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Federated Learning (FL) has recently arisen as a revolutionary approach to collaborative training Machine Learning models. According to this novel framework, multiple participants train a global model collaboratively, coordinating with a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Sameera K. M. , Serena Nicolazzo , Marco Arazzi , Antonino Nocera , Rafidha Rehiman K. A. , Vinod P , Mauro Conti

Federated learning (FL) is an emerging promising privacy-preserving machine learning paradigm and has raised more and more attention from researchers and developers. FL keeps users' private data on devices and exchanges the gradients of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Jialiang Han , Yun Ma , Yudong Han

Weather forecasting plays a vital role in disaster preparedness, agriculture, and resource management, yet current centralized forecasting systems are increasingly strained by security vulnerabilities, limited scalability, and…

Recently, blockchain-based federated learning (BFL) has attracted intensive research attention due to that the training process is auditable and the architecture is serverless avoiding the single point failure of the parameter server in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-15 Laizhong Cui , Xiaoxin Su , Yipeng Zhou

Blockchain promises to enhance distributed machine learning (ML) approaches such as federated learning (FL) by providing further decentralization, security, immutability, and trust, which are key properties for enabling collaborative…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-03-26 Francesc Wilhelmi , Nima Afraz , Elia Guerra , Paolo Dini

In this paper, we study a new latency optimization problem for blockchain-based federated learning (BFL) in multi-server edge computing. In this system model, distributed mobile devices (MDs) communicate with a set of edge servers (ESs) to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Dinh C. Nguyen , Seyyedali Hosseinalipour , David J. Love , Pubudu N. Pathirana , Christopher G. Brinton

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

Despite the great potential of Federated Learning (FL) in large-scale distributed learning, the current system is still subject to several privacy issues due to the fact that local models trained by clients are exposed to the central…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-05-12 Truc Nguyen , Phuc Thai , Tre' R. Jeter , Thang N. Dinh , My T. Thai

Federated machine learning (FL) allows to collectively train models on sensitive data as only the clients' models and not their training data need to be shared. However, despite the attention that research on FL has drawn, the concept still…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-11-12 Timon Rückel , Johannes Sedlmeir , Peter Hofmann

The decentralized Federated Learning (FL) paradigm built upon blockchain architectures leverages distributed node clusters to replace the single server for executing FL model aggregation. This paradigm tackles the vulnerability of the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-14 Hao Wang , Yichen Cai , Jun Wang , Chuan Ma , Chunpeng Ge , Xiangmou Qu , Lu Zhou

As edge computing gains prominence in Internet of Things (IoTs), smart cities, and autonomous systems, the demand for real-time machine intelligence with low latency and model reliability continues to grow. Federated Learning (FL) addresses…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Farhana Javed , Engin Zeydan , Josep Mangues-Bafalluy , Kapal Dev , Luis Blanco

Federated learning (FL), thanks in part to the emergence of the edge computing paradigm, is expected to enable true real-time applications in production environments. However, its original dependence on a central server for orchestration…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-05-23 Francesc Wilhelmi , Elia Guerra , Paolo Dini

Federated Learning (FL) enables collaborative learning without directly sharing individual's raw data. FL can be implemented in either a centralized (server-based) or decentralized (peer-to-peer) manner. In this survey, we present a novel…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Qiongxiu Li , Wenrui Yu , Yufei Xia , Jun Pang

Due to the rising awareness of privacy and security in machine learning applications, federated learning (FL) has received widespread attention and applied to several areas, e.g., intelligence healthcare systems, IoT-based industries, and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-04-27 Aditya Pribadi Kalapaaking , Ibrahim Khalil , Xun Yi

Federated learning enables the development of a machine learning model among collaborating agents without requiring them to share their underlying data. However, malicious agents who train on random data, or worse, on datasets with the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-09 Vaikkunth Mugunthan , Ravi Rahman , Lalana Kagal

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) has been a promising paradigm for communicating and edge processing of data on the move. We aim to employ Federated Learning (FL) and prominent features of blockchain into MEC architecture such as connected…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Rongxin Xu , Shiva Raj Pokhrel , Qiujun Lan , Gang Li

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…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Murtaza Rangwala , KR Venugopal , Rajkumar Buyya

The emerging Federated Edge Learning (FEL) technique has drawn considerable attention, which not only ensures good machine learning performance but also solves "data island" problems caused by data privacy concerns. However, large-scale FEL…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-08-12 Jiawen Kang , Zehui Xiong , Chunxiao Jiang , Yi Liu , Song Guo , Yang Zhang , Dusit Niyato , Cyril Leung , Chunyan Miao

Blockchain-based Federated Learning (FL) is an emerging decentralized machine learning paradigm that enables model training without relying on a central server. Although some BFL frameworks are considered privacy-preserving, they are still…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-09 Ahmed Ayoub Bellachia , Mouhamed Amine Bouchiha , Yacine Ghamri-Doudane , Mourad Rabah

This paper presents a novel reference architecture for blockchain-enabled federated learning (BCFL), a state-of-the-art approach that amalgamates the strengths of federated learning and blockchain technology.We define smart contract…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Eunsu Goh , Dae-Yeol Kim , Kwangkee Lee , Suyeong Oh , Jong-Eui Chae , Do-Yup Kim