The recent advancements in federated learning (FL) have significantly enhanced the field's ability to handle privacy-preserving, decentralized machine learning tasks. A notable trend is the integration of advanced techniques such as prompt learning, evidential deep learning, and optimal transport to address data heterogeneity and improve model generalization across diverse clients. These innovations are particularly impactful in healthcare and smart grid applications, where personalized models are crucial. Additionally, the robustness of FL frameworks against Byzantine attacks and backdoor threats has been substantially improved, ensuring secure model training in adversarial environments. Noteworthy papers include 'Evidential Federated Learning for Skin Lesion Image Classification,' which introduces a novel approach to privacy-preserving knowledge sharing, and 'DeTrigger: A Gradient-Centric Approach to Backdoor Attack Mitigation in Federated Learning,' which offers a scalable solution to protect against sophisticated backdoor threats.
Enhancing Privacy and Security in Decentralized Machine Learning
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Embedding Byzantine Fault Tolerance into Federated Learning via Virtual Data-Driven Consistency Scoring Plugin
How to Defend Against Large-scale Model Poisoning Attacks in Federated Learning: A Vertical Solution
Freezing of Gait Detection Using Gramian Angular Fields and Federated Learning from Wearable Sensors
F$^3$OCUS -- Federated Finetuning of Vision-Language Foundation Models with Optimal Client Layer Updating Strategy via Multi-objective Meta-Heuristics
Non-IID data in Federated Learning: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Metrics, Methods, Frameworks and Future Directions