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Blockchain-enabled federated learning (BCFL) addresses fundamental challenges of trust, privacy, and coordination in collaborative AI systems. This chapter provides comprehensive architectural analysis of BCFL systems through a systematic…

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Federated learning (FL) is emerging as a sought-after distributed machine learning architecture, offering the advantage of model training without direct exposure of raw data. With advancements in network infrastructure, FL has been…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-10-17 Xiao Li , Weili Wu

Motivated by the heterogeneous nature of devices participating in large-scale Federated Learning (FL) optimization, we focus on an asynchronous server-less FL solution empowered by blockchain technology. In contrast to mostly adopted FL…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Francesc Wilhelmi , Lorenza Giupponi , Paolo Dini

For the modern world where data is becoming one of the most valuable assets, robust data privacy policies rooted in the fundamental infrastructure of networks and applications are becoming an even bigger necessity to secure sensitive user…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-12-11 Anudit Nagar

Federated learning(FL) is a rapidly growing field and many centralized and decentralized FL frameworks have been proposed. However, it is of great challenge for current FL frameworks to improve communication performance and maintain the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-14 Yifan Hu , Yuhang Zhou , Jun Xiao , Chao Wu

The metaverse, emerging as a revolutionary platform for social and economic activities, provides various virtual services while posing security and privacy challenges. Wearable devices serve as bridges between the real world and the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Wenbo Liu , Handi Chen , Edith C. H. Ngai

Blockchain-enabled Federated Learning (BFL) enables mobile devices to collaboratively train neural network models required by a Machine Learning Model Owner (MLMO) while keeping data on the mobile devices. Then, the model updates are stored…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-04 Nguyen Quang Hieu , Tran The Anh , Nguyen Cong Luong , Dusit Niyato , Dong In Kim , Erik Elmroth

Blockchain-based federated learning has gained significant interest over the last few years with the increasing concern for data privacy, advances in machine learning, and blockchain innovation. However, gaps in security and scalability…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-04-05 Evan Madill , Ben Nguyen , Carson K. Leung , Sara Rouhani

In Industry 4.0 systems, a considerable number of resource-constrained Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices engage in frequent data interactions due to the necessity for model training, which gives rise to concerns pertaining to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Yongyi Tang , Kunlun Wang , Dusit Niyato , Wen Chen , George K. Karagiannidis

Federated learning (FL), as a distributed machine learning approach, has drawn a great amount of attention in recent years. FL shows an inherent advantage in privacy preservation, since users' raw data are processed locally. However, it…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-04 Jun Li , Yumeng Shao , Ming Ding , Chuan Ma , Kang Wei , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor

Energy shortfall and electricity load shedding are the main problems for developing countries. The main causes are lack of management in the energy sector and the use of non-renewable energy sources. The improved energy management and use…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-19 Muhammad Shoaib Farooq , Azeen Ahmed Hayat

The recurrent neural network has been greatly developed for effectively solving time-varying problems corresponding to complex environments. However, limited by the way of centralized processing, the model performance is greatly affected by…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-06-29 Zhihao Hao , Guancheng Wang , Chunwei Tian , Bob Zhang

The blockchain technology has been extensively studied to enable distributed and tamper-proof data processing in federated learning (FL). Most existing blockchain assisted FL (BFL) frameworks have employed a third-party blockchain network…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-01 Xiumei Deng , Jun Li , Chuan Ma , Kang Wei , Long Shi , Ming Ding , Wen Chen , H. Vincent Poor

Federated learning has been rapidly evolving and gaining popularity in recent years due to its privacy-preserving features, among other advantages. Nevertheless, the exchange of model updates and gradients in this architecture provides new…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Ehsan Hallaji , Roozbeh Razavi-Far , Mehrdad Saif , Boyu Wang , Qiang Yang

Federated learning is a distributed mechanism that trained large-scale neural network models with the participation of multiple clients and data remains on their devices, only sharing the local model updates. With this feature, federated…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-10 Attia Qammar , Abdenacer Naouri , Jianguo Ding , Huansheng Ning

Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs) hold immense potential for improving traffic safety and efficiency. However, traditional centralized approaches for machine learning in VANETs raise concerns about data privacy and security. Federated…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-01 Sathwik Narkedimilli , Rayachoti Arun Kumar , N. V. Saran Kumar , Ramapathruni Praneeth Reddy , Pavan Kumar C

As the demand grows for scalable and privacy-aware AI systems, Federated Learning (FL) has emerged as a promising solution, allowing decentralized model training without moving raw data. At the same time, the combination of high-performance…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Sangam Ghimire , Paribartan Timalsina , Nirjal Bhurtel , Bishal Neupane , Bigyan Byanju Shrestha , Subarna Bhattarai , Prajwal Gaire , Jessica Thapa , Sudan Jha

Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning (MDRL) is a promising research area in which agents learn complex behaviors in cooperative or competitive environments. However, MDRL comes with several challenges that hinder its usability, including…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Ahmed Alagha , Jamal Bentahar , Hadi Otrok , Shakti Singh , Rabeb Mizouni

Due to the drawbacks of Federated Learning (FL) such as vulnerability of a single central server, centralized federated learning is shifting to decentralized federated learning, a paradigm which takes the advantages of blockchain. A key…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-28 Jiaxi Yang , Sheng Cao , Peng xiangLi , Xiong Li , Xiaosong Zhang

Since the traffic conditions change over time, machine learning models that predict traffic flows must be updated continuously and efficiently in smart public transportation. Federated learning (FL) is a distributed machine learning scheme…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-27 Chenhao Xu , Youyang Qu , Tom H. Luan , Peter W. Eklund , Yong Xiang , Longxiang Gao