Geraldine Fitzpatrick (born 1958) is an Australian professor and academic researcher who serves as the head of the Human-Computer Interaction Group at

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(Vienna University of Technology) since 2009. Her research is interdisciplinary at the intersection of social and computer sciences. She is an

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Distinguished Scientist and an IFIP Fellow.

Education

Fitzpatrick started her degree in Computer Science in 1989, in University of Queensland. She holds a PhD in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology. Fitzpatrick also holds a certificate in midwifery (1983).

Career

Fitzpatrick's research is on social interaction and spans a range of areas including collaboration, health and well-being, technology-enabled mental health and active engagement for older people. 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

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and Centre for Online Health in Australia. She was the Director of the Interact Lab at the University of Sussex. Fitzpatrick is a member of the ACM Distinguished Member Committee, the ACM CHI Steering Committee. She is the Austrian representative on

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. She was the former associate editor and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work) journal. She is also an ACM Distinguished Speaker.

Awards

* ACM Distinguished Scientist (2016) * IFIP Technical Committee on Human–Computer Interaction (IFIP TC13) Pioneer Award recipient (2019) *IFIP fellow (2020)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzpatrick, Geraldine 1958 births Living people Australian computer scientists Australian electrical engineers Australian expatriates in Austria Academic staff of TU Wien University of Queensland alumni