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9 papers

cs.LG2026

Recovering Clinical Utility Under Differential Privacy: Empirical Validation of Adaptive Federated Aggregation on Heterogeneous Cardiovascular Datasets

Rodrigo Tertulino, Laercio Alencar, Ricardo Almeida

Validating federated learning frameworks on real clinical data is an essential step between proof-of-concept demonstrations in controlled synthetic environments and deployment in r…

cs.LG2026

A Robust Framework for Secure Cardiovascular Risk Prediction: An Architectural Case Study of Differentially Private Federated Learning

Rodrigo Tertulino, Laércio Alencar

Accurate cardiovascular risk prediction is crucial for preventive healthcare; however, the development of robust Artificial Intelligence (AI) models is hindered by the fragmentatio…

cs.LG2026

A Multi-level Analysis of Factors Associated with Student Performance: A Machine Learning Approach to the SAEB Microdata

Rodrigo Tertulino, Laércio Alencar

Identifying the factors that influence student performance in basic education is a central challenge for formulating effective public policies in Brazil. This study introduces a mu…

cs.CR2026

Trustworthy Blockchain-based Federated Learning for Electronic Health Records: Securing Participant Identity with Decentralized Identifiers and Verifiable Credentials

Rodrigo Tertulino, Ricardo Almeida, Laercio Alencar

The digitization of healthcare has generated massive volumes of Electronic Health Records (EHRs), offering unprecedented opportunities for training Artificial Intelligence (AI) mod…

cs.LG2025

Evaluating Federated Learning for At-Risk Student Prediction: A Comparative Analysis of Model Complexity and Data Balancing

Rodrigo Tertulino, Ricardo Almeida

This study proposes and validates a Federated Learning (FL) framework to proactively identify at-risk students while preserving data privacy. Persistently high dropout rates in dis…

cs.LG2025

A Comparative Benchmark of Federated Learning Strategies for Mortality Prediction on Heterogeneous and Imbalanced Clinical Data

Rodrigo Tertulino

Machine learning can predict in-hospital mortality, but data privacy and the statistical heterogeneity of clinical data hamper its use. Federated Learning (FL) is privacy-preservin…