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most citedQuantized and Asynchronous Federated Learning

5 citations · 7 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

eess.SP2026

Asynchronous Cell-Free Wireless Networks

Hossein Maleki, Angel Lozano, Hamid Jafarkhani

This paper introduces intentional symbol-level asynchronicity as an interference-management mechanism for the uplink of cell-free networks. Rather than treating timing offsets as i…

eess.SP2026

Channel-Estimation-Free Beamforming for RIS-Assisted Systems with Limited Feedback

Hossein Maleki, Hamid Jafarkhani

In this article, we consider received-power maximization in RIS-assisted wireless links using only limited received signal strength (RSS) feedback, avoiding explicit estimation of…

cs.LG2026

Decentralized Parameter-Free Online Learning with Compressed Gossip

Tomas Ortega, Hamid Jafarkhani

We study decentralized online convex optimization when agents communicate over a graph and messages may be compressed. Classical decentralized online methods typically require lear…

eess.SP2026

An Encoded Corrective Double Deep Q-Networks for Multi-Agent Control Systems

Mohammadreza Barzegaran, Kemeng Han, Hamid Jafarkhani

This paper studies the synthesis of control policies for heterogeneous and interconnected multi-agent systems that collaborate through data exchange over a communication network to…

eess.SP2026

UAV Energy Consumption Models for Wireless Systems Research: Model Selection and Misconceptions

Mohammadreza Barzegaran, Hamid Jafarkhani

Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gaining increasing attention in wireless systems, providing new opportunities to expand the reach and improve the quality of wireless services.…

cs.LG2025

Communication Compression for Distributed Learning with Aggregate and Server-Guided Feedback

Tomas Ortega, Chun-Yin Huang, Xiaoxiao Li +1

Distributed learning, particularly Federated Learning (FL), faces a significant bottleneck in the communication cost, particularly the uplink transmission of client-to-server updat…

cs.LG2025

Decentralized Parameter-Free Online Learning

Tomas Ortega, Hamid Jafarkhani

We propose the first parameter-free decentralized online learning algorithms with network regret guarantees, which achieve sublinear regret without requiring hyperparameter tuning.…

eess.SP2025

Dual-Function Radar-Communication Beamforming with Outage Probability Metric

Hossein Maleki, Carles Diaz-Vilor, Ali Pezeshki +2

The integrated design of communication and sensing may offer a potential solution to address spectrum congestion. In this work, we develop a beamforming method for a dual-function…

cs.IT2025

Mathematical Cell Deployment Optimization for Capacity and Coverage of Ground and UAV Users

Saeed Karimi-Bidhendi, Giovanni Geraci, Hamid Jafarkhani

We present a general mathematical framework for optimizing cell deployment and antenna configuration in wireless networks, inspired by quantization theory. Unlike traditional metho…

cs.LG2024

Offline Stochastic Optimization of Black-Box Objective Functions

Juncheng Dong, Zihao Wu, Hamid Jafarkhani +2

Many challenges in science and engineering, such as drug discovery and communication network design, involve optimizing complex and expensive black-box functions across vast search…

cs.LG2024

Communication Compression for Distributed Learning without Control Variates

Tomas Ortega, Chun-Yin Huang, Xiaoxiao Li +1

Distributed learning algorithms, such as the ones employed in Federated Learning (FL), require communication compression to reduce the cost of client uploads. The compression metho…

cs.LG2024★ 5 cited

Quantized and Asynchronous Federated Learning

Tomas Ortega, Hamid Jafarkhani

Recent advances in federated learning have shown that asynchronous variants can be faster and more scalable than their synchronous counterparts. However, their design does not incl…

eess.SP2024

A Reinforcement Learning Approach for Wildfire Tracking with UAV Swarms

Carles Diaz-Vilor, Angel Lozano, Hamid Jafarkhani

Suitably equipped with cameras and sensors, uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be instrumental for wildfire prediction, tracking, and monitoring, provided that uninterrupted conne…

cs.LG2024

Decentralized Optimization in Time-Varying Networks with Arbitrary Delays

Tomas Ortega, Hamid Jafarkhani

We consider a decentralized optimization problem for networks affected by communication delays. Examples of such networks include collaborative machine learning, sensor networks, a…

math.OC2024★ 1 cited

Decentralized Optimization in Networks with Arbitrary Delays

Tomas Ortega, Hamid Jafarkhani

We consider the problem of decentralized optimization in networks with communication delays. To accommodate delays, we need decentralized optimization algorithms that work on direc…

eess.SP2023★ 1 cited

Signal Processing and Learning for Next Generation Multiple Access in 6G

Wei Chen, Yuanwei Liu, Hamid Jafarkhani +3

Wireless communication systems to date primarily rely on the orthogonality of resources to facilitate the design and implementation, from user access to data transmission. Emerging…