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Recent work has shown that 8-bit floating point (FP8) can be used for efficiently training neural networks with reduced computational cost compared to training in FP32/FP16. In this work, we investigate the use of FP8 training in a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Bokun Wang , Axel Berg , Durmus Alp Emre Acar , Chuteng Zhou

This paper considers improving wireless communication and computation efficiency in federated learning (FL) via model quantization. In the proposed bitwidth FL scheme, edge devices train and transmit quantized versions of their local FL…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-12 Sihua Wang , Mingzhe Chen , Christopher G. Brinton , Changchuan Yin , Walid Saad , Shuguang Cui

With the rapid expansion of edge devices, such as IoT devices, where crucial data needed for machine learning applications is generated, it becomes essential to promote their participation in privacy-preserving Federated Learning (FL)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-03 Hongrui Shi , Valentin Radu , Po Yang

Federated learning (FL) enables distributed learning across edge devices while protecting data privacy. However, the learning accuracy decreases due to the heterogeneity of devices' data, and the computation and communication latency…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Xiaonan Liu , Tharmalingam Ratnarajah , Mathini Sellathurai , Yonina C. Eldar

Federated learning (FL) refers to the learning paradigm that trains machine learning models directly in the decentralized systems consisting of smart edge devices without transmitting the raw data, which avoids the heavy communication costs…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-17 Xin Yao , Lifeng Sun

Federated learning (FL) is an effective paradigm for enhancing the learning capability of edge devices while preserving data privacy. In geographically dispersed FL systems, such as sensor networks in remote areas, unmanned aerial vehicles…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Shiqian Guo , Jianqing Liu , Beatriz Lorenzo

In this paper we propose the federated learning algorithm Fed-PLT to overcome the challenges of (i) expensive communications and (ii) privacy preservation. We address (i) by allowing for both partial participation and local training, which…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Nicola Bastianello , Changxin Liu , Karl H. Johansson

Federated learning (FL) enables distributed model training from local data collected by users. In distributed systems with constrained resources and potentially high dynamics, e.g., mobile edge networks, the efficiency of FL is an important…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-19 Shiqiang Wang , Jake Perazzone , Mingyue Ji , Kevin S. Chan

Federated Learning (FL) enables participant devices to collaboratively train deep learning models without sharing their data with the server or other devices, effectively addressing data privacy and computational concerns. However, FL faces…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Asadullah Tariq , Tariq Qayyum , Mohamed Adel Serhani , Farag Sallabi , Ikbal Taleb , Ezedin S. Barka

Federated learning in vehicular edge networks faces major challenges in efficient resource allocation, largely due to high vehicle mobility and the presence of imperfect channel state information. Many existing methods oversimplify these…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-04 Metehan Karatas , Subhrakanti Dey , Christian Rohner , Jose Mairton Barros da Silva

Emerging real-time computer vision (CV) applications on wireless edge devices demand energy-efficient and privacy-preserving learning. Federated learning (FL) enables on-device training without raw data sharing, yet remains challenging in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Xiangwang Hou , Jingjing Wang , Fangming Guan , Jun Du , Chunxiao Jiang , Yong Ren

Federated learning (FL) allows model training from local data collected by edge/mobile devices while preserving data privacy, which has wide applicability to image and vision applications. A challenge is that client devices in FL usually…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-07 Yuang Jiang , Shiqiang Wang , Victor Valls , Bong Jun Ko , Wei-Han Lee , Kin K. Leung , Leandros Tassiulas

Federated learning (FL) offers new opportunities in machine learning, particularly in addressing data privacy concerns. In contrast to conventional event-based federated learning, time-triggered federated learning (TT-Fed), as a general…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Xinlu Zhang , Yansha Deng , Toktam Mahmoodi

Federated Learning (FL) has evolved as a promising technique to handle distributed machine learning across edge devices. A single neural network (NN) that optimises a global objective is generally learned in most work in FL, which could be…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-10 Sawan Singh Mahara , Shruti M. , B. N. Bharath , Akash Murthy

This paper proposes a vehicular edge federated learning (VEFL) solution, where an edge server leverages highly mobile connected vehicles' (CVs') onboard central processing units (CPUs) and local datasets to train a global model. Convergence…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-25 Md Ferdous Pervej , Richeng Jin , Huaiyu Dai

Federated Learning (FL) enables multiple resource-constrained edge devices with varying levels of heterogeneity to collaboratively train a global model. However, devices with limited capacity can create bottlenecks and slow down model…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Afsaneh Mahanipour , Hana Khamfroush

With the increasing number and enhanced capabilities of IoT devices in smart buildings, these devices are evolving beyond basic data collection and control to actively participate in deep learning tasks. Federated Learning (FL), as a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Heqiang Wang , Xiang Liu , Yucheng Liu , Jia Zhou , Weihong Yang , Xiaoxiong Zhong

Federated Learning (FL) has recently received a lot of attention for large-scale privacy-preserving machine learning. However, high communication overheads due to frequent gradient transmissions decelerate FL. To mitigate the communication…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-27 Milad Khademi Nori , Sangseok Yun , Il-Min Kim

In this letter, we study a wireless federated learning (FL) system where network pruning is applied to local users with limited resources. Although pruning is beneficial to reduce FL latency, it also deteriorates learning performance due to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Jianyang Ren , Wanli Ni , Hui Tian

Federated learning is a popular collaborative learning approach that enables clients to train a global model without sharing their local data. Vertical federated learning (VFL) deals with scenarios in which the data on clients have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-31 Jingwei Sun , Ziyue Xu , Dong Yang , Vishwesh Nath , Wenqi Li , Can Zhao , Daguang Xu , Yiran Chen , Holger R. Roth