arXiv Computer Vision

MuCALD-SplitFed: Causal-Latent Diffusion for Privacy-Preserving Multi-Task Split-Federated Medical Image Segmentation

MuCALD‑SplitFed is a multi‑task split‑federated learning framework that combines causal representation learning with latent diffusion to enable privacy‑preserving medical image segmentation across decentralized institutions. It addresses the instability and privacy issues of existing multi‑task federated approaches by reducing information leakage at split points and improving convergence. Experiments demonstrate that MuCALD‑SplitFed outperforms baseline split‑federated, personalized federated, and multi‑task federated methods on segmentation tasks.

Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jun 3

Federated Learning for Multi-Center Sepsis Early Prediction with Privacy-Preserving

Privacy-sensitive and distributed characteristics of multi-center medical data bring severe obstacles to centralized modeling for accurate early prediction of sepsis. Federated learning (FL) has attracted growing attention as a promising framework for collaborative model development, as it allows multiple institutions to jointly train predictive models without directly sharing or centralizing raw data.

arXiv AI
Oct 1

Aegis: Generative Gradient Masking for Privacy-Preserving Medical Federated Learning

Aegis is a client‑side defense for medical federated learning that protects against model inversion attacks by adding a masking gradient derived from locally synthesized data. The method exploits the fact that attacks fail when the effective batch size exceeds the model’s leakage capacity, turning this bottleneck into a privacy guarantee. Experiments on MNIST, CIFAR‑10, and MedMNIST datasets show that Aegis neutralizes state‑of‑the‑art attacks while preserving model accuracy and adding only modest overhead.

By Chaoyu Zhang, Shanghao Shi, Heng Jin, Ning Wang, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 7

Batch effects can impair federated learning in multi-center omics studies

arXiv:2412. 05894v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Federated learning (FL) enables collaborative analysis of biomedical data without exchanging sensitive patient-level information, but its performance in multi-center studies may be compromised by batch effects which can obscure biological signals.

By Yuliya Burankova, Julian Klemm, Jens J. G. Lohmann, Anne Hartebrodt, Ahmad Taheri, Niklas Probul, Jan Baumbach, Olga Zolotareva
arXiv AI
Oct 7

FedDermaSeg: Federated Learning for Dermatological Image Segmentation

FedDermaSeg explores federated learning for skin lesion segmentation, aiming to preserve privacy by avoiding centralized data aggregation. Using the ISIC 2018 dataset in a simulated distributed setting, the federated model matches centralized training performance and outperforms locally trained models. The study demonstrates that collaborative, privacy‑preserving segmentation is feasible without central image storage.

By Anabik Pal, Ganesh Patidar, Bikash Santra
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 18

Multi-center Medical Data Mining with FL-Net - A One-stop Shop for Federated Learning

FL-Net is a federated learning framework designed for medical research that addresses five key requirements identified in the literature. It offers modular data harmonization, discovery, disclosure control, versioned tools, and containerized workflow execution, enabling reuse of harmonized data and workflows across studies. The framework was evaluated on MIMIC and US-130 datasets, supporting up to 50 concurrent clients and demonstrating reproducible, audited federated workflows.

By Simon S\"uwer, Julian Klemm, Elisa Acitelli, Mathieu Almeida, Lucia Altucci, Zsolt Bagyura, Michelangela Barbieri, Zsolt-Zolt\'an Bed\H{o}, Rosaria Benedetti, B\'ela Bihari, Csongor Csal\'oka, Lucia Dicunta, Stanislav Ehrlich, Bjoern M. Eskofier, S\'andor-J\'ozsef Fej\'er, Georg Fr\"owis, Walter H\"otzendorfer, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Jens Johann Georg Lohmann, Marianna Maranghi, Lorenzo Marconi, Rudolf Mayer, Wouter Leonard Megchelenbrink, Monika Moga, Adham Mottalib, Sanjeev Mehta, Madeleine M\"uller, Thomas Nystr\"om, Bal\'azs-Attila Orb\'an, Paul O'Toole, Giuseppe Paolisso, Paolo Parini, Matteo Pedrelli, Enrico Petrillo, Philipp Poindl, Niklas Probul, Anastasia Pustozerova, Tanja \v{S}ar\v{c}evi\'c, Lukas Weilguny, Jan Baumbach, Andreas Maier
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jul 8

Collaborative Synthetic Data Generation for Knowledge Transfer in Federated Learning

One-shot federated learning (OSFL) addresses the communication overhead of federated learning by limiting training to a single round, but doing so without sacrificing model quality is non-trivial, particularly when client data distributions diverge. Recent work has addressed this challenge by aggregating client knowledge on the server through the construction of transferable synthetic datasets or distillates.