Aware Loss
Aware losses are a class of loss functions designed to improve the performance of machine learning models by incorporating additional information beyond standard prediction errors. Current research focuses on tailoring these losses to specific challenges, such as preserving emotional content in voice conversion (using models like StarGAN variants) or handling imbalanced datasets in medical risk prediction. This approach addresses limitations of traditional loss functions, leading to more robust and accurate models in various applications, including speech processing, facial expression recognition, and medical diagnosis. The development of aware losses represents a significant advancement in improving model performance and addressing inherent biases in data.
Papers
StarGAN-VC++: Towards Emotion Preserving Voice Conversion Using Deep Embeddings
Arnab Das, Suhita Ghosh, Tim Polzehl, Sebastian Stober
Emo-StarGAN: A Semi-Supervised Any-to-Many Non-Parallel Emotion-Preserving Voice Conversion
Suhita Ghosh, Arnab Das, Yamini Sinha, Ingo Siegert, Tim Polzehl, Sebastian Stober