Classification Of Multi-Class Face Expression Using Modification Of VGG-16 Model

Abstract

In the era of modern technology, facial recognition has become an important application in various fields, such as security, education and health. One method used to recognize faces is a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), specifically the VGG-16 architecture which is known for its consistent performance. But even though CNN can recognize faces, its accuracy in recognizing faces is inadequate. This research aims to increase the accuracy of facial expression classification so that it is more optimal by modifying the CNN VGG-16 architecture. This research uses GridSearch techniques, K-Fold Cross Validation, and utilizes multiple datasets. The dataset used consists of two image datasets, namely SMIC and SAMM facial-micro expressions, each of which has been normalized and converted to a grayscale scale measuring 48x48 pixels. The GridSearch process is applied to optimize parameters such as the number of filters, learning rate, dropout rate, activation function, and batch size. The K-Fold Cross Validation technique with five folds was used to ensure the generalization of the model to new data. The research results show that this modification is able to achieve validation accuracy of up to 98.31% in the training process, showing a significant improvement compared to the standard method. And showed an increase in accuracy in testing of 98.04% in research.