The incorporation of modern technologies into education has transformed how learning is seen and assessed, with a rising emphasis on understanding student behavior using facial expression recognition (FER). Recognizing students' emotional and cognitive states can provide vital insights into their engagement and learning styles, allowing teachers to adjust their teaching tactics in real time. Traditional machine learning algorithms have been used to solve this problem, but they frequently struggle with the complexity of facial expressions and big datasets, resulting in limitations in accuracy and processing efficiency. This study explores the potential of quantum computing in addressing these challenges through the development of a Deep Quantum Convolutional Neural Network (QCNN) architecture. By combining the advanced image processing capabilities of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with the computational power of quantum features such as superposition and entanglement, we aim to enhance the detection of facial expressions that reflect students' engagement, concentration, frustration, and satisfaction. Finally, the result demonstrates a classification accuracy of 91.58
The incorporation of modern technologies into education has transformed how learning is seen and assessed, with a rising emphasis on understanding student behavior using facial expression recognition (FER). Recognizing students' emotional and cognitive states can provide vital insights into their engagement and learning styles, allowing teachers to adjust their teaching tactics in real time. Traditional machine learning algorithms have been used to solve this problem, but they frequently struggle with the complexity of facial expressions and big datasets, resulting in limitations in accuracy and processing efficiency. This study explores the potential of quantum computing in addressing these challenges through the development of a Deep Quantum Convolutional Neural Network (QCNN) architecture. By combining the advanced image processing capabilities of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with the computational power of quantum features such as superposition and entanglement, we aim to enhance the detection of facial expressions that reflect students' engagement, concentration, frustration, and satisfaction. Finally, the result demonstrates a classification accuracy of 91.58
The rapid growth of online education has emphasized the importance of maintaining active student engagement to ensure effective learning outcomes.Traditional engagement detection methods use manual observation and they are time-consuming for large-scale datasets.This research presents a quantum-enhanced facial engagement recognition (Q-FER) system to overcome these constraints.This framework is inspired by the principles of quantum machine learning (QML).The suggested system merges the advantages of traditional deep learning (DL) and quantum computing (QC) by utilizing DL methods for feature extraction and employing a quantum convolutional neural network (QCNN) for classification.This approach utilizes quantum principles (QP) such as entanglement and superposition which enable the model to analyze numerous data patterns simultaneously.The dataset comprises 2.120 facial images of students captured during virtual classes.These images are classified into six emotional states, which are again categorized into two engagement levels: engaged and not engaged.The model employs Z-score normalization along with data augmentation methods to enhance generalization and minimize sensitivity to changes in lighting, orientation and facial expressions.Experimental results show that the Q-FER achieves a classification accuracy of 99.76%, significantly outperforming traditional convolutional neural networks (CNN).These results underscore the promise of quantum-assisted deep learning systems for analyzing real-time engagement in e-learning.
In the field of image processing, a well-known model is the Convolutional Neural Network, or CNN. The unique benefit that sets this model apart is its exceptional ability to use the correlation information included in the data. Even with their amazing accomplishment, conventional CNNs could have trouble improving further in terms of generalization, accuracy, and computing economy. However, it could be challenging to train CNN correctly and process information quickly if the model or data dimensions are too large. This is since it will cause the data processing to lag. The Quantum Convolutional Neural Network, or QCNN for short, is a novel proposed quantum solution that might either enhance the functionality of an existing learning model or solve a problem requiring the combination of quantum computing with CNN. To highlight the flexibility and versatility of quantum circuits in improving feature extraction capabilities, this paper compares deep quantum circuit architecture designed for image-based tasks with classical Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and a novel quantum circuit architecture. The covidx-cxr4 dataset was used to train quantum-CNN models, and their results were compared against those of other models. The results show that when paired with innovative feature extraction methods, the suggested deep Quantum Convolutional Neural Network (QCNN) outperformed the conventional CNN in terms of processing speed and recognition accuracy. Even though it required more processing time, QCNN outperformed CNN in terms of recognition accuracy. When training on the covidx-cxr4 dataset, this dominance becomes much more apparent, demonstrating how deeper quantum computing has the potential to completely transform image classification problems.
Facial expression recognition (FER) underpins applications in affective computing but remains challenged by computational cost and the ambiguity of compound emotions. We introduce a Hybrid-Quantum Convolutional Neural Network (HQ-CNN) that integrates quantum principles (superposition, entanglement) into a classical CNN pipeline to enhance representational power and efficiency. Evaluated on the Real-World Affective Faces Database (RAF-DB), the HQ-CNN improves accuracy by 4.60% on basic emotions and 4.47% on compound emotions, while reducing computation time by up to 22.11% and 6.20%, respectively, relative to a VGG16 baseline. Confusion-matrix analysis shows fewer misclassifications on challenging compound categories, indicating better separation of overlapping affective cues. These results support the use of quantum-enhanced architectures as a viable path toward robust, real-time FER systems.
The purpose of this work is to analyze how new technologies can enhance clinical practice while also examining the physical traits of emotional expressiveness of face expression in a number of psychiatric illnesses. Hence, in this work, an automatic facial expression recognition system has been proposed that analyzes static, sequential, or video facial images from medical healthcare data to detect emotions in people's facial regions. The proposed method has been implemented in five steps. The first step is image preprocessing, where a facial region of interest has been segmented from the input image. The second component includes a classical deep feature representation and the quantum part that involves successive sets of quantum convolutional layers followed by random quantum variational circuits for feature learning. Here, the proposed system has attained a faster training approach using the proposed quantum convolutional neural network approach that takes [Formula: see text] time. In contrast, the classical convolutional neural network models have [Formula: see text] time. Additionally, some performance improvement techniques, such as image augmentation, fine-tuning, matrix normalization, and transfer learning methods, have been applied to the recognition system. Finally, the scores due to classical and quantum deep learning models are fused to improve the performance of the proposed method. Extensive experimentation with Karolinska-directed emotional faces (KDEF), Static Facial Expressions in the Wild (SFEW 2.0), and Facial Expression Recognition 2013 (FER-2013) benchmark databases and compared with other state-of-the-art methods that show the improvement of the proposed system.
Micro-expression recognition has emerged as a critical area of study in affective computing, with significant applications in psychological analysis, security, and human-computer interaction. However, traditional methods often struggle to accurately capture and interpret subtle, rapid, and gender-specific facial micro-expressions due to challenges such as noise, limited datasets, and variations in expression intensity. This paper introduces an innovative approach, the Error-Corrected Quantum Convolutional Neural Network (EQCNN), to address these challenges and enhance the recognition of gender-based micro-expressions. The proposed EQCNN leverages the principles of quantum computing, incorporating error detection and correction mechanisms within its architecture. By employing quantum unitary gates, Hadamard gates, and CNOT gates, the model ensures data integrity and mitigates the effects of quantum decoherence. Additionally, the framework utilizes a 3π/2 phase shift and logical qubits to correct errors dynamically, optimizing the representation of micro-expression features. To validate the effectiveness of EQCNN, the model was evaluated on a gender-annotated micro-expression dataset. The results demonstrate outstanding performance, achieving an accuracy of 99.3%, an F1-score of 98.9%, a precision of 96.7%, and a recall of 98.4%. Comparative analyses show that EQCNN significantly outperforms classical and quantum-enhanced models, particularly in capturing subtle gender-specific nuances in facial expressions. The findings of this study not only advance the field of micro-expression recognition but also underline the potential of quantum computing in real-world applications requiring high precision and robustness. The proposed EQCNN framework is generalizable and can be extended to other domains involving complex image classification tasks, offering a powerful tool for tackling challenges in quantum-enhanced machine learning.
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are extensively utilized for image classification due to their ability to exploit data correlations effectively. However, traditional CNNs encounter several challenges, including limitations in accuracy improvement, computational efficiency, explain ability, and generalization. As data dimensionality or model complexity increases, CNNs often become more difficult to train efficiently, leading to slower processing times. To overcome these challenges, Quantum Convolutional Neural Networks (QCNNs) offer a promising quantum-based approach to enhance existing models, particularly by improving training efficiency and reducing processing times. This paper provides a comparative analysis of classical CNNs and a novel quantum circuit architecture tailored for image-based tasks. The analysis emphasizes the adaptability and potential of quantum circuits to enhance feature extraction, recognition accuracy, and processing efficiency.We applied various QCNN architectures to the Chinese-MNIST dataset and compared their performance with traditional CNN models. Although QCNNs achieved slightly lower accuracy, they demonstrated significantly greater stability. These findings high- light QCNNs’ potential to overcome the computational limitations of conventional deep learning, offering a promising pathway for quantum-enhanced solutions in computer vision. Future work will focus on refining quantum circuit designs, developing hybrid quantum-classical models, and extending QCNN applications to larger and more diverse datasets.