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Specific functionalities of the current version of V-GRAFFER include processes for data collection, lecture experiments under real conditions, algorithms for sample auto-extraction, and optimized approaches. These functionalities allowed the collection of data of various educational events under real conditions and the creation of flexible databases of appropriate samples for drawing conclusions with regard to emotion detection of groups of people. Furthermore, we devised and implemented innovative algorithms to identify and classify group samples from recorded educational events. These algorithms have been evaluated and improved via continuous cycles of development-testing-evaluation in a variety of experiments. 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