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

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Prototyping 3D haptic data visualizations

    Panëels, S. A., Ritsos, P. D., Rodgers, P. J. & Roberts, J. C., 9 Feb 2013, In: Computers and Graphics. 37, 3, p. 179-192

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Personal Visualisation for Learning

    Roberts, J. C., Headleand, C., Perkins, D. & Ritsos, P. D., 2015, p. 4.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  4. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Mixed Reality - A paradigm for perceiving synthetic spaces

    Ritsos, P. D., Jan 2014, Real Virtuality: About the Destruction and Multiplication of World. Reiche, M. & Gehmann, U. (eds.). Transcript Verlag, p. 283-310

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  6. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Accepted/In press

    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., 12 Feb 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Interpreting in Virtual Reality: designing and developing a 3D virtual world to prepare interpreters and their clients for professional practice

    Braun, S., Slater, C., Gittins, R., Ritsos, P. D. & Roberts, J. C., 2013, New Prospects and Perspectives for Educating Language Mediators. Kiraly, D., Hansen-Schirra, S. & Maksymski, K. (eds.). Tuebingen : Gunter Narr, p. 93-120 28 p.

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

  9. Published

    Interactive visual analytics of hydrodynamic flux for the coastal zone

    George, R. L., Robins, P. E., Davies, A. G., Ritsos, P. D. & Roberts, J. C., 7 May 2014, In: Environmental Earth Sciences. 71, 10, p. 3733-3766

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Interactive Oceanographic Visualization using spatially-aggregated Parallel Coordinate Plots: In EuroVis 2014 Poster

    George, R., Ritsos, P. D. & Roberts, J. C., 9 Jun 2014. 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  11. 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 conferencePosterpeer-review

  12. Published

    Immersive Analytics with WebVR and Google Cardboard

    Putcher, P. W. S., Roberts, J. C. & Ritsos, P. D., 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterpeer-review

  13. Published

    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/ReportBook

  14. Published

    Exploratory Visualization through Copy, Cut and Paste

    Roberts, J. C., Walker, R., Roberts, L., Laramee, R. S. & Ritsos, P. D., 2014. 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  15. Published

    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 proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. Published

    Creating Small Unit Based Glyph Visualisation

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterpeer-review