geraldine-fitzpatrick/|title=Inaugural Lecture of Prof. Dr. Geraldine Fitzpatrick|date=2020-02-28|website=www.tuwien.at|language=en|access-date=2020-03-15}} Her research is interdisciplinary at the intersection of social and computer sciences.
She is an ACM Distinguished Scientist and an IFIP Fellow.{{Cite web|title=Geraldine Fitzpatrick Elected IFIP Fellow|url=https://informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/1934|access-date=2021-07-30|website=TU Wien Informatics|language=en}}
Education
Fitzpatrick started her degree in Computer Science in 1989, in University of Queensland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.femtech.at/user/12399|title=gerifitz|last=gerifitz|date=2010-07-23|website=FEMtech|language=de|access-date=2020-03-14}} She holds a PhD in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering{{Cite web|url=https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/1999/01/brisbane-homes-inappropriate-climate|title=Brisbane homes inappropriate for climate|last1=Queensl|first1=The University of|last2=Lucia|first2=Australia Brisbane St|website=UQ News|language=en|access-date=2020-03-14|last3=Gatton|first3=QLD 4072 +61 7 3365 1111 Other Campuses: UQ|last4=Maps|first4=UQ Herston|last5=Queensl|first5=Directions © 2020 The University of}} and an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology.{{Cite web|url=http://igw.tuwien.ac.at/hci/people/gfitzpatrick|title=Geraldine Fitzpatrick {{!}} Human Computer Interaction Group|website=igw.tuwien.ac.at|access-date=2020-03-14}}
Fitzpatrick also holds a certificate in midwifery (1983).{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
Career
Fitzpatrick's research is on social interaction and spans a range of areas including collaboration, health and well-being,{{Cite journal|last1=NunesFrancisco|last2=VerdezotoNervo|last3=FitzpatrickGeraldine|last4=KyngMorten|last5=GrönvallErik|last6=StorniCristiano|date=2015-12-14|title=Self-Care Technologies in HCI|url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/2803173|journal=ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction |volume=22|issue=6|pages=1–45|language=EN|doi=10.1145/2803173|s2cid=944498}} technology-enabled mental health{{Cite web|url=http://www.team-itn.eu/people/investigators|title=Investigators|website=www.team-itn.eu|access-date=2020-03-14}} and active engagement for older people.{{Cite web|url=https://speakers.acm.org/speakers/fitzpatrick_6262|title=Geraldine Fitzpatrick|website=speakers.acm.org|access-date=2020-03-14|archive-date=28 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128183322/https://speakers.acm.org/speakers/fitzpatrick_6262|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ComputerScience/Events/MRLDistinguishedSpeakerSeries2June.aspx|title=MRL Distinguished Speaker Series 2 June - The University of Nottingham|website=www.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=2020-03-15}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/145884/research|title=Research : Geraldine Fitzpatrick : University of Sussex|website=www.sussex.ac.uk|access-date=2020-03-14}}
Fitzpatrick is a member of the ACM Distinguished Member Committee,{{Cite web|url=https://awards.acm.org/distinguished-members/committee|title=Committee|website=awards.acm.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-14}} the ACM CHI Steering Committee.{{Cite web|url=https://chi.acm.org/members/|title=Members – CHI Steering Committee|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-14}} She is the Austrian representative on IFIP TC13.{{Cite web|url=http://ifip-tc13.org/membersofficers/|title=MEMBERS/OFFICERS|last=adminweb|website=IFIP TC13|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-15}} She was the former associate editor and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work) journal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.springer.com/journal/10606/editors|title=Computer Supported Cooperative Work|website=Springer|language=en|access-date=2020-03-14}}
Awards
- ACM Distinguished Scientist (2016){{Cite web|url=https://www.acm.org/media-center/2016/november/distinguished-members-2016|title=ACM Recognizes Distinguished Members for Computing Innovations that Transform Society|website=www.acm.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-14}}
- IFIP Technical Committee on Human–Computer Interaction (IFIP TC13) Pioneer Award recipient (2019){{Cite web|url=https://informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/1754|title=Geraldine Fitzpatrick receives IFIP's 2019 TC 13 Pioneer Award|website=TU Wien Informatics|language=en|access-date=2020-03-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifipnews.org/ifip-tc-13-announces-2019-pioneers-hci-awards/|title=IFIP TC 13 Announces 2019 Pioneers in HCI Awards|date=2019-08-29|website=IFIP News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-14}}
- IFIP fellow (2020)
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