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 

My research interests revolve around he domain of human-computer interaction (HCI) and include mixed/augmented and virtual reality (XR), information visualization (InfoVis), visual analytics (VA) and wearable computing (WearComp). You can find more information below, in the research interests section.

I am particularly interested in potential synergies between these fields within different flavours of human-data interaction, such as beyond-the-desktop visualization and immersive analytics.

The above research topics can be explored in a variety of application domains, including Ocean Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Nuclear Sciences, Cultural Heritage, Learning and Education, Transport and Computer Games. 

  1. Published

    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 conferencePosterpeer-review

  2. Published

    Creating Small Unit Based Glyph Visualisation

    Jackson, J., Ritsos, P. D. & Roberts, J. C., Oct 2018.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterpeer-review

  3. Published

    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). IEEE

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  4. Published

    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 proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  5. Published

    Critical Thinking Sheets: Encouraging critical thought and sketched implementation design

    Roberts, J. C. & Ritsos, P. D., May 2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  6. Published

    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 proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  7. Published

    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. 568-578

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Developing a formative visual feedback report for data brokering

    Varghese, D., Roberts, J. C. & Ritsos, P. D., 10 Aug 2018.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceOtherpeer-review

  9. Accepted/In press

    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., 7 Aug 2023, (Accepted/In press) HybridUI (ISMAR 2023): 1st Workshop on Hybrid User Interfaces: Complementary Interfaces for Mixed Reality Interaction.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  10. 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 Association

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review