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However, the BILSTM network's performance depends largely on its hyperparameters, which is a challenge for optimization.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this paper, a Northern Goshawk optimization (NGO) algorithm is proposed to optimize the hyperparameters of BILSTM network for facial expression recognition. The proposed methods were evaluated and compared with other methods on the FER2013, FERplus and RAF-DB datasets, taking into account factors such as cultural background, race and gender.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The results show that the recognition accuracy of the model on FER2013 and FERPlus data sets is much higher than that of the traditional VGG16 network. 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