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most citedMulti-Stage Hybrid Federated Learning over Large-Scale D2D-Enabled Fog Networks

127 citations · 356 across the 54 of their papers we have counts for

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63 papers

math.OC2026

Budget-Constrained Multi-Consensus Decentralized Gradient Descent

Shuyi Ren, Nicol`o Michelusi, Erik G. Larsson

We investigate decentralized gradient descent (DGD) with emphasis on efficient communication and computation resource utilization under budget constraints. As a first step toward t…

cs.LG2026

Over-the-Air Federated Learning in Heterogeneous Mobile Wireless Networks

Ming Xiang, Nicolò Michelusi, Yonina C. Eldar +1

Over-the-air computation has emerged as a scalable and efficient solution for deploying federated learning algorithms in wireless networks by exploiting waveform superposition for…

cs.IT2026

Non-Coherent Over-the-Air Federated Learning: Protocol, Convergence, and Device Scheduling

Haifeng Wen, Nicolò Michelusi, Osvaldo Simeone +2

To mitigate the scalability bottleneck in the radio access network (RAN) in federated edge learning (FEEL), over-the-air federated learning (AirFL) exploits waveform superposition…

eess.SP2026

Distributed Optimization with Streaming Data: A Temporal Weighting Perspective

Muhammad Faraz Ul Abrar, Nicolò Michelusi, Erik G. Larsson

Optimization theory is a widely used tool for intelligent decision-making. While classical optimization deals with fixed, time-invariant objective functions, many modern applicatio…

cs.DC2026

Decentralized Gradient Descent: Bottleneck Regimes and Budget Complexity

Nicolò Michelusi

Decentralized gradient descent (DGD) is widely used for solving distributed optimization problems over networks of agents. While its convergence properties are well understood, les…

eess.SP2026

Decentralized Time-Varying Optimization for Streaming Data via Temporal Weighting

Muhammad Faraz Ul Abrar, Nicolò Michelusi, Erik G. Larsson

Classical optimization theory largely focuses on fixed objective functions, whereas many modern learning systems operate in dynamic environments where data arrive sequentially and…

eess.SP2026

Interference-Robust Non-Coherent Over-the-Air Computation for Decentralized Optimization

Nicolò Michelusi

Non-coherent over-the-air (NCOTA) computation enables low-latency and bandwidth-efficient decentralized optimization by exploiting the average energy superposition property of wire…

cs.LG2025

Time-Varying Optimization for Streaming Data Via Temporal Weighting

Muhammad Faraz Ul Abrar, Nicolò Michelusi, Erik G. Larsson

Classical optimization theory deals with fixed, time-invariant objective functions. However, time-varying optimization has emerged as an important subject for decision-making in dy…

cs.LG2025

Non-Convex Over-the-Air Heterogeneous Federated Learning: A Bias-Variance Trade-off

Muhammad Faraz Ul Abrar, Nicolò Michelusi

Over-the-air (OTA) federated learning (FL) has been well recognized as a scalable paradigm that exploits the waveform superposition of the wireless multiple-access channel to aggre…

eess.SP2025

Joint UAV Placement and Transceiver Design in Multi-User Wireless Relay Networks

Tzu-Hsuan Chou, Nicolo Michelusi, David J. Love +1

In this paper, a novel approach is proposed to improve the minimum signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio (SINR) among users in non-orthogonal multi-user wireless relay networks,…

eess.SP2025★ 4 cited

Unified Analysis of Decentralized Gradient Descent: a Contraction Mapping Framework

Erik G. Larsson, Nicolo Michelusi

The decentralized gradient descent (DGD) algorithm, and its sibling, diffusion, are workhorses in decentralized machine learning, distributed inference and estimation, and multi-ag…

cs.LG2025

Biased Federated Learning under Wireless Heterogeneity

Muhammad Faraz Ul Abrar, Nicolò Michelusi

Federated learning (FL) has emerged as a promising framework for distributed learning, enabling collaborative model training without sharing private data. Existing wireless FL work…

eess.SP2025

Hybrid Fingerprint-based Positioning in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

Manish Kumar, Tzu-Hsuan Chou, Byunghyun Lee +3

Recently, there has been an increasing interest in 6G technology for integrated sensing and communications, where positioning stands out as a key application. In the realm of 6G, c…

cs.IT2024

NCAirFL: CSI-Free Over-the-Air Federated Learning Based on Non-Coherent Detection

Haifeng Wen, Nicolò Michelusi, Osvaldo Simeone +1

Over-the-air federated learning (FL), i.e., AirFL, leverages computing primitively over multiple access channels. A long-standing challenge in AirFL is to achieve coherent signal a…

eess.SY2024

Orchestrating UAVs for Prioritized Data Harvesting: A Cross-Layer Optimization Perspective

Bharath Keshavamurthy, Nicolo Michelusi

This work describes the orchestration of a fleet of rotary-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for harvesting prioritized traffic from random distributions of heterogeneous users…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Biased Over-the-Air Federated Learning under Wireless Heterogeneity

Muhammad Faraz Ul Abrar, Nicolò Michelusi

Recently, Over-the-Air (OTA) computation has emerged as a promising federated learning (FL) paradigm that leverages the waveform superposition properties of the wireless channel to…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Analog-digital Scheduling for Federated Learning: A Communication-Efficient Approach

Muhammad Faraz Ul Abrar, Nicolò Michelusi

Over-the-air (OTA) computation has recently emerged as a communication-efficient Federated Learning (FL) paradigm to train machine learning models over wireless networks. However,…

cs.LG2023

Delay-Aware Hierarchical Federated Learning

Frank Po-Chen Lin, Seyyedali Hosseinalipour, Nicolò Michelusi +1

Federated learning has gained popularity as a means of training models distributed across the wireless edge. The paper introduces delay-aware hierarchical federated learning (DFL)…

eess.SP2023

Propagation Measurements and Analyses at 28 GHz via an Autonomous Beam-Steering Platform

Bharath Keshavamurthy, Yaguang Zhang, Christopher R. Anderson +3

This paper details the design of an autonomous alignment and tracking platform to mechanically steer directional horn antennas in a sliding correlator channel sounder setup for 28…

eess.SP2022★ 4 cited

Non-Coherent Over-the-Air Decentralized Gradient Descent

Nicolo' Michelusi

Implementing Decentralized Gradient Descent (DGD) in wireless systems is challenging due to noise, fading, and limited bandwidth, necessitating topology awareness, transmission sch…

eess.SY2022

Multiscale Adaptive Scheduling and Path-Planning for Power-Constrained UAV-Relays via SMDPs

Bharath Keshavamurthy, Nicolo Michelusi

We describe the orchestration of a decentralized swarm of rotary-wing UAV-relays, augmenting the coverage and service capabilities of a terrestrial base station. Our goal is to min…

cs.IT2022★ 2 cited

Decentralized Federated Learning via Non-Coherent Over-the-Air Consensus

Nicolò Michelusi

This paper presents NCOTA-DGD, a Decentralized Gradient Descent (DGD) algorithm that combines local gradient descent with a novel Non-Coherent Over-The-Air (NCOTA) consensus scheme…

cs.LG2022★ 1 cited

Parallel Successive Learning for Dynamic Distributed Model Training over Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

Seyyedali Hosseinalipour, Su Wang, Nicolo Michelusi +4

Federated learning (FedL) has emerged as a popular technique for distributing model training over a set of wireless devices, via iterative local updates (at devices) and global agg…

eess.SP2022

Compressed Training for Dual-Wideband Time-Varying Sub-Terahertz Massive MIMO

Tzu-Hsuan Chou, Nicolo Michelusi, David J. Love +1

6G operators may use millimeter wave (mmWave) and sub-terahertz (sub-THz) bands to meet the ever-increasing demand for wireless access. Sub-THz communication comes with many existi…