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cs.LG2025

Communication-Efficient and Differentially Private Vertical Federated Learning with Zeroth-Order Optimization

Jianing Zhang, Evan Chen, Dong-Jun Han +2

Vertical Federated Learning (VFL) enables collaborative model training across feature-partitioned devices, yet its reliance on device-server information exchange introduces signifi…

cs.NI2025

Differentially-Private Multi-Tier Federated Learning: A Formal Analysis and Evaluation

Evan Chen, Frank Po-Chen Lin, Dong-Jun Han +1

While federated learning (FL) eliminates the transmission of raw data over a network, it is still vulnerable to privacy breaches from the communicated model parameters. Differentia…

cs.DC2025

Towards Straggler-Resilient Split Federated Learning: An Unbalanced Update Approach

Dandan Liang, Jianing Zhang, Evan Chen +3

Split Federated Learning (SFL) enables scalable training on edge devices by combining the parallelism of Federated Learning (FL) with the computational offloading of Split Learning…

cs.NI2025

Federated Foundation Models in Harsh Wireless Environments: Prospects, Challenges, and Future Directions

Evan Chen, Seyyedali Hosseinalipour, Christopher G. Brinton +1

Foundation models (FMs) have shown remarkable capabilities in generalized intelligence, multimodal understanding, and adaptive learning across a wide range of domains. However, the…

cs.LG2025

Gradient Correction in Federated Learning with Adaptive Optimization

Evan Chen, Shiqiang Wang, Jianing Zhang +3

In federated learning (FL), model training performance is strongly impacted by data heterogeneity across clients. Client-drift compensation methods have recently emerged as a solut…