Achieving advancements in automatic recognition of emotions that music can induce require considering multiplicity and simultaneity of emotions. Comparison of different machine learning algorithms performing multilabel and multiclass classification is the core of our work. The study analyzes the implementation of the G…
Recently, digital music libraries have been developed and can be plainly accessed. Latest research showed that current organization and retrieval of music tracks based on album information are inefficient. Moreover, they demonstrated that people use emotion tags for music tracks in order to search and retrieve them. In…
Bardo Composer generates tabletop RPG music based on player speech.
problem Creating immersive background music for tabletop RPGs.
method Speech recognition, emotion classification, and music generation using a novel beam search algorithm.
result Generated music pieces can be accurately identified by human subjects as conveying the intended emotion.
New model explains music emotion predictions with visualizable mid-level features.
problem Challenging to quantify and predict music emotion.
method VGG-style deep neural network with mid-level perceptual features.
result Small loss in performance justifies high explainability of predictions.
This study applies variational inference to improve music emotion recognition.
problem Improving understanding and recognition of music emotions.
method Employed variational inference and Bayesian statistics techniques.
result Developed a flexible multivariate model for emotion recognition.
Generates music with video emotion using deep neural networks.
problem Generating music with video emotion.
method Hybrid deep neural network combining ANFIS and LSTM.
result Low mean absolute errors and similar global features in spectrograms.
CNN improves spatiotemporal emotion recognition from EEG during music listening.
problem Improving emotion recognition from EEG signals during music listening.
method Conducted a study on CNN and its spatiotemporal feature extraction for emotion recognition.
result CNN outperforms SVM in leave-one-subject-out cross validation.
Music FaderNets learns high-level musical qualities from low-level attributes.
problem Learning high-level musical qualities from limited data and subjective labels.
method Model low-level attributes through feature disentanglement and latent regularization; infer high-level features from low-level representations using GM-VAEs.
result Model successfully learns intrinsic relationships between high-level features and low-level attributes with minimal labeled data.
Paper teaches robots to play piano with touch and learning.
problem Teaching robots to play piano with touch and emotion.
method Reinforcement learning from scratch with touch-augmented reward and curriculum.
result Robots can play piano with correct key positions and various requirements.
Emotional content is a crucial ingredient in user-generated videos. However, the sparsity of emotional expressions in the videos poses an obstacle to visual emotion analysis. In this paper, we propose a new neural approach, Bi-stream Emotion Attribution-Classification Network (BEAC-Net), to solve three related emotion …
This article provides the first survey of computational models of emotion in reinforcement learning (RL) agents. The survey focuses on agent/robot emotions, and mostly ignores human user emotions. Emotions are recognized as functional in decision-making by influencing motivation and action selection. Therefore, computa…
Study shows stress affects emotion recognition models, improving generalizability.
problem Stress affects emotion recognition models, reducing their generalizability.
method Used adversarial networks to control for stress effects on emotion recognition.
result Emotion recognition models that control for stress during training have better generalizability.
Gait patterns reveal emotions, offering a non-invasive method for automated recognition.
problem Automated emotion recognition from gait patterns.
method Data collection, preprocessing, and classification techniques.
result Gait patterns can indicate different emotion states, making them a promising source for emotion detection.
Project extends emotion recognition database and trains neural networks for categorical and dimensional emotions.
problem Understanding and recognizing emotions for human-computer interaction, safety, and medical research.
method Training CNN + RNN models with emotion category and valence/arousal representations, comparing three model types.
result Categorical emotion recognition performance improves with combined model training.
Study shows emotion affects speaker recognition and vice versa.
problem Dependencies between emotion and speaker recognition.
method Transfer learning and fine-tuning for emotion classification.
result Fine-tuning improves emotion recognition performance by 30.40% on IEMOCAP, 7.99% on MSP-Podcast, and 8.61% on Crema-D.
Deep architecture learns transferable features for robust speech emotion recognition.
problem Robust and discriminative features for diverse speech emotion domains.
method Jointly uses CNN for domain-shared features and LSTM for domain-specific emotion classification.
result Transferable features provide gains up to 18.4% in speech emotion recognition.
EmTract extracts emotions from financial social media text.
problem Understanding investor emotions in financial markets.
method Annotated data, DistilBERT model, embedding space augmentation.
result EmTract outperforms existing emotion classifiers.
This paper presents our approach to the One-Minute Gradual-Emotion Recognition (OMG-Emotion) Challenge, focusing on dimensional emotion recognition through visual analysis of the provided emotion videos. The approach is based on a Convolutional and Recurrent (CNN-RNN) deep neural architecture we have developed for the …
This research improves emotion detection from speech, enhancing CCC by 30%.
problem Improving emotion detection from speech for categorical emotions.
method Used LSTM and TC-LSTM networks, trained with multiple datasets and robust features.
result Improved CCC for valence by 30% compared to baseline.
Emotions are intimately tied to motivation and the adaptation of behavior, and many animal species show evidence of emotions in their behavior. Therefore, emotions must be related to powerful mechanisms that aid survival, and, emotions must be evolutionary continuous phenomena. How and why did emotions evolve in nature…
End-to-end deep learning detects emotions in real-life emergency calls.
problem Recognizing emotions in real-life emergency call center recordings.
method Used an end-to-end deep learning architecture trained on IEMOCAP and CEMO datasets.
result Obtained 45.6% Unweighted Accuracy Recall on CEMO with 4 classes, 76.9% on 2 classes (Anger, Neutral).
We propose a nonparallel data-driven emotional speech conversion method. It enables the transfer of emotion-related characteristics of a speech signal while preserving the speaker's identity and linguistic content. Most existing approaches require parallel data and time alignment, which is not available in most real ap…
New method transfers emotions in facial images.
problem Transforming facial images to different emotions.
method Infinite task learning and vector-valued reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces.
result Achieves low reconstruction cost and high emotion classification accuracy.
StockEmotions dataset for financial sentiment and emotion analysis.
problem Limited resources for financial sentiment analysis.
method Collects 10,000 English comments from StockTwits, categorizes emotions into 12 classes.
result DistilBERT outperforms other models in sentiment classification, and Temporal Attention LSTM model achieves best performance in multivariate time series forecasting.
Investor emotions predict earnings announcements, but excitement lowers returns.
problem The impact of investor emotions on earnings announcements and their returns.
method Social media data analysis over a decade to test the relationship between investor emotions and earnings announcements.
result Excitement about earnings announcements is associated with lower announcement returns.
StarGAN model generates and recognizes emotions from facial expressions.
problem Emotion recognition and generation from facial expressions.
method Used StarGAN model to train on a new emotion dataset of 4K videos.
result Trained StarGAN model can generate and recognize emotions based on valence arousal scores.
Paper proposes a framework to protect user anonymity in emotion recognition.
problem Preserving user anonymity in face-based emotion recognition systems.
method Adversarial learning framework using CNN architecture.
result The proposed approach minimizes identity-specific information and maximizes emotion-dependent information.
Models predict emotional valence from narratives, matching human raters.
problem Predicting emotional valence from multimodal time-series data.
method Adapted attention-based mechanisms (Transformer, Memory Fusion Network) to emotional narratives.
result Models perform well, matching human raters on emotional valence prediction.
MuLan links music audio to natural language tags.
problem Traditional music tagging systems use rigid attributes; MuLan aims to link audio directly to natural language.
method Joint audio-text embedding model trained on 44 million music recordings and text annotations.
result MuLan's embeddings enable zero-shot functionalities and transfer learning.
Generative model evaluates text emotion intensity, outperforming classification.
problem Limitations of discrete emotion classification in applied domains.
method Fine-tuning generative language models to output continuous emotion intensity scores.
result Generative model outperforms classification baselines and reveals generalization capabilities.
Trains word embeddings from music and text data to link music contexts.
problem Varying vocabulary size and musical relevance in word embeddings.
method Combines general text and music-specific data to train word embeddings.
result Trained embeddings better associate music contexts with compositions.
Bayesian model predicts emotion from fitness tracker heartbeat data.
problem Predicting emotional valence from consumer fitness tracker heartbeat data.
method End-to-end Bayesian deep learning model using PPG data.
result Peak F1 score of 0.7 for emotional valence classification.
A key aspect of word of mouth marketing are emotions. Emotions in texts help propagating messages in conventional advertising. In word of mouth scenarios, emotions help to engage consumers and incite to propagate the message further. While the function of emotions in offline marketing in general and word of mouth marke…
End-to-end model detects emotions and predicts Facebook reactions.
problem Detecting emotions and predicting reactions on Facebook posts.
method Jointly learns emotions and reactions using neural model with logic formulas as constraints.
result Model improves both emotion classification and reaction prediction.
Music SketchNet generates missing measures in incomplete music pieces, guided by user input.
problem Generating missing measures in incomplete monophonic musical pieces.
method Introducing SketchVAE for factorized representation of rhythm and pitch, and two discriminative architectures for guided music completion.
result Our approach outperforms state-of-the-art models in both objective and subjective evaluations.
Dual-track model generates classical piano music better than other methods.
problem Generating inter-dependent piano music.
method Dual-track architecture with various neural network models and music representations.
result Proposed model outperforms other methods in evaluation.
Study on mother-infant affect communication using audio recordings.
problem Lack of accurate emotional speech databases for real-life settings.
method Used RAVDESS database and trained a Convolutional Neural Nets model.
result Dominant emotions in mother-infant speech were angry and sad.
Improved speech emotion recognition using pre-trained language models.
problem Challenging task of speech emotion recognition for natural human-machine interaction.
method Fine-tuning pre-trained language models for text emotion recognition, combining with speech emotion recognition.
result 73.5% accuracy in speech emotion recognition on a subset of IEMOCAP dataset.
Music Inpainting is the task of filling in missing or lost information in a piece of music. We investigate this task from an interactive music creation perspective. To this end, a novel deep learning-based approach for musical score inpainting is proposed. The designed model takes both past and future musical context i…
BiLiNGAM model reveals brain emotion circuit development in adolescents.
problem Understanding brain emotion circuit development during adolescence.
method Bayesian incorporated linear non-Gaussian acyclic model (BiLiNGAM) for multiple DAGs estimation.
result BiLiNGAM reveals unique developmental hub structures and group-specific patterns in emotion-related intra- and inter-modular connectivity.
AVEC 2019 challenges AI in detecting depression and cross-cultural emotions.
problem Detecting depression and cross-cultural emotions from audiovisual data.
method Comparison of machine learning methods under standardized conditions.
result Baseline system performance on state-of-mind, depression, and cross-cultural tasks.
A model of music needs to have the ability to recall past details and have a clear, coherent understanding of musical structure. Detailed in the paper is a deep reinforcement learning architecture that predicts and generates polyphonic music aligned with musical rules. The probabilistic model presented is a Bi-axial LS…
We propose a novel approach for the generation of polyphonic music based on LSTMs. We generate music in two steps. First, a chord LSTM predicts a chord progression based on a chord embedding. A second LSTM then generates polyphonic music from the predicted chord progression. The generated music sounds pleasing and harm…
In emotion recognition, it is difficult to recognize human's emotional states using just a single modality. Besides, the annotation of physiological emotional data is particularly expensive. These two aspects make the building of effective emotion recognition model challenging. In this paper, we first build a multi-vie…
Automatically assessing emotional valence in human speech has historically been a difficult task for machine learning algorithms. The subtle changes in the voice of the speaker that are indicative of positive or negative emotional states are often "overshadowed" by voice characteristics relating to emotional intensity …
The study predicts how discussions in mental disorder Reddit communities affect users' emotional states.
problem Improving mental health conditions through social support analysis.
method Text embedding techniques and RNNs for predicting emotional tone shifts.
result Users' emotional states can improve due to social support, as evidenced by positive comments following negative posts.
Study finds social media investor emotions predict stock prices.
problem Validation of social media sentiment models in predicting market behavior.
method Employed EmTract, an emotion model, to test social media sentiment against lab experiments.
result Firm-specific investor emotions forecast daily asset price movements.
Model improves emotion recognition using multiple physiological signals.
problem Single physiological signal is insufficient for accurate emotion recognition.
method Fused multiple modal physiological signals (EEG, EMG, EOG) for emotion classification.
result Best classification accuracy of 94.42% on arousal and 94.02% on valence in two-class tasks.