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20202026
most citedE-Tree Learning: A Novel Decentralized Model Learning Framework for Edge AI

35 citations · 47 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

cs.DC2026

Efficient KV Cache Migration for Geo-Distributed LLM Inference in Collaborative Edge Computing

Mingjin Zhang, Jiannong Cao, Tao Wu +2

Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown exceptional capabilities but rely heavily on centralized cloud GPU clusters, leading to high bandwidth costs, latency, and privacy issues. E…

cs.CV2026

SGS: Structured Sparse Gaussian Streaming for Efficient Free-Viewpoint Video Reconstruction on Edge-IoT Devices

Yiwei Li, Jiannong Cao, Weixun Gao +4

Streaming reconstruction of Free-Viewpoint Videos (FVVs) supports immersive Internet of Things (IoT) services, such as telepresence and digital twin visualization. Existing methods…

cs.CV2026

FactCheck: Feasibility-aware Long-term Action Anticipation with Multi-agent Collaboration

Rui Cao, Jiannong Cao, Bo Yuan +2

Long-term action anticipation (LTA) aims to predict an ordered sequence of future verb-noun actions from a partially observed video. While this task serves as the foundation for em…

cs.LG2026

FedRD: Reducing Divergences for Generalized Federated Learning via Heterogeneity-aware Parameter Guidance

Kaile Wang, Jiannong Cao, Yu Yang +2

Heterogeneous federated learning (HFL) aims to ensure effective and privacy-preserving collaboration among different entities. As newly joined clients require significant adjustmen…

cs.CR2025

PolyLink: A Blockchain Based Decentralized Edge AI Platform for LLM Inference

Hongbo Liu, Jiannong Cao, Bo Yang +7

The rapid advancement of large language models (LLMs) in recent years has revolutionized the AI landscape. However, the deployment model and usage of LLM services remain highly cen…

cs.HC2025★ 1 cited

FollowUpBot: An LLM-Based Conversational Robot for Automatic Postoperative Follow-up

Chen Chen, Jianing Yin, Jiannong Cao +5

Postoperative follow-up plays a crucial role in monitoring recovery and identifying complications. However, traditional approaches, typically involving bedside interviews and manua…

cs.DC2024★ 1 cited

EdgeShard: Efficient LLM Inference via Collaborative Edge Computing

Mingjin Zhang, Jiannong Cao, Xiaoming Shen +1

Large language models (LLMs) have shown great potential in natural language processing and content generation. However, current LLMs heavily rely on cloud computing, leading to pro…

cs.DC2024

Resource-efficient Parallel Split Learning in Heterogeneous Edge Computing

Mingjin Zhang, Jiannong Cao, Yuvraj Sahni +2

Edge AI has been recently proposed to facilitate the training and deployment of Deep Neural Network (DNN) models in proximity to the sources of data. To enable the training of larg…

cs.NI2024★ 9 cited

Digital Twin-assisted Reinforcement Learning for Resource-aware Microservice Offloading in Edge Computing

Xiangchun Chen, Jiannong Cao, Zhixuan Liang +2

Collaborative edge computing (CEC) has emerged as a promising paradigm, enabling edge nodes to collaborate and execute microservices from end devices. Microservice offloading, a fu…

cs.NI2022★ 1 cited

ENTS: An Edge-native Task Scheduling System for Collaborative Edge Computing

Mingjin Zhang, Jiannong Cao, Lei Yang +3

Collaborative edge computing (CEC) is an emerging paradigm enabling sharing of the coupled data, computation, and networking resources among heterogeneous geo-distributed edge node…

cs.NI2022

EaaS: A Service-Oriented Edge Computing Framework Towards Distributed Intelligence

Mingjin Zhang, Jiannong Cao, Yuvraj Sahni +3

Edge computing has become a popular paradigm where services and applications are deployed at the network edge closer to the data sources. It provides applications with outstanding…

cs.NI2020★ 35 cited

E-Tree Learning: A Novel Decentralized Model Learning Framework for Edge AI

Lei Yang, Yanyan Lu, Jiannong Cao +2

Traditionally, AI models are trained on the central cloud with data collected from end devices. This leads to high communication cost, long response time and privacy concerns. Rece…