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This paper is mainly devoted to the distributed second-order multi-agent optimization problem with unbalanced and directed networks. To deal with this problem, a new distributed algorithm is proposed based on the local neighbor information…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Lipo Mo , Haokun Hu , Yongguang Yu , Guojian Ren

Recent advancements in machine learning have improved performance while also increasing computational demands. While federated and distributed setups address these issues, their structures remain vulnerable to malicious influences. In this…

In this paper, we study resilient distributed diffusion for multi-task estimation in the presence of adversaries where networked agents must estimate distinct but correlated states of interest by processing streaming data. We show that in…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-03-25 Jiani Li , Waseem Abbas , Xenofon Koutsoukos

In this paper, we propose a robust aggregation method for federated learning (FL) that can effectively tackle malicious Byzantine attacks. At each user, model parameter is firstly updated by multiple steps, which is adjustable over…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Shiyuan Zuo , Rongfei Fan , Han Hu , Ning Zhang , Shimin Gong

This paper considers a resilient high-dimensional constrained consensus problem and studies a resilient distributed algorithm for complete graphs. For convex constrained sets with a singleton intersection, a sufficient condition on…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-29 Jingxuan Zhu , Yixuan Lin , Alvaro Velasquez , Ji Liu

Population protocols model information spreading and computation in network systems where pairwise node exchanges are determined by an external random scheduler and nodes have small memory. Most of the population protocols in the literature…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Costas Busch , Dariusz R. Kowalski

This paper introduces a deep learning-based framework for resilient decision fusion in adversarial multi-sensor networks, providing a unified mathematical setup that encompasses diverse scenarios, including varying Byzantine node…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-18 Kassem Kallas

This paper deals with an optimization problem over a network of agents, where the cost function is the sum of the individual objectives of the agents and the constraint set is the intersection of local constraints. Most existing methods…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-20 Van Sy Mai , Eyad H. Abed

Jointly addressing Byzantine attacks and privacy leakage in distributed machine learning (DML) has become an important issue. A common strategy involves integrating Byzantine-resilient aggregation rules with differential privacy mechanisms.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-19 Bing Liu , Chengcheng Zhao , Li Chai , Peng Cheng , Yaonan Wang

We study distributed optimization over networks with Byzantine agents that may send arbitrary adversarial messages. We propose \emph{Gradient Tracking with Probabilistic Edge Dropout} (GT-PD), a stochastic gradient tracking method that…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Amirhossein Dezhboro , Fateme Maleki , Arman Adibi , Erfan Amini , Jose E. Ramirez-Marquez

We study a setting where a group of agents, each receiving partially informative private signals, seek to collaboratively learn the true underlying state of the world (from a finite set of hypotheses) that generates their joint observation…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-09 Aritra Mitra , John A. Richards , Shreyas Sundaram

This paper proposes a novel approach to resilient distributed optimization with quadratic costs in a networked control system (e.g., wireless sensor network, power grid, robotic team) prone to external attacks (e.g., hacking, power outage)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-11 Luca Ballotta , Giacomo Como , Jeff S. Shamma , Luca Schenato

This paper addresses federated learning (FL) in the context of malicious Byzantine attacks and data heterogeneity. We introduce a novel Robust Average Gradient Algorithm (RAGA), which uses the geometric median for aggregation and {allows…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Shiyuan Zuo , Xingrun Yan , Rongfei Fan , Han Hu , Hangguan Shan , Tony Q. S. Quek , Puning Zhao

We propose a novel robust aggregation rule for distributed synchronous Stochastic Gradient Descent~(SGD) under a general Byzantine failure model. The attackers can arbitrarily manipulate the data transferred between the servers and the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-25 Cong Xie , Oluwasanmi Koyejo , Indranil Gupta

In machine learning security, one is often faced with the problem of removing outliers from a given set of high-dimensional vectors when computing their average. For example, many variants of data poisoning attacks produce gradient vectors…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-14 De Zhang Lee , Aashish Kolluri , Prateek Saxena , Ee-Chien Chang

We propose three new robust aggregation rules for distributed synchronous Stochastic Gradient Descent~(SGD) under a general Byzantine failure model. The attackers can arbitrarily manipulate the data transferred between the servers and the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-03-28 Cong Xie , Oluwasanmi Koyejo , Indranil Gupta

The integration of edge computing in next-generation mobile networks is bringing low-latency and high-bandwidth ubiquitous connectivity to a myriad of cyber-physical systems. This will further boost the increasing intelligence that is being…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-19 Wenshuai Zhao , Jorge Peña Queralta , Li Qingqing , Tomi Westerlund

We consider the distributed optimization problem, where a group of agents work together to optimize a common objective by communicating with neighboring agents and performing local computations. For a given algorithm, we use tools from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-11 Bryan Van Scoy , Laurent Lessard

We consider a multi-agent optimization problem where agents subject to local, intermittent interactions aim to minimize a sum of local objective functions subject to a global inequality constraint and a global state constraint set. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-10-10 Minghui Zhu , Sonia Martinez

In this paper, a distributed optimization problem with general differentiable convex objective functions is studied for single-integrator and double-integrator multi-agent systems. Two distributed adaptive optimization algorithm is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-28 Peng Lin , Wei Ren