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most citedAnalysis of Self-Supervised Learning and Dimensionality Reduction Methods in Clustering-Based Active Learning for Speech Emotion Recognition

11 citations · 21 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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cs.HC2026

TSExplorer: An interactive data annotation and exploration tool for time-series data

Einari Vaaras, Manu Airaksinen, Okko Räsänen

We present TSExplorer, a cross-platform tool for interactive annotation and exploration of time-series data. The tool enables users to inspect high-dimensional datasets through mul…

cs.LG2026

Evaluating Interactive 2D Visualization as a Sample Selection Strategy for Biomedical Time-Series Data Annotation

Einari Vaaras, Manu Airaksinen, Okko Räsänen

Reliable machine-learning models in biomedical settings depend on accurate labels, yet annotating biomedical time-series data remains challenging. Algorithmic sample selection may…

cs.LG2025★ 1 cited

Feature Space Topology Control via Hopkins Loss

Einari Vaaras, Manu Airaksinen

Feature space topology refers to the organization of samples within the feature space. Modifying this topology can be beneficial in machine learning applications, including dimensi…

cs.CL2025

Investigating Affect Mining Techniques for Annotation Sample Selection in the Creation of Finnish Affective Speech Corpus

Kalle Lahtinen, Einari Vaaras, Liisa Mustanoja +1

Study of affect in speech requires suitable data, as emotional expression and perception vary across languages. Until now, no corpus has existed for natural expression of affect in…

cs.LG2024★ 6 cited

PFML: Self-Supervised Learning of Time-Series Data Without Representation Collapse

Einari Vaaras, Manu Airaksinen, Okko Räsänen

Self-supervised learning (SSL) is a data-driven learning approach that utilizes the innate structure of the data to guide the learning process. In contrast to supervised learning,…

cs.LG2023★ 3 cited

Evaluation of self-supervised pre-training for automatic infant movement classification using wearable movement sensors

Einari Vaaras, Manu Airaksinen, Sampsa Vanhatalo +1

The recently-developed infant wearable MAIJU provides a means to automatically evaluate infants' motor performance in an objective and scalable manner in out-of-hospital settings.…

cs.LG2022★ 11 cited

Analysis of Self-Supervised Learning and Dimensionality Reduction Methods in Clustering-Based Active Learning for Speech Emotion Recognition

Einari Vaaras, Manu Airaksinen, Okko Räsänen

When domain experts are needed to perform data annotation for complex machine-learning tasks, reducing annotation effort is crucial in order to cut down time and expenses. For case…

eess.AS2021

Automatic Analysis of the Emotional Content of Speech in Daylong Child-Centered Recordings from a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Einari Vaaras, Sari Ahlqvist-Björkroth, Konstantinos Drossos +1

Researchers have recently started to study how the emotional speech heard by young infants can affect their developmental outcomes. As a part of this research, hundreds of hours of…