A Framework for Facial Image Analytics Using Deep Learning in Social Sciences Research

Stuart J. Barnes*, Richard Rutter

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Recent advances in artificial intelligence have provided exciting new tools for scientific research that have been applied in many domains, including medicine, engineering, finance, the physical sciences, and online consumer analytics. Although text analytics is now quite a mature approach, image analytics is still developing as research approach and its use is not widespread in the social sciences, particularly owing to the specialized knowledge required in visualization and machine learning. In this paper, we demonstrate how facial image analytics research can be expedited in the social sciences by introducing a simple research framework for integrating facial image classification data into studies. We explain the steps of the framework, including data collection, processing, collation, and analysis. This is accompanied by an example piece of research examining the influence of hosts’ facial expressions on review scores in Airbnb.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDigital Economy. Emerging Technologies and Business Innovation - 4th International Conference, ICDEc 2019, Proceedings
EditorsRim Jallouli, Mohamed Anis Bach Tobji, Deny Bélisle, Sehl Mellouli, Farid Abdallah, Ibrahim Osman
PublisherSPRINGER
Pages315-320
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783030308735
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019
Event4th International Conference on Digital Economy, ICDEc 2019 - Beirut, Lebanon
Duration: 15 Apr 201918 Apr 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume358
ISSN (Print)1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)1865-1356

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Digital Economy, ICDEc 2019
Country/TerritoryLebanon
CityBeirut
Period15/04/201918/04/2019

Keywords

  • Classification
  • Data fusion
  • Deep learning
  • Faces
  • Social sciences

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