Harnessing Deep Neural Networks for Facial Age Estimation and Emotion Detection

Abstract

Recent advances in deep learning have dramatically improved facial analysis by enabling precise age prediction and emotion detection. This paper presents a robust framework that harnesses advanced deep neural networks to process facial images in real time. Our approach incorporates key pre-processing steps—such as facial landmark detection, normalization, and data augmentation—to improve model robustness against diverse imaging conditions. By exploiting transfer learning from pre-trained models like VGG16, ResNet, and EfficientNet, we optimize feature extraction and accelerate training on large facial datasets. This framework is enhanced with Python libraries such as OpenCV and keras.