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

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

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

• ACM Distinguished Scientist (2016)^[2]
• IFIP Technical Committee on Human–Computer Interaction (IFIP TC13) Pioneer Award recipient (2019)^[16][17]
• IFIP fellow (2020)^[3]