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Interactive Visual Profiling of Musicians

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DOI:10.1109/TVCG.2015.2467620
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Authors: Janicke Stefan / Focht Josef / Scheuermann Gerik

Extracted Abstract:

— Determining similar objects based upon the features of an object of interest is a common task for visual analytics systems. This process is calledprofiling, 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. Index Terms—visual analytics, profiling system, musicians database visualization, digital humanities, musicology 1

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