activity
20232026
collaborators

15 papers

cs.NI2026

Age of Information in Non-Terrestrial Networks with Energy Harvesting

Fangming Zhao, Nikolaos Pappas, Shi Jin +1

We analyze the timeliness of status-update delivery in a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite-assisted energy-harvesting Internet of Things network using the Age of Information (AoI) me…

cs.LG2025

Feature-Based Semantics-Aware Scheduling for Energy-Harvesting Federated Learning

Eunjeong Jeong, Giovanni Perin, Howard H. Yang +1

Federated Learning (FL) on resource-constrained edge devices faces a critical challenge: The computational energy required for training Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) often dominates…

cs.LG2025

Rethinking Federated Learning Over the Air: The Blessing of Scaling Up

Jiaqi Zhu, Bikramjit Das, Yong Xie +2

Federated learning facilitates collaborative model training across multiple clients while preserving data privacy. However, its performance is often constrained by limited communic…

cs.LG2025

Battery-aware Cyclic Scheduling in Energy-harvesting Federated Learning

Eunjeong Jeong, Nikolaos Pappas

Federated Learning (FL) has emerged as a promising framework for distributed learning, but its growing complexity has led to significant energy consumption, particularly from compu…

cs.IT2024

Analysis of Age of Information for A Discrete-Time hybrid Dual-Queue System

Zhengchuan Chen, Yi Qu, Nikolaos Pappas +3

Using multiple sensors to update the status process of interest is promising in improving the information freshness. The unordered arrival of status updates at the monitor end pose…

cs.NI2024

Age of Information in Random Access Networks with Energy Harvesting

Fangming Zhao, Nikolaos Pappas, Meng Zhang +1

We study the age of information (AoI) in a random access network consisting of multiple source-destination pairs, where each source node is empowered by energy harvesting capabilit…

cs.IT2024

Timeliness of Status Update System: The Effect of Parallel Transmission Using Heterogeneous Updating Devices

Zhengchuan Chen, Kang Lang, Nikolaos Pappas +4

Timely status updating is the premise of emerging interaction-based applications in the Internet of Things (IoT). Using redundant devices to update the status of interest is a prom…

cs.NI2024

Graph Attention Reinforcement Learning for Multicast Routing and Age-Optimal Scheduling

Yanning Zhang, Guocheng Liao, Shengbin Cao +3

Multicast routing is essential for real-time group applications, such as video streaming, virtual reality, and metaverse platforms, where the Age of Information (AoI) acts as a cru…

cs.LG2024

Adaptive Federated Learning Over the Air

Chenhao Wang, Zihan Chen, Nikolaos Pappas +3

We propose a federated version of adaptive gradient methods, particularly AdaGrad and Adam, within the framework of over-the-air model training. This approach capitalizes on the in…

cs.IT2024

Boosting Dynamic TDD in Small Cell Networks by the Multiplicative Weight Update Method

Jiaqi Zhu, Nikolaos Pappas, Howard H. Yang

We leverage the Multiplicative Weight Update (MWU) method to develop a decentralized algorithm that significantly improves the performance of dynamic time division duplexing (D-TDD…

cs.LG2024

Version age-based client scheduling policy for federated learning

Xinyi Hu, Nikolaos Pappas, Howard H. Yang

Federated Learning (FL) has emerged as a privacy-preserving machine learning paradigm facilitating collaborative training across multiple clients without sharing local data. Despit…

cs.NI2023

Value of Information and Timing-aware Scheduling for Federated Learning

Muhammad Azeem Khan, Howard H. Yang, Zihan Chen +2

Data possesses significant value as it fuels advancements in AI. However, protecting the privacy of the data generated by end-user devices has become crucial. Federated Learning (F…

cs.NI2023

Age-Threshold Slotted ALOHA for Optimizing Information Freshness in Mobile Networks

Fangming Zhao, Nikolaos Pappas, Chuan Ma +3

We optimize the Age of Information (AoI) in mobile networks using the age-threshold slotted ALOHA (TSA) protocol. The network comprises multiple source-destination pairs, where eac…

cs.NI2023

Optimal Status Updates for Minimizing Age of Correlated Information in IoT Networks with Energy Harvesting Sensors

Chao Xu, Xinyan Zhang, Howard H. Yang +4

Many real-time applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) need to deal with correlated information generated by multiple sensors. The design of efficient status update strategies…

eess.SY2023

Analysis of Age of Information in Non-terrestrial Networks

Yanwu Lu, Howard Yang, Nikolaos Pappas +3

Non-terrestrial networks (NTN), particularly low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks, have emerged as a promising solution to overcome the limitations of traditional terrestrial n…