Differential Evolution Algorithm Based Hyper-Parameters Selection of Convolutional Neural Network for Speech Command Recognition

Abstract

Speech Command Recognition (SCR), which deals with identification of short uttered speech commands, is crucial for various applications, including IoT devices and assistive technology. Despite the promise shown by Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) in SCR tasks, their efficacy relies heavily on hyperparameter selection, which is typically laborious and time-consuming when done manually. This paper introduces a hyperparameter selection method for CNNs based on the Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm, aiming to enhance performance in SCR tasks. Training and testing with the Google Speech Command (GSC) dataset, the proposed approach showed effectiveness in classifying speech commands. Moreover, a comparative analysis with Genetic Algorithm-based selections and other deep CNN (DCNN) models highlighted the efficiency of the proposed DE algorithm in hyperparameter selection for CNNs in SCR tasks.