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New AI model CALM-AH improves recognition of ambivalence and hesitancy in videos

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Researchers have developed CALM-AH, a multimodal ensemble system designed to recognize ambivalence and hesitancy in video interviews. The system integrates textual, acoustic, visual, and behavioral-statistical features, employing a novel Reliability-Gated Multi-Expert Consensus (RG-MEC) approach. This method combines an initial prediction with three correction experts, only overriding the default prediction if all correction experts unanimously agree on an alternative class, thereby limiting isolated errors while allowing for consistent bidirectional correction. CALM-AH achieved a Macro-F1 score of 0.7525, and the full RG-MEC system reached 0.7771 on the ABAW11 dataset. AI

IMPACT This research introduces a novel ensemble method for recognizing subtle human emotional states in video, potentially improving human-AI interaction and analysis tools.

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New AI model CALM-AH improves recognition of ambivalence and hesitancy in videos

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Wenzhuo Sun, Mingjian Liang, Richard Attfield, Zongyuan Ge, Xuelian Cheng, Pamela Carreno-Medrano ·

    CALM-AH: An ABAW11-Calibrated Multimodal Ensemble with Reliability-Gated Multi-Expert Consensus for Video-Level Ambivalence and Hesitancy Recognition

    arXiv:2607.29310v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Ambivalence and hesitancy (A/H) are subtle behavioural states that may be expressed through language, voice, facial activity, and other non-verbal cues. The ABAW11 A/H Video Recognition Challenge asks systems to assign a binary A/H …

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