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. Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. 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

  3. Conference contribution › Research › Peer-reviewed
  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  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

    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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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