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Imbalanced datasets are commonplace in modern machine learning problems. The presence of under-represented classes or groups with sensitive attributes results in concerns about generalization and fairness. Such concerns are further…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-05 Mingchen Li , Xuechen Zhang , Christos Thrampoulidis , Jiasi Chen , Samet Oymak

Federated learning (FL) aims to collaboratively train a shared model across multiple clients without transmitting their local data. Data heterogeneity is a critical challenge in realistic FL settings, as it causes significant performance…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-15 Yuwei Wang , Runhan Li , Hao Tan , Xuefeng Jiang , Sheng Sun , Min Liu , Bo Gao , Zhiyuan Wu

We tackle the problem of Federated Learning in the non i.i.d. case, in which local models drift apart, inhibiting learning. Building on an analogy with Lifelong Learning, we adapt a solution for catastrophic forgetting to Federated…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-18 Neta Shoham , Tomer Avidor , Aviv Keren , Nadav Israel , Daniel Benditkis , Liron Mor-Yosef , Itai Zeitak

Federated learning allows multiple clients to collaboratively train a model without exchanging their data, thus preserving data privacy. Unfortunately, it suffers significant performance degradation due to heterogeneous data at clients.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-19 Tailin Zhou , Jun Zhang , Danny H. K. Tsang

Federated Learning (FL) is a method for training machine learning models using distributed data sources. It ensures privacy by allowing clients to collaboratively learn a shared global model while storing their data locally. However, a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Manh Duong Nguyen , Trung Thanh Nguyen , Huy Hieu Pham , Trong Nghia Hoang , Phi Le Nguyen , Thanh Trung Huynh

Automatic segmentation methods are an important advancement in medical image analysis. Machine learning techniques, and deep neural networks in particular, are the state-of-the-art for most medical image segmentation tasks. Issues with…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-25 Michael Yeung , Evis Sala , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb , Leonardo Rundo

Federated Learning (FL) is a collaborative method for training models while preserving data privacy in decentralized settings. However, FL encounters challenges related to data heterogeneity, which can result in performance degradation. In…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Seongyoon Kim , Gihun Lee , Jaehoon Oh , Se-Young Yun

The cross-entropy softmax loss is the primary loss function used to train deep neural networks. On the other hand, the focal loss function has been demonstrated to provide improved performance when there is an imbalance in the number of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-06-17 Leslie N. Smith

Credit risk forecasting plays a crucial role for commercial banks and other financial institutions in granting loans to customers and minimise the potential loss. However, traditional machine learning methods require the sharing of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Shuyao Zhang , Jordan Tay , Pedro Baiz

Federated Learning (FL) has become a popular distributed learning paradigm that involves multiple clients training a global model collaboratively in a data privacy-preserving manner. However, the data samples usually follow a long-tailed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-27 Wenkai Yang , Deli Chen , Hao Zhou , Fandong Meng , Jie Zhou , Xu Sun

Class imbalance remains a significant challenge in machine learning, particularly for tabular data classification tasks. While Gradient Boosting Decision Trees (GBDT) models have proven highly effective for such tasks, their performance can…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-22 Jiaqi Luo , Yuan Yuan , Shixin Xu

Simultaneous segmentation of multiple organs from different medical imaging modalities is a crucial task as it can be utilized for computer-aided diagnosis, computer-assisted surgery, and therapy planning. Thanks to the recent advances in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-09-16 Saeid Asgari Taghanaki , Yefeng Zheng , S. Kevin Zhou , Bogdan Georgescu , Puneet Sharma , Daguang Xu , Dorin Comaniciu , Ghassan Hamarneh

Federated learning has allowed the training of statistical models over remote devices without the transfer of raw client data. In practice, training in heterogeneous and large networks introduce novel challenges in various aspects like…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-17 Dipankar Sarkar , Sumit Rai , Ankur Narang

Federated learning (FL) has attracted significant attention for enabling collaborative learning without exposing private data. Among the primary variants of FL, vertical federated learning (VFL) addresses feature-partitioned data held by…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Kihun Hong , Sejun Park , Ganguk Hwang

Machine learning in medical research, by nature, needs careful attention on obeying the regulations of data privacy, making it difficult to train a machine learning model over gathered data from different medical centers. Failure of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-19 Jun Luo , Shandong Wu

Crop disease detection and classification is a critical challenge in agriculture, with major implications for productivity, food security, and environmental sustainability. While deep learning models such as CNN and ViT have shown excellent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-30 Denis Mamba Kabala , Adel Hafiane , Laurent Bobelin , Raphael Canals

Federated Learning (FL) marks a transformative approach to distributed model training by combining locally optimized models from various clients into a unified global model. While FL preserves data privacy by eliminating centralized…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Pranab Sahoo , Ashutosh Tripathi , Sriparna Saha , Samrat Mondal

Federated learning (FL) systems are susceptible to attacks from malicious actors who might attempt to corrupt the training model through various poisoning attacks. FL also poses new challenges in addressing group bias, such as ensuring fair…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-08 Viktor Valadi , Xinchi Qiu , Pedro Porto Buarque de Gusmão , Nicholas D. Lane , Mina Alibeigi

Many existing federated learning (FL) algorithms are designed for supervised learning tasks, assuming that the local data owned by the clients are well labeled. However, in many practical situations, it could be difficult and expensive to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-02 Zhiguo Wang , Xintong Wang , Ruoyu Sun , Tsung-Hui Chang

Federated Learning (FL) commonly relies on a central server to coordinate training across distributed clients. While effective, this paradigm suffers from significant communication overhead, impacting overall training efficiency. To…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Jungwon Seo , Minhoe Kim , Chunming Rong