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20242026
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11 papers

cs.AI2026

FBLayout: Optimizing Memory Layout for Efficient LLM Finetuning on Mobile GPUs

Kahou Tam, Wei Niu, Yu Bao +3

Transformer-based models have enabled unprecedented capabilities across language, vision, and multimodal tasks. On-device fine-tuning of transformer models offers a privacy-preserv…

cs.DC2026

Beyond End-to-End: Dynamic Chain Optimization for Private LLM Adaptation on the Edge

Yebo Wu, Jingguang Li, Chunlin Tian +3

Federated fine-tuning enables privacy-preserving LLM adaptation but faces a critical bottleneck: the disparity between LLMs' high memory demands and edge devices' limited capacity.…

cs.LG2026

A Survey on Federated Fine-tuning of Large Language Models

Yebo Wu, Chunlin Tian, Jingguang Li +8

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated impressive success across various tasks. Integrating LLMs with Federated Learning (FL), a paradigm known as FedLLM, offers a promisin…

cs.DC2026

Floe: Federated Specialization for Real-Time LLM-SLM Inference

Chunlin Tian, Kahou Tam, Yebo Wu +4

Deploying large language models (LLMs) in real-time systems remains challenging due to their substantial computational demands and privacy concerns. We propose Floe, a hybrid feder…

cs.LG2025

FedHybrid: Breaking the Memory Wall of Federated Learning via Hybrid Tensor Management

Kahou Tam, Chunlin Tian, Li Li +2

Federated Learning (FL) emerges as a new learning paradigm that enables multiple devices to collaboratively train a shared model while preserving data privacy. However, one fundame…

cs.DC2025

Bridging Memory Gaps: Scaling Federated Learning for Heterogeneous Clients

Yebo Wu, Jingguang Li, Chunlin Tian +3

Federated Learning (FL) enables multiple clients to collaboratively train a shared model while preserving data privacy. However, the high memory demand during model training severe…