Geraldine Fitzpatrick

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Geraldine Fitzpatrick (* 1958 in Brisbane ) is an Australian computer scientist and professor at the Vienna University of Technology .

Life

Geraldine Fitzpatrick began training as a nurse in 1976 and completed it in 1979. She then aspired to study as a midwife under the direction of Professor Jenny Gamble, which she finished with receiving her diploma in 1983. She began her computer science studies in 1989 at the University of Queensland , where she completed her Bachelor of Information Technology with distinction in 1992, for which she received the University Medal for Academic Excellence . She then studied as part of a PhD program at the same university in 1993 and received her doctorate in 1998 with the work The Locales Framework: Understanding and Designing for Cooperative Work , for which she received the Dean's Prize for excellence . In 1998 she was a project manager and later a senior researcher at the Distributed Systems Technology Center in Brisbane. Between 2001 and 2003 she worked as a senior manager at Sapient , where she coordinated various research groups in an advisory and executive role. In June 2003 she accepted a position as senior scientist in a research group at the University of Sussex, England . Since 2009 she has been professor and head of the Human Computer Interaction Group research group at the Vienna University of Technology, while between 2011 and 2017 she was head of the former Institute for Design and Impact Research. In the course of her career, she has already supervised 10 PhD students through to their graduation and accepted more than 100 master and bachelor theses. Furthermore, Fitzpatrick was honored as an ACM Distinguished Scientist in 2016 and is an ACM Distinguished Speaker . She runs and moderates the Changing Academic Life podcast . She has been a certified coach since 2008 and completed a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology at the University of East London in 2018 . She leads workshops, training courses and coaching for academic executives, young researchers and doctoral students.

research

Her research focus is on healthcare technologies, in particular how technologies can be improved and expanded to support older people ( Ambient Assisted Living , AAL). Further focus points of her research work are:

Below is a selection of their current and completed research projects:

  • RisIoT: Market analysis and risk assessment to support the introduction of the Internet of Things in Austrian companies
  • TEAM: Technology Enhanced Mental Health for Young People - Marie Sklodowska-Curie ITN
  • Study of socio-technical aspects of the collaborative economy - COST
  • Values ​​in Computing (ViC) project: Human values ​​influence the decision-making processes in software production (collaboration with Maria Angela Ferrario)

Publications (selection)

Fitzpatrick has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications. In November 2019 it had an h-index of 46 and was cited 7106 times (Google Scholar). The following is a selection of her most cited works:

  • Ubi-learning integrates indoor and outdoor experiences. ACM 2005
  • Ambient wood. Designing new forms of digital augmentation for learning outdoors. ACM 2004
  • Physical spaces, virtual places and social worlds: A study of work in the virtual . ACM 1996

Awards and honors

  • 2016: Honored as an ACM Distinguished Member
  • 2019: IFIP TC13 Pioneer in Human-Computer Interaction Award

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Geraldine Fitzpatrick | Human Computer Interaction Group. TU Wien - Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, accessed on November 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Nicole Kajtna: Prof. in Dr. Geraldine Fitzpatrick. In: FEMtech - Women in Research & Technology. July 23, 2010, accessed November 28, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Geraldine Fitzpatrick: Curriculum Vitae 2014. (PDF) TU Wien - Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, accessed on November 28, 2019 (English).
  4. ^ Research: Geraldine Fitzpatrick. University of Sussex, accessed November 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Geraldine Fitzpatrick, ACM Distinguished speaker. Association for Computing Machinery , accessed November 28, 2019 .
  6. ^ A b Changing Academic Life. In: Changing Academic Life. Retrieved November 28, 2019 (American English).
  7. ↑ RisIoT. In: tuwien.ac.at. Retrieved November 28, 2019 .
  8. ^ Technology-Enabled Mental Health for Young People. In: team-itn.eu. Retrieved November 28, 2019 .
  9. ↑ CA16121 - From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy. COST , accessed November 28, 2019 .
  10. ^ Maria Angela Ferrario. In: valuesincomputing.org. Retrieved November 28, 2019 .
  11. ^ Yvonne Rogers, Sara Price, Cliff Randell, Danae Stanton Fraser, Mark Weal, Geraldine Fitzpatrick: Ubi-learning integrates indoor and outdoor experiences . In: Communications of the ACM . tape 48 , no. 1 , 2005, p. 55-59 (English).
  12. Jump up ↑ Yvonne Rogers, Sara Price, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Rowanne Fleck, Eric Harris, Hilary Smith, Cliff Randell, Henk Muller, Claire O'Malley, Danae Stanton, Mark Thompson, Mark Weal: Ambient wood. Designing new forms of digital augmentation for learning outdoors . In: Proceedings of the 2004 conference on Interaction design and children. Building a community . ACM, New York 2004, ISBN 1-58113-791-5 , pp. 3–10 , doi : 10.1145 / 1017833.1017834 (English).
  13. ↑ Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Simon Kaplan, Tim Mansfield: Physical spaces, virtual places and social worlds. A study of work in the virtual . In: Computer Supported Cooperative Work . tape 6 , November 1996, pp. 334–343 (English, citeseerx.ist.psu.edu [PDF]).
  14. ↑ IFIP News: IFIP TC 13 Announces 2019 Pioneers in HCI Awards. In: IFIP News. August 29, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019 (American English).
  15. ↑ Geraldine Fitzpatrick receives IFIP's 2019 TC 13 Pioneer Award. Accessed December 2, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Fitzpatrick, Geraldine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian computer scientist and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Brisbane