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. E-pub ahead of print

    Evaluating View Management for Situated Visualization in Web-based Handheld AR

    Batch, A., Shin, S., Liu, J., Butcher, P., Ritsos, P. D. & Elmqvist, N., 27 Jun 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Computer Graphics Forum. 42, 3, p. 349-360 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  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

    Critical Thinking Sheets: Encouraging critical thought and sketched implementation design

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Published

    Creating Small Unit Based Glyph Visualisation

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterpeer-review