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most citedDecentralized Quantum Federated Learning for Metaverse: Analysis, Design and Implementation

9 citations · 24 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cs.LG2025

Black-Box Auditing of Quantum Model: Lifted Differential Privacy with Quantum Canaries

Baobao Song, Shiva Raj Pokhrel, Athanasios V. Vasilakos +2

Quantum machine learning (QML) promises significant computational advantages, yet models trained on sensitive data risk memorizing individual records, creating serious privacy vuln…

quant-ph2025

Towards A Hybrid Quantum Differential Privacy

Baobao Song, Shiva Raj Pokhrel, Athanasios V. Vasilakos +2

Quantum computing offers unparalleled processing power but raises significant data privacy challenges. Quantum Differential Privacy (QDP) leverages inherent quantum noise to safegu…

cs.CR2024★ 1 cited

Robust Zero Trust Architecture: Joint Blockchain based Federated learning and Anomaly Detection based Framework

Shiva Raj Pokhrel, Luxing Yang, Sutharshan Rajasegarar +1

This paper introduces a robust zero-trust architecture (ZTA) tailored for the decentralized system that empowers efficient remote work and collaboration within IoT networks. Using…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Quantum Federated Learning Experiments in the Cloud with Data Encoding

Shiva Raj Pokhrel, Naman Yash, Jonathan Kua +2

Quantum Federated Learning (QFL) is an emerging concept that aims to unfold federated learning (FL) over quantum networks, enabling collaborative quantum model training along with…

cs.CR2023

Performance Analysis and Evaluation of Post Quantum Secure Blockchained Federated Learning

Dev Gurung, Shiva Raj Pokhrel, Gang Li

Post-quantum security is critical in the quantum era. Quantum computers, along with quantum algorithms, make the standard cryptography based on RSA or ECDSA over FL or Blockchain v…

cs.LG2023

Improving Federated Aggregation with Deep Unfolding Networks

Shanika I Nanayakkara, Shiva Raj Pokhrel, Gang Li

The performance of Federated learning (FL) is negatively affected by device differences and statistical characteristics between participating clients. To address this issue, we int…

quant-ph2023★ 3 cited

Quantum Federated Learning: Analysis, Design and Implementation Challenges

Dev Gurung, Shiva Raj Pokhrel, Gang Li

Quantum Federated Learning (QFL) has gained significant attention due to quantum computing and machine learning advancements. As the demand for QFL continues to surge, there is a p…

cs.LG2023★ 9 cited

Decentralized Quantum Federated Learning for Metaverse: Analysis, Design and Implementation

Dev Gurung, Shiva Raj Pokhrel, Gang Li

With the emerging developments of the Metaverse, a virtual world where people can interact, socialize, play, and conduct their business, it has become critical to ensure that the u…

cs.CR2023★ 5 cited

Secure Communication Model For Quantum Federated Learning: A Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Framework

Dev Gurung, Shiva Raj Pokhrel, Gang Li

We design a model of Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Quantum Federated Learning (QFL). We develop a framework with a dynamic server selection and study convergence and security con…

cs.DC2023★ 2 cited

Post Quantum Secure Blockchain-based Federated Learning for Mobile Edge Computing

Rongxin Xu, Shiva Raj Pokhrel, Qiujun Lan +1

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) has been a promising paradigm for communicating and edge processing of data on the move. We aim to employ Federated Learning (FL) and prominent features…

cs.CR2023★ 1 cited

Digital Privacy Under Attack: Challenges and Enablers

Baobao Song, Shiva Raj Pokhrel, Mengyue Deng +3

We present a comprehensive analysis of privacy attacks and countermeasures in data-driven systems. We systematically categorize attacks targeting three domains: anonymous data (lin…

cs.DC2022

A Survey of Distributed Ledger Technology for IoT Verticals

Rongxin Xu, Qiujun Lan, Shiva Raj Pokhrel +1

The Internet of Things (IoT) and Distributed ledger technology (DLT) have significantly changed our daily lives. Due to their distributed operational environment and naturally dece…

cs.DC2022★ 2 cited

FAIR-BFL: Flexible and Incentive Redesign for Blockchain-based Federated Learning

Rongxin Xu, Shiva Raj Pokhrel, Qiujun Lan +1

Vanilla Federated learning (FL) relies on the centralized global aggregation mechanism and assumes that all clients are honest. This makes it a challenge for FL to alleviate the si…