StoCFL is a clustered federated learning framework designed to address Non-IID data and dynamic client participation. It introduces a flexible clustering mechanism that allows arbitrary client participation and accommodates newly joined clients, improving data efficiency and model performance. Experiments on four Non-IID settings and a real-world dataset demonstrate that StoCFL achieves promising cluster results even when the number of clusters is unknown, outperforming baseline approaches across various scenarios.
By Dun Zeng, Xiangjing Hu, Shiyu Liu, Yue Yu, Qifan Wang, Zenglin Xu
arXiv:2601. 09304v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Federated Learning (FL) enables distributed learning across multiple clients without sharing raw data.
By Sota Sugawara, Yuji Kawamata, Akihiro Toyoda, Tomoru Nakayama, Yukihiko Okada
arXiv:2405. 16472v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Contemporary AI faces the challenge of balancing generality with user-specific personalization.
By Shutong Chen, Guodong Long, Tianyi Zhou, Jie Ma, Jing Jiang, Chengqi Zhang
arXiv:2605. 11165v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Federated learning (FL) in heterogeneous environments remains challenging because client models often differ in both architecture and data distribution.
By Ben Rachmut, Luise Ge, William Yeoh, Ning Zhang, Yevgeniy Vorobeychik
The paper introduces FedDCN, a federated deep clustering network that jointly optimizes reconstruction and clustering losses for high‑dimensional, heterogeneous data. It addresses challenges of non‑IID client data by generating synthetic augmentations and applying geometric regularization to align latent spaces. Experiments show the method’s effectiveness under both IID and non‑IID settings, and the authors outline future research directions.
By Morris Stallmann, Charalampos S. Kouzinopoulos, Marcin Pietrasik, Anna Wilbik
arXiv:2303. 04345v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Federated learning (FL) is a promising framework that models distributed machine learning while protecting the privacy of clients.
By Xu Zhang, Wenpeng Li, Yunfeng Shao, Yonglin Liu, Kaiwen Zhou, Yinchuan Li