Convolutional Emotion

Abstract

1. Introduction

A deep convolutional neural network system for live emotion detection

Execute emotionclassification.py to produce features files from the dataset and to save a classifier. You might want to change the path to the Haar cascade files from OpenCV (the scripts assume they're in the same folder, so you can just copy them in there too).

Paper about the system available on arXiv.org: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1408.3750v1.pdf

2. Objective

A deep convolutional neural network system for live emotion detection

This project demonstrates how Python, Deep Learning, OpenCV can be applied to a real-world AI & Machine Learning problem.

4. Technology Stack

5. System Requirements

General requirements for this technology stack — check the README for exact versions.

• Python 3.8 or later
• pip / virtualenv for dependencies
• VS Code, PyCharm or Jupyter Notebook
• Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/Zebreu/ConvolutionalEmotion.git
cd ConvolutionalEmotion

Full setup instructions are in the project README.

7. Future Enhancements

Suggested extensions you can add to make this your own project.

• Deploy the model as a web app with Streamlit, Flask or FastAPI
• Compare against an additional model and report the metric difference
• Add explainability (SHAP / Grad-CAM)

8. Viva / Review Questions

Common questions examiners ask for projects in this domain.

1. What dataset does the project use and how was it pre-processed?
2. Which algorithm / model architecture is used and why was it chosen over alternatives?
3. How are training and testing data split, and how is overfitting avoided?
4. Which evaluation metrics (accuracy, precision, recall, F1) are reported and what do they mean here?
5. How would you deploy this model for real users?

9. Source Code & License

This project is developed by Zebreu and published on GitHub under the MIT License. Please follow the license terms and credit the original author when you use or modify this code.