3 papers
cs.LG2026
FedMomentum: Preserving LoRA Training Momentum in Federated Fine-Tuning
Peishen Yan, Yang Hua, Hao Wang +4
Federated fine-tuning of large language models (LLMs) with low-rank adaptation (LoRA) offers a communication-efficient and privacy-preserving solution for task-specific adaptation.…
cs.DC2026
FWeb3: A Practical Incentive-Aware Federated Learning Framework
Peishen Yan, Shuang Liang, Yang Hua +9
Federated learning (FL) enables collaborative model training over distributed private data. However, sustaining open participation requires incentive mechanisms that compensate con…
cs.CR2026
SettleFL: Trustless and Scalable Reward Settlement Protocol for Federated Learning on Permissionless Blockchains (Extended version)
Shuang Liang, Yang Hua, Linshan Jiang +4
In open Federated Learning (FL) environments where no central authority exists, ensuring collaboration fairness relies on decentralized reward settlement, yet the prohibitive cost…