title: Interactive Visual Profiling of Musicians.
abstract: Determining similar objects based upon the features of an object of interest is a common task for visual analytics systems. This process is called profiling, if the object of interest is a person with individual attributes. The profiling of musicians similar to a musician of interest with the aid of visual means became an interesting research question for musicologists working with the Bavarian Musicians Encyclopedia Online. This paper illustrates the development of a visual analytics profiling system that is used to address such research questions. Taking musicological knowledge into account, we outline various steps of our collaborative digital humanities project, priority (1) the definition of various measures to determine the similarity of musicians' attributes, and (2) the design of an interactive profiling system that supports musicologists in iteratively determining similar musicians. The utility of the profiling system is emphasized by various usage scenarios illustrating current research questions in musicology.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Janicke
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Focht
authors.forename: Gerik
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scheuermann
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music / Q000266:history*; D060756:Social Networking