Dr Panagiotis D. Ritsos
Senior Lecturer in Visualisation / Director of Research

Contact info
MEng PhD Essex, PgCert, FHEA
Visualization, Data, Modelling and Graphics (VDMG) research group, XReality, Visualization and Analytics (XRVA) lab
Office: Room 326, Dean Street
- tel: +44 (0) 1248 382698
- email: p.ritsos@bangor.ac.uk
- url: https://pdritsos.com/
- twitter: @ritsos_p
- networks: Google Scholar | Linkedin | ResearchGate | GitHub | ORCID
- 2025
- Published
DashSpace: A Live Collaborative Platform for Immersive and Ubiquitous Analytics
Borowski, M., Butcher, P., Kristensen, J. B., Petersen, J. O., Ritsos, P. D., Klokmose, C. N. & Elmqvist, N., 3 Feb 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on visualization and computer graphics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2024
- Published
Will Meta’s Orion smart glasses be the next ‘iPhone moment’? Expert Q&A
Ap Cenydd, L., Ritsos, P. D. & Butcher, P., 27 Sept 2024, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
- E-pub ahead of print
Path-based Design Model for Constructing and Exploring Alternative Visualisations
Jackson, J., Ritsos, P. D., Butcher, P. & Roberts, J. C., 10 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Transactions on visualization and computer graphics. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
Attention-Aware Visualization: Tracking and Responding to User Perception Over Time
Srinivasan, A., Ellemose, J., Butcher, P., Ritsos, P. D. & Elmqvist, N., 9 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Transactions on visualization and computer graphics. p. 1-11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Reality of the Situation: A Survey of Situated Analytics
Shin, S., Batch, A., Butcher, P., Ritsos, P. D. & Elmqvist, N., Aug 2024, In: IEEE Transactions on visualization and computer graphics. 30, 8, p. 5147-5164 19 p., 37310839.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is Native Naïve? Comparing Native Game Engines and WebXR as Immersive Analytics Development Platforms
Butcher, P., Batch, A., Saffo, D., MackIntyre, B., Elmqvist, N. & Ritsos, P. D., Jun 2024, In: IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 44, 3, p. 91-98 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2023
- Published
Researching Green Process Innovation Across Borders and Boundaries Through Collaborative Inquiry
Coughlan, P., Bellini, R., Bello-Dambatta, A., Dallison, R., Dreyer-Gibney, K., Gallagher, J., Harris, I., McNabola, A., Mitrovic, D., Murali, M., Novara, D., Patil, S., Rigby, A., Ritsos, P. D., Schestak, I., Singh, A., Walker, N. & Williams, P., Dec 2023, In: The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 59, 4, p. 556-584 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A method for Critical and Creative Visualisation Design-Thinking
Roberts, J. C., Alnjar, H., Owen, A. & Ritsos, P. D., Oct 2023, Poster publications at IEEE VIS 2023: Visualization & Visual Analytics: IEEE VIS 2023 Posters. Cao, N., Kozlikova, B., Xia, J. & Willett, W. (eds.). IEEE Computer Society Press, 2 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Creating storytelling visualizations for the Covid-19 pandemic using Feature-Action Design Patterns
Ritsos, P. D., Khan, S., Jones, S., Bach, B., Meikle, J., Roberts, J. C., Wood, J. & Chen, M., Oct 2023, IEEE VIS Workshop on Visualization for Pandemic and Emergency Responses 2023 (Vis4PandEmRes). IEEEResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Don’t Pull the Balrog - Lessons Learned from Designing Wizualization: a Magic inspired Data Analytics System in XR
Butcher, P., Batch, A., Ritsos, P. D. & Elmqvist, N., Oct 2023, HybridUI (ISMAR 2023): 1st Workshop on Hybrid User Interfaces: Complementary Interfaces for Mixed Reality Interaction.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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RAMPVIS: Answering the Challenges of Building Visualization Capabilities for Large-scale Emergency Responses
Chen, M., Abdul-Rahman, A., Archambault, D., Dykes, J., Ritsos, P. D., Slingsby, A., Torsney-Weir, T., Turkay, C., Bach, B., Borgo, R., Brett, A., Fang, H., Jianu, R., Khan, S., Laramee, R. S., Matthews, L., Nguyen, P. H., Reeve, R., Roberts, J. C., Vidal, F., Wang, Q., Wood, J. & Xu, K., Oct 2023, IEEE VIS Workshop on Visualization for Pandemic and Emergency Responses 2023 (Vis4PandEmRes). IEEEResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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DUVis: A visual analytics tool for supporting a trans-disciplinary project
Rigby, A., Butcher, P., Bellini, R., Coughlan, P., McNabola, A. & Ritsos, P. D., 21 Jul 2023, Posters presented at the IEEE Conference on Visualization (IEEE VIS 2023).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Apple Vision Pro headset: what does it do and will it deliver?
Ritsos, P. D. & Butcher, P., 6 Jun 2023, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Evaluating View Management for Situated Visualization in Web-based Handheld AR
Batch, A., Shin, S., Liu, J., Butcher, P., Ritsos, P. D. & Elmqvist, N., Jun 2023, In: Computer Graphics Forum. 42, 3, p. 349-360 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wizualization - A Hard Magic Visualization System for Immersive and Ubiquitous Analytics
Batch, A., Butcher, P., Ritsos, P. D. & Elmqvist, N., 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on visualization and computer graphics. p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2022
- Published
Visualization for Epidemiological Modelling: Challenges, Solutions, Reflections & Recommendations
Dykes, J., Abdul-Rahman, A., Archambault, D., Bach, B., Borgo, R., Chen, M., Enright, J., Fang, H., Firat, E. E., Freeman, E., Gönen, T., Harris, C., Jianu, R., John, N. W., Khan, S., Lahiff, A., Laramee, R. S., Matthews, L., Mohr, S., Nguyen, P. H., Rahat, A. A. M., Reeve, R., Ritsos, P. D., Roberts, J. C., Slingsby, A., Swallow, B., Torsney-Weir, T., Turkay, C., Turner, R., Vidal, F., Wang, Q., Wood, J. & Xu, K., 3 Oct 2022, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 380, 2233, 33 p., 20210299.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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LUCST: A novel toolkit for Land Use Land Cover change assessment in SWAT+ to support flood management decisions
Rigby, A., Butcher, P., Ritsos, P. D. & Patil, S., Oct 2022, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 156, 105469.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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RAMPVIS: Answering the Challenges of Building Visualisation Capabilities for Large-scale Emergency Responses
Chen, M., Abdul-Rahman, A., Archambault, D., Dykes, J., Slingsby, A., Ritsos, P. D., Torsney-Weir, T., Turkay, C., Bach, B., Borgo, R., Brett, A., Fang, H., Jianu, R., Khan, S., Laramee, R. S., Nguyen, P. H., Reeve, R., Roberts, J. C., Vidal, F., Wang, Q., Wood, J. & Xu, K., Jun 2022, In: Epidemics. 39, 15 p., 100569.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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One view is not enough: review of and encouragement for multiple and alternative representations in 3D and immersive visualisation
Roberts, J. C., Butcher, P. & Ritsos, P. D., 3 Feb 2022, In: Computers. 11, 2, 23 p., 20.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2021
- Published
3D visualisations Should Not be Displayed Alone – Encouraging a Need for Multivocality in Visualisation
Roberts, J. C., Mearman, J., Butcher, P., Al-Maneea, H. M. A. & Ritsos, P. D., Sept 2021. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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VRIA: A Web-based Framework for Creating Immersive Analytics Experiences
Butcher, P., John, N. W. & Ritsos, P. D., 1 Jul 2021, In: IEEE Transactions on visualization and computer graphics. 27, 7, p. 3213 - 3225Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Visualisation Data Modelling Graphics (VDMG) at Bangor
Roberts, J. C., Ritsos, P. D., Kuncheva, L., Vidal, F., Lim, I. S., Ap Cenydd, L., Teahan, W., Mansoor, S., Gray, C. & Perkins, D., May 2021. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
- 2020
- Published
Immersive visualisation of COVID-19 UK travel and US happiness data
Williams, R., Farmer, D., Roberts, J. C. & Ritsos, P. D., Oct 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Critical Thinking Sheet (CTS) for Design Thinking in Programming Courses
Roberts, J. C. & Ritsos, P. D., 27 May 2020, Eurographics 2020 - Education Papers. Romero, M. & Sousa Santos, B. (eds.). The Eurographics Association, p. 17-23 7 p. (Eurographics - Education Papers).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Degree pictures: Visualizing the university student journey
Gray, C., Ritsos, P. D. & Perkins, D., 18 May 2020, In: Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. 45, 4, p. 568-578Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Virtual Forestry Generation: Evaluating Models for Tree Placement in Games
Williams, B., Ritsos, P. D. & Headleand, C., 13 Mar 2020, In: Computers. 9, 1, p. 1-20Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2019
- Published
Evaluating Models for Virtual Forestry Generation and Tree Placement in Games
Williams, B., Ritsos, P. D. & Headleand, C., 12 Sept 2019, Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC). The Eurographics AssociationResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Towards a Tool for the Creation of Micro-visualisations
Jackson, J. R., Ritsos, P. D. & Roberts, J. C., 12 Sept 2019, Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC). The Eurographics AssociationResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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A Framework for Modelling Human Emotion
Edwards, S. & Ritsos, P. D., 5 May 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Tangible papercraft visualisations for education
Mearman, J., Butcher, P., Ritsos, P. D. & Roberts, J. C., 4 May 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Critical Thinking Sheets: Encouraging critical thought and sketched implementation design
Roberts, J. C. & Ritsos, P. D., May 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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VRIA - A Framework for Immersive Analytics on the Web
Butcher, P., John, N. W. & Ritsos, P. D., 2019, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI'19 Extended Abstracts).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
- 2018
- Published
Creating Small Unit Based Glyph Visualisation
Jackson, J., Ritsos, P. D. & Roberts, J. C., Oct 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Towards a Framework for Immersive Analytics on the Web
Butcher, P., John, N. & Ritsos, P. D., Oct 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Developing a formative visual feedback report for data brokering
Varghese, D., Roberts, J. C. & Ritsos, P. D., 10 Aug 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
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Water4Cities: An ICT platform enabling Holistic Surface Water and Groundwater Management for Sustainable Cities
Rizou, S., Kenda, K., Kofinas, D., Mellios, N., Pergar, P., Ritsos, P. D., Vardakas, J., Kalaboukas, K., Laspidou, C., Senožetnik, M. & Spiropoulou, A., 7 Aug 2018, In: Proceedings. 2, 11, p. 695Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Smart Water Management for Cities
Kenda, K., Rizou, S., Mellios, N., Kofinas, D., Ritsos, P. D., Senozetnik, M. & Laspidou, C., Aug 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
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The Implementation and Validation of a Virtual Environment for Training Powered Wheelchair Manoeuvres
John, N., Pop, S., Day, T., Ritsos, P. D. & Headleand, C., 1 May 2018, In: IEEE Transactions on visualization and computer graphics. 24, 5, p. 1867-1878Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Artificial Life and Intelligent Agents: Second International Symposium, ALIA 2016, Birmingham, UK, June 14-15, 2016, Revised Selected Papers
Lewis, P. (Editor), Headleand, C., Battle, S. (Editor) & Ritsos, P. D. (Editor), Apr 2018, 149 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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The Explanatory Visualization Framework: An active learning framework for teaching creative computing using explanatory visualizations
Roberts, J. C., Ritsos, P. D., Jackson, J. R. & Headleand, C., Jan 2018, In: IEEE Transactions on visualization and computer graphics. 24, 1, p. 971-801 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
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Experience and Guidance for the use of Sketching and low-fidelity Visualisation-design in teaching
Roberts, J. C., Ritsos, P. D. & Headleand, C., 1 Oct 2017, Pedagogy of Data Visualization Workshop, IEEE Conference on Visualization (VIS), Phoenix, Arizona.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Synthetic visualizations in web-based mixed reality
Ritsos, P. D., Mearman, J., Jackson, J. & Roberts, J. C., Oct 2017. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Five Design-Sheets: Creative Design and Sketching for Computing and Visualisation
Roberts, J. C., Headleand, C. & Ritsos, P. D., 6 Jun 2017, 1 ed. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. 333 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Building Immersive Data Visualizations for the Web
Butcher, P. & Ritsos, P. D., 2017, Proceedings of International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW’17). IEEE Computer Society Press, p. 142-145Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Web-based Immersive Analytics in Handheld Augmented Reality
Ritsos, P. D., Jackson, J. & Roberts, J. C., 2017.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
- 2016
- Published
A Cost-Effective Virtual Environment for Simulating and Training Powered Wheelchairs Manoeuvres
Headleand, C., Day, T., Pop, S., Ritsos, P. D. & John, N., Apr 2016, Medicine meets virtual reality 22: Proceedings of NextMed/MMVR22. IOS Press, p. 134-141 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; vol. 220).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Creating Explanatory Visualizations of Algorithms for Active Learning
Roberts, J. C., Jackson, J., Headleand, C. & Ritsos, P. D., 2016. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Immersive Analytics with WebVR and Google Cardboard
Putcher, P. W. S., Roberts, J. C. & Ritsos, P. D., 2016.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
- 2015
- Published
Alternative Representations of 3D-Reconstructed Heritage Data
Miles, H. C., Wilson, A., Labrosse, F., Tiddeman, B., Griffiths, S., Edwards, B., Ritsos, P. D., Mearman, J. W., Moller, K., Karl, R. & Roberts, J. C., 24 Nov 2015, In: Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage. 9, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Contextual network navigation to provide situational awareness for network administrators
Gray, C., Ritsos, P. D. & Roberts, J. C., 2 Nov 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review