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), and visual analytics (VA). 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 and situated 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. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    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. 695

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  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. Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
  7. Published

    Training Interpreters Using Virtual Worlds

    Ritsos, P. D., Gittins, R., Braun, S., Slater, C. & Roberts, J. C., 2013, Transactions on Computational Science XVIII. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Vol. 7848. p. 21-40

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  8. Conference contribution › Research › Peer-reviewed
  9. 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 proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  10. Published

    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 proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  11. Published

    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. 142-145

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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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