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most citedPrioritized Information Bottleneck Theoretic Framework with Distributed Online Learning for Edge Video Analytics

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cs.CV2026

Mobility Helps Learning: Unsupervised Model Adaptation for Object Recognition via Movement

Yanan Ma, Yihang Tao, Zhengru Fang +3

Movable agents, such as autonomous vehicles and robots, should be able to autonomously adapt their pre-trained object recognition models to new environments without human annotatio…

cs.LG2026

HO-FL: Hybrid-Order Federated Learning for Heterogeneous Edge Devices

Qiyuan Chen, Xian Wu, Yanan Ma +1

Federated learning (FL) on memory-constrained edge devices faces a dilemma: first-order (FO) optimization (i.e., backpropagation) demands substantial memory, whereas zeroth-order (…

cs.LG2026

CFLoRA: Federated Fine-tuning of LLMs with Complementary Factors for Error-free Aggregation

Yanan Ma, Qiyuan Chen, Zihan Fang +2

Federated low-rank adaptation (LoRA) enables collaborative fine-tuning of large language models without centralizing private client data. Its factorized update, however, creates a…

cs.LG2026

SplitLite: Low-Rank Residual Compression for Split Learning

Tao Li, Yulin Tang, Qi Guo +1

Federated fine-tuning of on-device large language models (LLMs) faces a significant computing burden. To overcome this limitation, split learning (SL) has emerged as a promising so…

cs.DC2026

Just Talk Once: Communication-Efficient Split Federated LLM Fine-Tuning on Edge Devices

Jiaxiang Geng, Xianhao Chen, Bing Luo

Large language model (LLM) fine-tuning is increasingly shifting toward data generated on edge devices, where memory, computation, bandwidth, and connectivity constraints make conve…

cs.LG2026

Efficient Resource Optimization for Split Federated Learning

Wei Wei, Xianhao Chen

Split federated learning (SFL) has emerged as a powerful paradigm for model training at the edge. However, SFL inherently involves discrete decision variables for model splitting a…

cs.NI2026

BALANCE: Hybrid Autoregressive-Speculative LLM Inference at the Network Edge

Guanqiao Qu, Shuo Chen, Qian Chen +2

Edge inference is a promising paradigm to provide large language model (LLM) inference services in next-generation mobile networks. LLM inference mainly relies on two approaches: A…

cs.NI2026

Update the Unseen Only: Minimizing AoI for Collaborative Perception through Online Learning

Yanan Ma, Zhuoyi Zhao, Zhengru Fang +3

While collaborative perception (CP) enhances the safety of autonomous driving, limited bandwidth can cause severe shared data staleness in CP systems. Existing age-of-information (…

cs.NI2026

Collaborative Air-Ground Sensing, Communication, Computing, Storage, and Intelligence for Low-Altitude Economy

Yiqin Deng, Junhui Gao, Zihan Fang +3

Low-altitude economy (LAE) is transforming low-altitude airspace into a new cyber-physical infrastructure. Although air-ground communications have been widely studied, LAE is funda…

cs.NI2026

SpaceMoE: Towards Orbital General Intelligence with Distributed Mixture-of-Experts Inference

Qian Chen, Xianhao Chen, Min Sheng +1

As satellite networks evolve to support increasingly diverse services and artificial general intelligence (AGI), large language models (LLMs) are emerging as a critical foundation…

cs.NI2026

Birdcast: Interest-aware BEV Multicasting for Infrastructure-assisted Collaborative Perception

Yanan Ma, Zhengru Fang, Yihang Tao +4

Vehicle-to-infrastructure collaborative perception (V2I-CP) leverages a high-vantage node to transmit supplementary information, i.e., bird's-eye-view (BEV) feature maps, to vehicl…

cs.IT2026

Rateless DeepJSCC for Broadcast Channels: a Rate-Distortion-Complexity Tradeoff

Zijun Qin, Jingxuan Huang, Zesong Fei +3

In recent years, numerous data-intensive broadcasting applications have emerged at the wireless edge, calling for a flexible tradeoff between distortion, transmission rate, and pro…

cs.LG2026

Federated Mixture-of-Experts Alignment on Mobile Edge Networks under Data Heterogeneity

Zihan Fang, Qianru Wang, Haonan An +5

The growing demand for on-device large language model (LLM) services on mobile edge devices has driven the adoption of Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architectures, which scale model cap…

cs.IT2026

Shatter Throughput Ceilings: Leveraging Reflection Surfaces to Enhance Transmissions for Vehicular Fast Data Exchange

Qianyao Ren, Qingxiao Huang, Yiqin Deng +3

Rapid emergence of smart mobility necessitates high-volume bursty data transmission over a single link between a target vehicle and its designated edge computing-enabled Base Stati…

cs.IT2026

SiftMoE: Similarity-Aware Energy-Efficient Expert Selection for Wireless Distributed MoE Inference

Qian Chen, Xianhao Chen, Kaibin Huang

Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architectures leverage sparse activation to enhance the scalability of large language models (LLMs), making them suitable for deployment in resource-constr…

cs.LG2026

GAPSL: A Gradient-Aligned Parallel Split Learning over Data-Heterogeneous Edge Computing Systems

Zheng Lin, Ons Aouedi, Zihan Fang +4

The increasing complexity of neural networks poses significant challenges for democratizing federated learning (FL) on resource-constrained edge devices. Parallel split learning (P…

cs.LG2026

HO-SFL: Hybrid-Order Split Federated Learning with Backprop-Free Clients and Dimension-Free Aggregation

Qiyuan Chen, Xian Wu, Yi Wang +1

Fine-tuning large models on edge devices is severely hindered by the memory-intensive backpropagation (BP) in standard frameworks like federated learning and split learning. While…

cs.NI2026

SplitCom: Communication-efficient Split Federated Fine-tuning of LLMs via Temporal Compression

Tao Li, Yulin Tang, Yiyang Song +4

Federated fine-tuning of on-device large language models (LLMs) mitigates privacy concerns by preventing raw data sharing. However, the intensive computational and memory demands p…

cs.LG2026

HFedMoE: Resource-aware Heterogeneous Federated Learning with Mixture-of-Experts

Zihan Fang, Zheng Lin, Senkang Hu +5

While federated learning (FL) enables fine-tuning of large language models (LLMs) without compromising data privacy, the substantial size of an LLM renders on-device training impra…

cs.NI2025

SLIDE: Simultaneous Model Downloading and Inference at the Wireless Network Edge

Guanqiao Qu, Tao Li, Qian Chen +2

To support on-device inference, the next-generation mobile networks are expected to support real-time model downloading services to mobile users. However, powerful AI models typica…

eess.SY2025

Minimizing Maximum Latency of Task Offloading for Multi-UAV-assisted Maritime Search and Rescue

Shuang Qi, Bin Lin, Yiqin Deng +2

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) play a crucial role in Maritime Search and Rescue (MSAR), contributing to the improvement of rescue efficiency and reduction of casualties. Typicall…

cs.LG2025

SAFE-D: A Spatiotemporal Detection Framework for Abnormal Driving Among Parkinson's Disease-like Drivers

Hangcheng Cao, Baixiang Huang, Longzhi Yuan +4

A driver's health state serves as a determinant factor in driving behavioral regulation. Subtle deviations from normalcy can lead to operational anomalies, posing risks to public t…

cs.NI2025

Optimizing Split Federated Learning with Unstable Client Participation

Wei Wei, Zheng Lin, Xihui Liu +3

To enable training of large artificial intelligence (AI) models at the network edge, split federated learning (SFL) has emerged as a promising approach by distributing computation…

cs.CR2025

LiFeChain: Lightweight Blockchain for Secure and Efficient Federated Lifelong Learning in IoT

Handi Chen, Jing Deng, Xiuzhe Wu +4

Internet of Things (IoT) devices constantly generate heterogeneous data streams, driving demand for continuous, decentralized intelligence. Federated Lifelong Learning (FLL) provid…