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Publications (6)

cs.PL2026

PoTo: A Hybrid Andersen's Points-to Analysis for Python

Ingkarat Rak-amnouykit, Ana Milanova, Guillaume Baudart +2

As Python is increasingly being adopted for large and complex programs, the importance of static analysis for Python (such as type inference) grows. Unfortunately, static analysis…

cs.CR2026

Improving Parameter-Efficient Federated Learning with Differentially Private Refactorization

Linh Tran, Ana Milanova, Stacy Patterson

Federated Learning (FL) with parameter-efficient fine-tuning, such as Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA), enables scalable model training on distributed data. However, when combined with D…

cs.LG2025

Privacy-Preserving Personalized Federated Prompt Learning for Multimodal Large Language Models

Linh Tran, Wei Sun, Stacy Patterson +1

Multimodal Large Language Models (LLMs) are pivotal in revolutionizing customer support and operations by integrating multiple modalities such as text, images, and audio. Federated…

cs.LG2025

PBM-VFL: Vertical Federated Learning with Feature and Sample Privacy

Linh Tran, Timothy Castiglia, Stacy Patterson +1

We present Poisson Binomial Mechanism Vertical Federated Learning (PBM-VFL), a communication-efficient Vertical Federated Learning algorithm with Differential Privacy guarantees. P…

cs.PL2020

FlowCFL: A Framework for Type-based Reachability Analysis in the Presence of Mutable Data

Ana Milanova

Reachability analysis is a fundamental program analysis with a wide variety of applications. We present FlowCFL, a framework for type-based reachability analysis in the presence of…

cs.PL2019

Formalizing Event-Driven Behavior of Serverless Applications

Matthew Obetz, Stacy Patterson, Ana Milanova

We present new operational semantics for serverless computing that model the event-driven relationships between serverless functions, as well as their interaction with platforms se…