activity
20242026
collaborators

5 papers

cs.AI2026

From Coordinate Matching to Structural Alignment: Rethinking Prototype Alignment in Heterogeneous Federated Learning

Xinghao Wu, Jianwei Niu, Guogang Zhu +3

Heterogeneous federated learning (HtFL) aims to enable collaboration among clients that differ in both data distributions and model architectures. Prototype-based methods, which co…

cs.LG2026

Enhancing Visual Representation with Textual Semantics: Textual Semantics-Powered Prototypes for Heterogeneous Federated Learning

Xinghao Wu, Jianwei Niu, Xuefeng Liu +4

Federated Prototype Learning (FedPL) has emerged as an effective strategy for handling data heterogeneity in Federated Learning (FL). In FedPL, clients collaboratively construct a…

cs.LG2025

The Other Side of the Coin: Unveiling the Downsides of Model Aggregation in Federated Learning from a Layer-peeled Perspective

Guogang Zhu, Xuefeng Liu, Jianwei Niu +2

It is often observed that the aggregated model in FL underperforms on local data until after several rounds of local training. This temporary performance drop can potentially slow…

cs.LG2025

DualFed: Enjoying both Generalization and Personalization in Federated Learning via Hierachical Representations

Guogang Zhu, Xuefeng Liu, Jianwei Niu +3

In personalized federated learning (PFL), it is widely recognized that achieving both high model generalization and effective personalization poses a significant challenge due to t…

cs.LG2024

Decoupling General and Personalized Knowledge in Federated Learning via Additive and Low-Rank Decomposition

Xinghao Wu, Xuefeng Liu, Jianwei Niu +4

To address data heterogeneity, the key strategy of Personalized Federated Learning (PFL) is to decouple general knowledge (shared among clients) and client-specific knowledge, as t…