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Federated learning promises to revolutionize machine learning by enabling collaborative model training without compromising data privacy. However, practical adaptability can be limited by critical factors, such as the participation dilemma.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-20 Chanuka A. S. Hewa Kaluannakkage , Rajkumar Buyya

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

With the technological advances in machine learning, effective ways are available to process the huge amount of data generated in real life. However, issues of privacy and scalability will constrain the development of machine learning.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Zhilin Wang , Qin Hu , Minghui Xu , Yan Zhuang , Yawei Wang , Xiuzhen Cheng

Federated Learning is a promising machine learning paradigm when multiple parties collaborate to build a high-quality machine learning model. Nonetheless, these parties are only willing to participate when given enough incentives, such as a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-10 Shuaicheng Ma , Yang Cao , Li Xiong

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to significantly benefit or harm humanity. At present, a few for-profit companies largely control the development and use of this technology, and therefore determine its outcomes. In an effort…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-11-14 Casey Clifton , Richard Blythman , Kartika Tulusan

Limited access to computing resources and training data poses significant challenges for individuals and groups aiming to train and utilize predictive machine learning models. Although numerous publicly available machine learning models…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-31 Matthew T. Pisano , Connor J. Patterson , Oshani Seneviratne

With the development of communication technologies in 5G networks and the Internet of things (IoT), a massive amount of generated data can improve machine learning (ML) inference through data sharing. However, security and privacy concerns…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-07-20 Haemin Lee , Joongheon Kim

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…

This paper presents a fully coupled blockchain-assisted federated learning architecture that effectively eliminates single points of failure by decentralizing both the training and aggregation tasks across all participants. Our proposed…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Huong Nguyen , Tri Nguyen , Lauri Lovén , Susanna Pirttikangas

In the era of deep learning, federated learning (FL) presents a promising approach that allows multi-institutional data owners, or clients, to collaboratively train machine learning models without compromising data privacy. However, most…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-13 Nanqing Dong , Zhipeng Wang , Jiahao Sun , Michael Kampffmeyer , William Knottenbelt , Eric Xing

Federated learning (FL) enables collaborative training of machine learning models without sharing training data. Traditional FL heavily relies on a trusted centralized server. Although decentralized FL eliminates the central dependence, it…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-01-25 Zhen Qin , Xueqiang Yan , Mengchu Zhou , Shuiguang Deng

Federated Learning is a decentralized framework that enables multiple clients to collaboratively train a machine learning model under the orchestration of a central server without sharing their local data. The centrality of this framework…

Federated learning (FL) is a promising way to allow multiple data owners (clients) to collaboratively train machine learning models without compromising data privacy. Yet, existing FL solutions usually rely on a centralized aggregator for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-11-09 Nanqing Dong , Jiahao Sun , Zhipeng Wang , Shuoying Zhang , Shuhao Zheng

Federated learning is one of the most appealing alternatives to the standard centralized learning paradigm, allowing a heterogeneous set of devices to train a machine learning model without sharing their raw data. However, it requires a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-01 Elia Guerra , Francesc Wilhelmi , Marco Miozzo , Paolo Dini

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

Federated learning (FL) is a distributed machine learning (ML) technique that enables collaborative training in which devices perform learning using a local dataset while preserving their privacy. This technique ensures privacy,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-01-28 Hajar Moudoud , Soumaya Cherkaoui , Lyes Khoukhi

This editorial addresses the critical intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technologies, highlighting their contrasting tendencies toward centralization and decentralization, respectively. While AI, particularly with…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Yibai Li , Zhiye Jin , Xiaobing , Li , K. D. Joshi , Xuefei , Deng

Federated learning (FL) enables collaborative training of a shared model on edge devices while maintaining data privacy. FL is effective when dealing with independent and identically distributed (iid) datasets, but struggles with non-iid…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Chenhao Xu , Jiaqi Ge , Yong Li , Yao Deng , Longxiang Gao , Mengshi Zhang , Yong Xiang , Xi Zheng

With the growing need to comply with privacy regulations and respond to user data deletion requests, integrating machine unlearning into IoT-based federated learning has become imperative. Traditional unlearning methods, however, often lack…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-06-03 Xuhan Zuo , Minghao Wang , Tianqing Zhu , Lefeng Zhang , Shui Yu , Wanlei Zhou

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