Geraldine Fitzpatrick
Research Interests: Summary
Geraldine Fitzpatrick has a PhD in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering but has spent her research and working life more concerned with the 'people' side of the technology equation. This has meant working at the intersection of technical and social science disciplines to understand how to design technologies that fit in with the messy 'real world' of life and work. Her areas of particular expertise are around social interaction and collaboration, and she publishes in diverse areas such as groupware, computer supported cooperative work, user centred design, expertise sharing and health informatics. Currently she is the Director of the Interact Lab at the University of Sussex, where the group is engaged in a number of projects, including Equator, that are concerned with innovative interactions between people and technologies that move computing beyond the desktop. Prior to this, Geraldine worked in London as a Senior Manager of User Experience at a business and technology consultancy company called Sapient. Before coming to the UK, she worked at the Distributed Systems Technology Centre in Australia where she established and led the Enterprise Work Practice group. In a previous life, she used to be a nurse and is still trying to work out what she wants to be when she grows up. |