Journal of Innovation Information Technology and Application (JINITA)
Vol 7 No 2 (2025): JINITA, December 2025

Comparison Method of Convolutional Neural Network and Support Vector Machine for Facial Expression Recognition

Imam Riadi (Department of Information System, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta)
Restu Prima Yudha (Universitas Ahmad Dahlan)
Abdul Fadlil (Departement of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2025

Abstract

Facial expressions are an important component of nonverbal communication that enable humans to understand each other's emotional states intuitively. Although humans can easily recognize expressions such as smiles or frowns, replicating this ability in computational systems remains a complex challenge. Therefore, an automated system capable of accurately and efficiently identifying facial expressions is needed. This research aims to compare the accuracy of CNN and SVM methods in facial expression recognition using the JAFFE dataset, which is limited to one demographic (Japanese women) with 284 images (80% for training, 10% for validation, and 10% for testing). CNN extracts features through convolution and pooling processes, while SVM is used as a classification algorithm based on statistical learning. The recognition process is divided into three main stages: data preprocessing, feature extraction, and facial expression classification. The system recognizes seven emotional categories: anger, disgust, fear, happiness, neutral, sadness, and surprise. Results show that CNN outperforms SVM with an accuracy of 86%, while SVM achieves 81%. The limitations of the dataset may affect generalizability, and further research can use larger, more diverse datasets

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jinita

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Engineering

Description

Software Engineering, Mobile Technology and Applications, Robotics, Database System, Information Engineering, Interactive Multimedia, Computer Networking, Information System, Computer Architecture, Embedded System, Computer Security, Digital Forensic Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual/Augmented ...