There is a gradual increase in the proportion of renewable energy sources.Green hydrogen has the potential to become one of the major energy carriers in the future.The Russian Federation,in partnership with countries ...There is a gradual increase in the proportion of renewable energy sources.Green hydrogen has the potential to become one of the major energy carriers in the future.The Russian Federation,in partnership with countries in the Asia-Pacific region and especially China,has the potential to play a significant role in green hydrogen market.This study assessed the potential of developing green hydrogen energy based on wind power in the Far Eastern Federal District(FEFD)of the Russian Federation.Empirical wind speed data were collected from 20 meteorological stations in 4 regions(Sakhalinskaya Oblast’,Primorskiy Krai,Khabarovskiy Krai,and Amurskaya Oblast’)of the FEFD.The Weibull distribution was used to predict the potential of green hydrogen production.Five different methods(Empirical Method of Justus(EMJ),Empirical Method of Lysen(EML),Maximum Likelihood Method(MLE),Power Density Method(PDM),and Median and Quartiles Method(MQM))were used to determine the parameters(scape factor and scale factor)of the Weibull distribution.We calculated the total electricity generation potential based on the technical specifications of the three wind turbines:Senvion 6150 onshore,H165-4.0 MW,and Vestas V150-4.2 MW.The results showed that Vladivostok,Pogibi,Ilyinskiy,Yuzhno-Kuril’sk,Severo-Kuril’sk,Kholmsk,and Okha stations had the higher potential of green hydrogen production,of which Vladivostok exhibited the highest potential of green hydrogen production using the wind turbine of H165-4.0 MW,up to 2.56×10^(5) kg/a.In terms of economic analysis,the levelized cost of hydrogen(LCOH)values of lower than 4.00 USD/kg were obtained at Yuzhno-Kuril’sk,Ilyinskiy,Pogibi,and Vladivostok stations using the wind turbine of H165-4.0 MW,with the values of 3.54,3.50,3.24,and 2.55 USD/kg,respectively.This study concluded that the FEFD possesses significant potential in the production of green hydrogen and,with appropriate investment,has the potential to become a significant hub for green hydrogen trading in the Asia-Pacific region.展开更多
The relation between conflict and governance has been dominated by type of government rather than by system of government.With increasing conflict in countries with ethnic and religious diversity,the debate has gradua...The relation between conflict and governance has been dominated by type of government rather than by system of government.With increasing conflict in countries with ethnic and religious diversity,the debate has gradually shifted to understand better the link between conflict and system of government.There is a growing evidence that suggests federal system performs better than unitary system in managing diversity and reducing conflict.Decentralization is even seen to be more effective than federal system not only in managing diversity and reducing conflict but also in delivering public goods.This article provides an account of evolution of system of government in South Sudan.It finds a clear association of centralized unitary system with violent conflict and a relative peace during period of decentralized government or federal system.A decentralized federal system may be appropriate for South Sudan in managing diversity and mitigating conflict.Despite the popular demand by their citizens for a federal system to manage diversity and reduce violent conflict,the ruling elites in the post-independent South Sudan adopted instead an autocratic centralized unitary system that contributed among other factors to the persistent violent conflicts,erosion of social cohesion,and rising mistrust between state and citizens and between and among the communities of South Sudan.展开更多
In the realm of Intelligent Railway Transportation Systems,effective multi-party collaboration is crucial due to concerns over privacy and data silos.Vertical Federated Learning(VFL)has emerged as a promising approach...In the realm of Intelligent Railway Transportation Systems,effective multi-party collaboration is crucial due to concerns over privacy and data silos.Vertical Federated Learning(VFL)has emerged as a promising approach to facilitate such collaboration,allowing diverse entities to collectively enhance machine learning models without the need to share sensitive training data.However,existing works have highlighted VFL’s susceptibility to privacy inference attacks,where an honest but curious server could potentially reconstruct a client’s raw data from embeddings uploaded by the client.This vulnerability poses a significant threat to VFL-based intelligent railway transportation systems.In this paper,we introduce SensFL,a novel privacy-enhancing method to against privacy inference attacks in VFL.Specifically,SensFL integrates regularization of the sensitivity of embeddings to the original data into the model training process,effectively limiting the information contained in shared embeddings.By reducing the sensitivity of embeddings to the original data,SensFL can effectively resist reverse privacy attacks and prevent the reconstruction of the original data from the embeddings.Extensive experiments were conducted on four distinct datasets and three different models to demonstrate the efficacy of SensFL.Experiment results show that SensFL can effectively mitigate privacy inference attacks while maintaining the accuracy of the primary learning task.These results underscore SensFL’s potential to advance privacy protection technologies within VFL-based intelligent railway systems,addressing critical security concerns in collaborative learning environments.展开更多
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence,the Internet of Things(IoT)can deploy various machine learning algorithms for network and application management.In the IoT environment,many sensors and devices ge...With the rapid development of artificial intelligence,the Internet of Things(IoT)can deploy various machine learning algorithms for network and application management.In the IoT environment,many sensors and devices generatemassive data,but data security and privacy protection have become a serious challenge.Federated learning(FL)can achieve many intelligent IoT applications by training models on local devices and allowing AI training on distributed IoT devices without data sharing.This review aims to deeply explore the combination of FL and the IoT,and analyze the application of federated learning in the IoT from the aspects of security and privacy protection.In this paper,we first describe the potential advantages of FL and the challenges faced by current IoT systems in the fields of network burden and privacy security.Next,we focus on exploring and analyzing the advantages of the combination of FL on the Internet,including privacy security,attack detection,efficient communication of the IoT,and enhanced learning quality.We also list various application scenarios of FL on the IoT.Finally,we propose several open research challenges and possible solutions.展开更多
Mental health is a significant issue worldwide,and the utilization of technology to assist mental health has seen a growing trend.This aims to alleviate the workload on healthcare professionals and aid individuals.Num...Mental health is a significant issue worldwide,and the utilization of technology to assist mental health has seen a growing trend.This aims to alleviate the workload on healthcare professionals and aid individuals.Numerous applications have been developed to support the challenges in intelligent healthcare systems.However,because mental health data is sensitive,privacy concerns have emerged.Federated learning has gotten some attention.This research reviews the studies on federated learning and mental health related to solving the issue of intelligent healthcare systems.It explores various dimensions of federated learning in mental health,such as datasets(their types and sources),applications categorized based on mental health symptoms,federated mental health frameworks,federated machine learning,federated deep learning,and the benefits of federated learning in mental health applications.This research conducts surveys to evaluate the current state of mental health applications,mainly focusing on the role of Federated Learning(FL)and related privacy and data security concerns.The survey provides valuable insights into how these applications are emerging and evolving,specifically emphasizing FL’s impact.展开更多
As AI systems scale, the limitations of cloud-based architectures, including latency, bandwidth, and privacy concerns, demand decentralized alternatives. Federated learning (FL) and Edge AI provide a paradigm shift by...As AI systems scale, the limitations of cloud-based architectures, including latency, bandwidth, and privacy concerns, demand decentralized alternatives. Federated learning (FL) and Edge AI provide a paradigm shift by combining privacy preserving training with efficient, on device computation. This paper introduces a cutting-edge FL-edge integration framework, achieving a 10% to 15% increase in model accuracy and reducing communication costs by 25% in heterogeneous environments. Blockchain based secure aggregation ensures robust and tamper-proof model updates, while exploratory quantum AI techniques enhance computational efficiency. By addressing key challenges such as device variability and non-IID data, this work sets the stage for the next generation of adaptive, privacy-first AI systems, with applications in IoT, healthcare, and autonomous systems.展开更多
Federated learning is a machine learning framework designed to protect privacy by keeping training data on clients’devices without sharing private data.It trains a global model through collaboration between clients a...Federated learning is a machine learning framework designed to protect privacy by keeping training data on clients’devices without sharing private data.It trains a global model through collaboration between clients and the server.However,the presence of data heterogeneity can lead to inefficient model training and even reduce the final model’s accuracy and generalization capability.Meanwhile,data scarcity can result in suboptimal cluster distributions for few-shot clients in centralized clustering tasks,and standalone personalization tasks may cause severe overfitting issues.To address these limitations,we introduce a federated learning dual optimization model based on clustering and personalization strategy(FedCPS).FedCPS adopts a decentralized approach,where clients identify their cluster membership locally without relying on a centralized clustering algorithm.Building on this,FedCPS introduces personalized training tasks locally,adding a regularization term to control deviations between local and cluster models.This improves the generalization ability of the final model while mitigating overfitting.The use of weight-sharing techniques also reduces the computational cost of central machines.Experimental results on MNIST,FMNIST,CIFAR10,and CIFAR100 datasets demonstrate that our method achieves better personalization effects compared to other personalized federated learning methods,with an average test accuracy improvement of 0.81%–2.96%.Meanwhile,we adjusted the proportion of few-shot clients to evaluate the impact on accuracy across different methods.The experiments show that FedCPS reduces accuracy by only 0.2%–3.7%,compared to 2.1%–10%for existing methods.Our method demonstrates its advantages across diverse data environments.展开更多
Distributed Federated Learning(DFL)technology enables participants to cooperatively train a shared model while preserving the privacy of their local datasets,making it a desirable solution for decentralized and privac...Distributed Federated Learning(DFL)technology enables participants to cooperatively train a shared model while preserving the privacy of their local datasets,making it a desirable solution for decentralized and privacy-preserving Web3 scenarios.However,DFL faces incentive and security challenges in the decentralized framework.To address these issues,this paper presents a Hierarchical Blockchain-enabled DFL(HBDFL)system,which provides a generic solution framework for the DFL-related applications.The proposed system consists of four major components,including a model contribution-based reward mechanism,a Proof of Elapsed Time and Accuracy(PoETA)consensus algorithm,a Distributed Reputation-based Verification Mechanism(DRTM)and an Accuracy-Dependent Throughput Management(ADTM)mechanism.The model contribution-based rewarding mechanism incentivizes network nodes to train models with their local datasets,while the PoETA consensus algorithm optimizes the tradeoff between the shared model accuracy and system throughput.The DRTM improves the system efficiency in consensus,and the ADTM mechanism guarantees that the throughput performance remains within a predefined range while improving the shared model accuracy.The performance of the proposed HBDFL system is evaluated by numerical simulations,with the results showing that the system improves the accuracy of the shared model while maintaining high throughput and ensuring security.展开更多
In the rapidly evolving landscape of television advertising,optimizing ad schedules to maximize viewer engagement and revenue has become significant.Traditional methods often operate in silos,limiting the potential in...In the rapidly evolving landscape of television advertising,optimizing ad schedules to maximize viewer engagement and revenue has become significant.Traditional methods often operate in silos,limiting the potential insights gained from broader data analysis due to concerns over privacy and data sharing.This article introduces a novel approach that leverages Federated Learning(FL)to enhance TV ad schedule optimization,combining the strengths of local optimization techniques with the power of global Machine Learning(ML)models to uncover actionable insights without compromising data privacy.It combines linear programming for initial ads scheduling optimization with ML—specifically,a K-Nearest Neighbors(KNN)model—for predicting ad spot positions.Taking into account the diversity and the difficulty of the ad-scheduling problem,we propose a prescriptivepredictive approach in which first the position of the ads is optimized(using Google’s OR-Tools CP-SAT)and then the scheduled position of all ads will be the result of the optimization problem.Second,this output becomes the target of a predictive task that predicts the position of new entries based on their characteristics ensuring the implementation of the scheduling at large scale(using KNN,Light Gradient Boosting Machine and Random Forest).Furthermore,we explore the integration of FL to enhance predictive accuracy and strategic insight across different broadcasting networks while preserving data privacy.The FL approach resulted in 8750 ads being precisely matched to their optimal category placements,showcasing an alignment with the intended diversity objectives.Additionally,there was a minimal deviation observed,with 1133 ads positioned within a one-category variance from their ideal placement in the original dataset.展开更多
To protect user privacy and data security,the integration of Federated Learning(FL)and blockchain has become an emerging research hotspot.However,the limited throughput and high communication complexity of traditional...To protect user privacy and data security,the integration of Federated Learning(FL)and blockchain has become an emerging research hotspot.However,the limited throughput and high communication complexity of traditional blockchains limit their application in large-scale FL tasks,and the synchronous traditional FL will also reduce the training efficiency.To address these issues,in this paper,we propose a Directed Acyclic Graph(DAG)blockchain-enabled generalized Federated Dropout(FD)learning strategy,which could improve the efficiency of FL while ensuring the model generalization.Specifically,the DAG maintained by multiple edge servers will guarantee the security and traceability of the data,and the Reputation-based Tips Selection Algorithm(RTSA)is proposed to reduce the blockchain consensus delay.Second,the semi-asynchronous training among Intelligent Devices(IDs)is adopted to improve the training efficiency,and a reputation-based FD technology is proposed to prevent overfitting of the model.In addition,a Hybrid Optimal Resource Allocation(HORA)algorithm is introduced to minimize the network delay.Finally,simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed algorithms.展开更多
Federated Graph Learning (FGL) enables model training without requiring each client to share local graph data, effectively breaking data silos by aggregating the training parameters from each terminal while safeguardi...Federated Graph Learning (FGL) enables model training without requiring each client to share local graph data, effectively breaking data silos by aggregating the training parameters from each terminal while safeguarding data privacy. Traditional FGL relies on a centralized server for model aggregation;however, this central server presents challenges such as a single point of failure and high communication overhead. Additionally, efficiently training a robust personalized local model for each client remains a significant objective in federated graph learning. To address these issues, we propose a decentralized Federated Graph Learning framework with efficient communication, termed Decentralized Federated Graph Learning via Surrogate Model (SD_FGL). In SD_FGL, each client is required to maintain two models: a private model and a surrogate model. The surrogate model is publicly shared and can exchange and update information directly with any client, eliminating the need for a central server and reducing communication overhead. The private model is independently trained by each client, allowing it to calculate similarity with other clients based on local data as well as information shared through the surrogate model. This enables the private model to better adjust its training strategy and selectively update its parameters. Additionally, local differential privacy is incorporated into the surrogate model training process to enhance privacy protection. Testing on three real-world graph datasets demonstrates that the proposed framework improves accuracy while achieving decentralized Federated Graph Learning with lower communication overhead and stronger privacy safeguards.展开更多
With the deep integration of edge computing,5G and Artificial Intelligence ofThings(AIoT)technologies,the large-scale deployment of intelligent terminal devices has given rise to data silos and privacy security challe...With the deep integration of edge computing,5G and Artificial Intelligence ofThings(AIoT)technologies,the large-scale deployment of intelligent terminal devices has given rise to data silos and privacy security challenges in sensing-computing fusion scenarios.Traditional federated learning(FL)algorithms face significant limitations in practical applications due to client drift,model bias,and resource constraints under non-independent and identically distributed(Non-IID)data,as well as the computational overhead and utility loss caused by privacy-preserving techniques.To address these issues,this paper proposes an Efficient and Privacy-enhancing Clustering Federated Learning method(FedEPC).This method introduces a dual-round client selection mechanism to optimize training.First,the Sparsity-based Privacy-preserving Representation Extraction Module(SPRE)and Adaptive Isomorphic Devices Clustering Module(AIDC)cluster clients based on privacy-sensitive features.Second,the Context-aware Incluster Client Selection Module(CICS)dynamically selects representative devices for training,ensuring heterogeneous data distributions are fully represented.By conducting federated training within clusters and aggregating personalized models,FedEPC effectively mitigates weight divergence caused by data heterogeneity,reduces the impact of client drift and straggler issues.Experimental results demonstrate that FedEPC significantly improves test accuracy in highly Non-IID data scenarios compared to FedAvg and existing clustering FL methods.By ensuring privacy security,FedEPC provides an efficient and robust solution for FL in resource-constrained devices within sensing-computing fusion scenarios,offering both theoretical value and engineering practicality.展开更多
Federated learning combines with fog computing to transform data sharing into model sharing,which solves the issues of data isolation and privacy disclosure in fog computing.However,existing studies focus on centraliz...Federated learning combines with fog computing to transform data sharing into model sharing,which solves the issues of data isolation and privacy disclosure in fog computing.However,existing studies focus on centralized single-layer aggregation federated learning architecture,which lack the consideration of cross-domain and asynchronous robustness of federated learning,and rarely integrate verification mechanisms from the perspective of incentives.To address the above challenges,we propose a Blockchain and Signcryption enabled Asynchronous Federated Learning(BSAFL)framework based on dual aggregation for cross-domain scenarios.In particular,we first design two types of signcryption schemes to secure the interaction and access control of collaborative learning between domains.Second,we construct a differential privacy approach that adaptively adjusts privacy budgets to ensure data privacy and local models'availability of intra-domain user.Furthermore,we propose an asynchronous aggregation solution that incorporates consensus verification and elastic participation using blockchain.Finally,security analysis demonstrates the security and privacy effectiveness of BSAFL,and the evaluation on real datasets further validates the high model accuracy and performance of BSAFL.展开更多
Federated learning has emerged as an essential technique of protecting privacy since it allows clients to train models locally without explicitly exchanging sensitive data.Extensive research has been conducted on the ...Federated learning has emerged as an essential technique of protecting privacy since it allows clients to train models locally without explicitly exchanging sensitive data.Extensive research has been conducted on the issue of data heterogeneity in federated learning,but effective model training with severely imbalanced label distributions remains an unexplored area.This paper presents a novel Cluster Federated Learning Algorithm with Intra-cluster Correction(CFIC).First,CFICselects samples fromeach cluster during each round of sampling,ensuring that no single category of data dominates the model training.Second,in addition to updating local models,CFIC adjusts its own parameters based on information shared by other clusters,allowing the final cluster models to better reflect the true nature of the entire dataset.Third,CFIC refines the cluster models into a global model,ensuring that even when label distributions are extremely imbalanced,the negative effects are significantly mitigated,thereby improving the global model’s performance.We conducted extensive experiments on seven datasets and six benchmark algorithms.Theresults show that the CFIC algorithm has a higher generalization ability than the benchmark algorithms.CFIC maintains high accuracy and rapid convergence rates even in a variety of non-independent identically distributed label skew distribution settings.The findings indicate that the proposed algorithm has the potential to become a trustworthy and practical solution for privacy preservation,whichmight be applied to fields such as medical image analysis,autonomous driving technologies,and intelligent educational platforms.展开更多
With the ongoing digitalization and intelligence of power systems,there is an increasing reliance on large-scale data-driven intelligent technologies for tasks such as scheduling optimization and load forecasting.Neve...With the ongoing digitalization and intelligence of power systems,there is an increasing reliance on large-scale data-driven intelligent technologies for tasks such as scheduling optimization and load forecasting.Nevertheless,power data often contains sensitive information,making it a critical industry challenge to efficiently utilize this data while ensuring privacy.Traditional Federated Learning(FL)methods can mitigate data leakage by training models locally instead of transmitting raw data.Despite this,FL still has privacy concerns,especially gradient leakage,which might expose users’sensitive information.Therefore,integrating Differential Privacy(DP)techniques is essential for stronger privacy protection.Even so,the noise from DP may reduce the performance of federated learning models.To address this challenge,this paper presents an explainability-driven power data privacy federated learning framework.It incorporates DP technology and,based on model explainability,adaptively adjusts privacy budget allocation and model aggregation,thus balancing privacy protection and model performance.The key innovations of this paper are as follows:(1)We propose an explainability-driven power data privacy federated learning framework.(2)We detail a privacy budget allocation strategy:assigning budgets per training round by gradient effectiveness and at model granularity by layer importance.(3)We design a weighted aggregation strategy that considers the SHAP value and model accuracy for quality knowledge sharing.(4)Experiments show the proposed framework outperforms traditional methods in balancing privacy protection and model performance in power load forecasting tasks.展开更多
Defect detection based on computer vision is a critical component in ensuring the quality of industrial products.However,existing detection methods encounter several challenges in practical applications,including the ...Defect detection based on computer vision is a critical component in ensuring the quality of industrial products.However,existing detection methods encounter several challenges in practical applications,including the scarcity of labeled samples,limited adaptability of pre-trained models,and the data heterogeneity in distributed environments.To address these issues,this research proposes an unsupervised defect detection method,FLAME(Federated Learning with Adaptive Multi-Model Embeddings).The method comprises three stages:(1)Feature learning stage:this work proposes FADE(Feature-Adaptive Domain-Specific Embeddings),a framework employs Gaussian noise injection to simulate defective patterns and implements a feature discriminator for defect detection,thereby enhancing the pre-trained model’s industrial imagery representation capabilities.(2)Knowledge distillation co-training stage:a multi-model feature knowledge distillation mechanism is introduced.Through feature-level knowledge transfer between the global model and historical local models,the current local model is guided to learn better feature representations from the global model.The approach prevents local models from converging to local optima and mitigates performance degradation caused by data heterogeneity.(3)Model parameter aggregation stage:participating clients utilize weighted averaging aggregation to synthesize an updated global model,facilitating efficient knowledge consolidation.Experimental results demonstrate that FADE improves the average image-level Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve(AUROC)by 7.34%compared to methods directly utilizing pre-trained models.In federated learning environments,FLAME’s multi-model feature knowledge distillation mechanism outperforms the classic FedAvg algorithm by 2.34%in average image-level AUROC,while exhibiting superior convergence properties.展开更多
False Data Injection Attack(FDIA),a disruptive cyber threat,is becoming increasingly detrimental to smart grids with the deepening integration of information technology and physical power systems,leading to system unr...False Data Injection Attack(FDIA),a disruptive cyber threat,is becoming increasingly detrimental to smart grids with the deepening integration of information technology and physical power systems,leading to system unreliability,data integrity loss and operational vulnerability exposure.Given its widespread harm and impact,conducting in-depth research on FDIA detection is vitally important.This paper innovatively introduces a FDIA detection scheme:A Protected Federated Deep Learning(ProFed),which leverages Federated Averaging algorithm(FedAvg)as a foundational framework to fortify data security,harnesses pre-trained enhanced spatial-temporal graph neural networks(STGNN)to perform localized model training and integrates the Cheon-Kim-Kim-Song(CKKS)homomorphic encryption system to secure sensitive information.Simulation tests on IEEE 14-bus and IEEE 118-bus systems demonstrate that our proposed method outperforms other state-of-the-art detection methods across all evaluation metrics,with peak improvements reaching up to 35%.展开更多
Federated Learning(FL),a practical solution that leverages distributed data across devices without the need for centralized data storage,which enables multiple participants to jointly train models while preserving dat...Federated Learning(FL),a practical solution that leverages distributed data across devices without the need for centralized data storage,which enables multiple participants to jointly train models while preserving data privacy and avoiding direct data sharing.Despite its privacy-preserving advantages,FL remains vulnerable to backdoor attacks,where malicious participants introduce backdoors into local models that are then propagated to the global model through the aggregation process.While existing differential privacy defenses have demonstrated effectiveness against backdoor attacks in FL,they often incur a significant degradation in the performance of the aggregated models on benign tasks.To address this limitation,we propose a novel backdoor defense mechanism based on differential privacy.Our approach first utilizes the inherent out-of-distribution characteristics of backdoor samples to identify and exclude malicious model updates that significantly deviate from benign models.By filtering out models that are clearly backdoor-infected before applying differential privacy,our method reduces the required noise level for differential privacy,thereby enhancing model robustness while preserving performance.Experimental evaluations on the CIFAR10 and FEMNIST datasets demonstrate that our method effectively limits the backdoor accuracy to below 15%across various backdoor scenarios while maintaining high main task accuracy.展开更多
As is known,centralized federated learning faces risks of a single point of failure and privacy breaches,and blockchain-based federated learning frameworks can address these challenges to a certain extent in recent wo...As is known,centralized federated learning faces risks of a single point of failure and privacy breaches,and blockchain-based federated learning frameworks can address these challenges to a certain extent in recent works.However,malicious clients may still illegally access the blockchain to upload malicious data or steal on-chain data.In addition,blockchain-based federated training suffers from a heavy storage burden and excessive network communication overhead.To address these issues,we propose an asynchronous,tiered federated learning storage scheme based on blockchain and IPFS.It manages the execution of federated learning tasks through smart contracts deployed on the blockchain,decentralizing the entire training process.Additionally,the scheme employs a secure and efficient blockchain-based asynchronous tiered architecture,integrating attribute-based access control technology for resource exchange between the clients and the blockchain network.It dynamically manages access control policies during training and adopts a hybrid data storage strategy combining blockchain and IPFS.Experiments with multiple sets of image classification tasks are conducted,indicating that the storage strategy used in this scheme saves nearly 50 percent of the communication overhead and significantly reduces the on-chain storage burden compared to the traditional blockchain-only storage strategy.In terms of training effectiveness,it maintains similar accuracy as centralized training and minimizes the probability of being attacked.展开更多
As an effective strategy to address urban traffic congestion,traffic flow prediction has gained attention from Federated-Learning(FL)researchers due FL’s ability to preserving data privacy.However,existing methods fa...As an effective strategy to address urban traffic congestion,traffic flow prediction has gained attention from Federated-Learning(FL)researchers due FL’s ability to preserving data privacy.However,existing methods face challenges:some are too simplistic to capture complex traffic patterns effectively,and others are overly complex,leading to excessive communication overhead between cloud and edge devices.Moreover,the problem of single point failure limits their robustness and reliability in real-world applications.To tackle these challenges,this paper proposes a new method,CMBA-FL,a Communication-Mitigated and Blockchain-Assisted Federated Learning model.First,CMBA-FL improves the client model’s ability to capture temporal traffic patterns by employing the Encoder-Decoder framework for each edge device.Second,to reduce the communication overhead during federated learning,we introduce a verification method based on parameter update consistency,avoiding unnecessary parameter updates.Third,to mitigate the risk of a single point of failure,we integrate consensus mechanisms from blockchain technology.To validate the effectiveness of CMBA-FL,we assess its performance on two widely used traffic datasets.Our experimental results show that CMBA-FL reduces prediction error by 11.46%,significantly lowers communication overhead,and improves security.展开更多
文摘There is a gradual increase in the proportion of renewable energy sources.Green hydrogen has the potential to become one of the major energy carriers in the future.The Russian Federation,in partnership with countries in the Asia-Pacific region and especially China,has the potential to play a significant role in green hydrogen market.This study assessed the potential of developing green hydrogen energy based on wind power in the Far Eastern Federal District(FEFD)of the Russian Federation.Empirical wind speed data were collected from 20 meteorological stations in 4 regions(Sakhalinskaya Oblast’,Primorskiy Krai,Khabarovskiy Krai,and Amurskaya Oblast’)of the FEFD.The Weibull distribution was used to predict the potential of green hydrogen production.Five different methods(Empirical Method of Justus(EMJ),Empirical Method of Lysen(EML),Maximum Likelihood Method(MLE),Power Density Method(PDM),and Median and Quartiles Method(MQM))were used to determine the parameters(scape factor and scale factor)of the Weibull distribution.We calculated the total electricity generation potential based on the technical specifications of the three wind turbines:Senvion 6150 onshore,H165-4.0 MW,and Vestas V150-4.2 MW.The results showed that Vladivostok,Pogibi,Ilyinskiy,Yuzhno-Kuril’sk,Severo-Kuril’sk,Kholmsk,and Okha stations had the higher potential of green hydrogen production,of which Vladivostok exhibited the highest potential of green hydrogen production using the wind turbine of H165-4.0 MW,up to 2.56×10^(5) kg/a.In terms of economic analysis,the levelized cost of hydrogen(LCOH)values of lower than 4.00 USD/kg were obtained at Yuzhno-Kuril’sk,Ilyinskiy,Pogibi,and Vladivostok stations using the wind turbine of H165-4.0 MW,with the values of 3.54,3.50,3.24,and 2.55 USD/kg,respectively.This study concluded that the FEFD possesses significant potential in the production of green hydrogen and,with appropriate investment,has the potential to become a significant hub for green hydrogen trading in the Asia-Pacific region.
文摘The relation between conflict and governance has been dominated by type of government rather than by system of government.With increasing conflict in countries with ethnic and religious diversity,the debate has gradually shifted to understand better the link between conflict and system of government.There is a growing evidence that suggests federal system performs better than unitary system in managing diversity and reducing conflict.Decentralization is even seen to be more effective than federal system not only in managing diversity and reducing conflict but also in delivering public goods.This article provides an account of evolution of system of government in South Sudan.It finds a clear association of centralized unitary system with violent conflict and a relative peace during period of decentralized government or federal system.A decentralized federal system may be appropriate for South Sudan in managing diversity and mitigating conflict.Despite the popular demand by their citizens for a federal system to manage diversity and reduce violent conflict,the ruling elites in the post-independent South Sudan adopted instead an autocratic centralized unitary system that contributed among other factors to the persistent violent conflicts,erosion of social cohesion,and rising mistrust between state and citizens and between and among the communities of South Sudan.
基金supported by Systematic Major Project of Shuohuang Railway Development Co.,Ltd.,National Energy Group(Grant Number:SHTL-23-31)Beijing Natural Science Foundation(U22B2027).
文摘In the realm of Intelligent Railway Transportation Systems,effective multi-party collaboration is crucial due to concerns over privacy and data silos.Vertical Federated Learning(VFL)has emerged as a promising approach to facilitate such collaboration,allowing diverse entities to collectively enhance machine learning models without the need to share sensitive training data.However,existing works have highlighted VFL’s susceptibility to privacy inference attacks,where an honest but curious server could potentially reconstruct a client’s raw data from embeddings uploaded by the client.This vulnerability poses a significant threat to VFL-based intelligent railway transportation systems.In this paper,we introduce SensFL,a novel privacy-enhancing method to against privacy inference attacks in VFL.Specifically,SensFL integrates regularization of the sensitivity of embeddings to the original data into the model training process,effectively limiting the information contained in shared embeddings.By reducing the sensitivity of embeddings to the original data,SensFL can effectively resist reverse privacy attacks and prevent the reconstruction of the original data from the embeddings.Extensive experiments were conducted on four distinct datasets and three different models to demonstrate the efficacy of SensFL.Experiment results show that SensFL can effectively mitigate privacy inference attacks while maintaining the accuracy of the primary learning task.These results underscore SensFL’s potential to advance privacy protection technologies within VFL-based intelligent railway systems,addressing critical security concerns in collaborative learning environments.
基金supported by the Shandong Province Science and Technology Project(2023TSGC0509,2022TSGC2234)Qingdao Science and Technology Plan Project(23-1-5-yqpy-2-qy)Open Topic Grants of Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Intelligent Building&Building Energy Saving,Anhui Jianzhu University(IBES2024KF08).
文摘With the rapid development of artificial intelligence,the Internet of Things(IoT)can deploy various machine learning algorithms for network and application management.In the IoT environment,many sensors and devices generatemassive data,but data security and privacy protection have become a serious challenge.Federated learning(FL)can achieve many intelligent IoT applications by training models on local devices and allowing AI training on distributed IoT devices without data sharing.This review aims to deeply explore the combination of FL and the IoT,and analyze the application of federated learning in the IoT from the aspects of security and privacy protection.In this paper,we first describe the potential advantages of FL and the challenges faced by current IoT systems in the fields of network burden and privacy security.Next,we focus on exploring and analyzing the advantages of the combination of FL on the Internet,including privacy security,attack detection,efficient communication of the IoT,and enhanced learning quality.We also list various application scenarios of FL on the IoT.Finally,we propose several open research challenges and possible solutions.
文摘Mental health is a significant issue worldwide,and the utilization of technology to assist mental health has seen a growing trend.This aims to alleviate the workload on healthcare professionals and aid individuals.Numerous applications have been developed to support the challenges in intelligent healthcare systems.However,because mental health data is sensitive,privacy concerns have emerged.Federated learning has gotten some attention.This research reviews the studies on federated learning and mental health related to solving the issue of intelligent healthcare systems.It explores various dimensions of federated learning in mental health,such as datasets(their types and sources),applications categorized based on mental health symptoms,federated mental health frameworks,federated machine learning,federated deep learning,and the benefits of federated learning in mental health applications.This research conducts surveys to evaluate the current state of mental health applications,mainly focusing on the role of Federated Learning(FL)and related privacy and data security concerns.The survey provides valuable insights into how these applications are emerging and evolving,specifically emphasizing FL’s impact.
文摘As AI systems scale, the limitations of cloud-based architectures, including latency, bandwidth, and privacy concerns, demand decentralized alternatives. Federated learning (FL) and Edge AI provide a paradigm shift by combining privacy preserving training with efficient, on device computation. This paper introduces a cutting-edge FL-edge integration framework, achieving a 10% to 15% increase in model accuracy and reducing communication costs by 25% in heterogeneous environments. Blockchain based secure aggregation ensures robust and tamper-proof model updates, while exploratory quantum AI techniques enhance computational efficiency. By addressing key challenges such as device variability and non-IID data, this work sets the stage for the next generation of adaptive, privacy-first AI systems, with applications in IoT, healthcare, and autonomous systems.
基金supported by the Foundation of President of Hebei University(XZJJ202303).
文摘Federated learning is a machine learning framework designed to protect privacy by keeping training data on clients’devices without sharing private data.It trains a global model through collaboration between clients and the server.However,the presence of data heterogeneity can lead to inefficient model training and even reduce the final model’s accuracy and generalization capability.Meanwhile,data scarcity can result in suboptimal cluster distributions for few-shot clients in centralized clustering tasks,and standalone personalization tasks may cause severe overfitting issues.To address these limitations,we introduce a federated learning dual optimization model based on clustering and personalization strategy(FedCPS).FedCPS adopts a decentralized approach,where clients identify their cluster membership locally without relying on a centralized clustering algorithm.Building on this,FedCPS introduces personalized training tasks locally,adding a regularization term to control deviations between local and cluster models.This improves the generalization ability of the final model while mitigating overfitting.The use of weight-sharing techniques also reduces the computational cost of central machines.Experimental results on MNIST,FMNIST,CIFAR10,and CIFAR100 datasets demonstrate that our method achieves better personalization effects compared to other personalized federated learning methods,with an average test accuracy improvement of 0.81%–2.96%.Meanwhile,we adjusted the proportion of few-shot clients to evaluate the impact on accuracy across different methods.The experiments show that FedCPS reduces accuracy by only 0.2%–3.7%,compared to 2.1%–10%for existing methods.Our method demonstrates its advantages across diverse data environments.
文摘Distributed Federated Learning(DFL)technology enables participants to cooperatively train a shared model while preserving the privacy of their local datasets,making it a desirable solution for decentralized and privacy-preserving Web3 scenarios.However,DFL faces incentive and security challenges in the decentralized framework.To address these issues,this paper presents a Hierarchical Blockchain-enabled DFL(HBDFL)system,which provides a generic solution framework for the DFL-related applications.The proposed system consists of four major components,including a model contribution-based reward mechanism,a Proof of Elapsed Time and Accuracy(PoETA)consensus algorithm,a Distributed Reputation-based Verification Mechanism(DRTM)and an Accuracy-Dependent Throughput Management(ADTM)mechanism.The model contribution-based rewarding mechanism incentivizes network nodes to train models with their local datasets,while the PoETA consensus algorithm optimizes the tradeoff between the shared model accuracy and system throughput.The DRTM improves the system efficiency in consensus,and the ADTM mechanism guarantees that the throughput performance remains within a predefined range while improving the shared model accuracy.The performance of the proposed HBDFL system is evaluated by numerical simulations,with the results showing that the system improves the accuracy of the shared model while maintaining high throughput and ensuring security.
基金supported by a grant of the Ministry of Research,Innovation and Digitization,CNCS/CCCDI-UEFISCDI,project number COFUND-DUT-OPEN4CEC-1,within PNCDI IV.
文摘In the rapidly evolving landscape of television advertising,optimizing ad schedules to maximize viewer engagement and revenue has become significant.Traditional methods often operate in silos,limiting the potential insights gained from broader data analysis due to concerns over privacy and data sharing.This article introduces a novel approach that leverages Federated Learning(FL)to enhance TV ad schedule optimization,combining the strengths of local optimization techniques with the power of global Machine Learning(ML)models to uncover actionable insights without compromising data privacy.It combines linear programming for initial ads scheduling optimization with ML—specifically,a K-Nearest Neighbors(KNN)model—for predicting ad spot positions.Taking into account the diversity and the difficulty of the ad-scheduling problem,we propose a prescriptivepredictive approach in which first the position of the ads is optimized(using Google’s OR-Tools CP-SAT)and then the scheduled position of all ads will be the result of the optimization problem.Second,this output becomes the target of a predictive task that predicts the position of new entries based on their characteristics ensuring the implementation of the scheduling at large scale(using KNN,Light Gradient Boosting Machine and Random Forest).Furthermore,we explore the integration of FL to enhance predictive accuracy and strategic insight across different broadcasting networks while preserving data privacy.The FL approach resulted in 8750 ads being precisely matched to their optimal category placements,showcasing an alignment with the intended diversity objectives.Additionally,there was a minimal deviation observed,with 1133 ads positioned within a one-category variance from their ideal placement in the original dataset.
基金supported in part by the National Key R&D Program of China under Grant 2021YFB1714100in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)under Grant 62371082 and 62001076in part by the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing under Grant CSTB2023NSCQ-MSX0726 and cstc2020jcyjmsxmX0878.
文摘To protect user privacy and data security,the integration of Federated Learning(FL)and blockchain has become an emerging research hotspot.However,the limited throughput and high communication complexity of traditional blockchains limit their application in large-scale FL tasks,and the synchronous traditional FL will also reduce the training efficiency.To address these issues,in this paper,we propose a Directed Acyclic Graph(DAG)blockchain-enabled generalized Federated Dropout(FD)learning strategy,which could improve the efficiency of FL while ensuring the model generalization.Specifically,the DAG maintained by multiple edge servers will guarantee the security and traceability of the data,and the Reputation-based Tips Selection Algorithm(RTSA)is proposed to reduce the blockchain consensus delay.Second,the semi-asynchronous training among Intelligent Devices(IDs)is adopted to improve the training efficiency,and a reputation-based FD technology is proposed to prevent overfitting of the model.In addition,a Hybrid Optimal Resource Allocation(HORA)algorithm is introduced to minimize the network delay.Finally,simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed algorithms.
基金supported by InnerMongolia Natural Science Foundation Project(2021LHMS06003)Inner Mongolia University Basic Research Business Fee Project(114).
文摘Federated Graph Learning (FGL) enables model training without requiring each client to share local graph data, effectively breaking data silos by aggregating the training parameters from each terminal while safeguarding data privacy. Traditional FGL relies on a centralized server for model aggregation;however, this central server presents challenges such as a single point of failure and high communication overhead. Additionally, efficiently training a robust personalized local model for each client remains a significant objective in federated graph learning. To address these issues, we propose a decentralized Federated Graph Learning framework with efficient communication, termed Decentralized Federated Graph Learning via Surrogate Model (SD_FGL). In SD_FGL, each client is required to maintain two models: a private model and a surrogate model. The surrogate model is publicly shared and can exchange and update information directly with any client, eliminating the need for a central server and reducing communication overhead. The private model is independently trained by each client, allowing it to calculate similarity with other clients based on local data as well as information shared through the surrogate model. This enables the private model to better adjust its training strategy and selectively update its parameters. Additionally, local differential privacy is incorporated into the surrogate model training process to enhance privacy protection. Testing on three real-world graph datasets demonstrates that the proposed framework improves accuracy while achieving decentralized Federated Graph Learning with lower communication overhead and stronger privacy safeguards.
基金funded by the State Grid Corporation Science and Technology Project“Research and Application of Key Technologies for Integrated Sensing and Computing for Intelligent Operation of Power Grid”(Grant No.5700-202318596A-3-2-ZN).
文摘With the deep integration of edge computing,5G and Artificial Intelligence ofThings(AIoT)technologies,the large-scale deployment of intelligent terminal devices has given rise to data silos and privacy security challenges in sensing-computing fusion scenarios.Traditional federated learning(FL)algorithms face significant limitations in practical applications due to client drift,model bias,and resource constraints under non-independent and identically distributed(Non-IID)data,as well as the computational overhead and utility loss caused by privacy-preserving techniques.To address these issues,this paper proposes an Efficient and Privacy-enhancing Clustering Federated Learning method(FedEPC).This method introduces a dual-round client selection mechanism to optimize training.First,the Sparsity-based Privacy-preserving Representation Extraction Module(SPRE)and Adaptive Isomorphic Devices Clustering Module(AIDC)cluster clients based on privacy-sensitive features.Second,the Context-aware Incluster Client Selection Module(CICS)dynamically selects representative devices for training,ensuring heterogeneous data distributions are fully represented.By conducting federated training within clusters and aggregating personalized models,FedEPC effectively mitigates weight divergence caused by data heterogeneity,reduces the impact of client drift and straggler issues.Experimental results demonstrate that FedEPC significantly improves test accuracy in highly Non-IID data scenarios compared to FedAvg and existing clustering FL methods.By ensuring privacy security,FedEPC provides an efficient and robust solution for FL in resource-constrained devices within sensing-computing fusion scenarios,offering both theoretical value and engineering practicality.
基金supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant No.2021YFB3101100in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 62272123,62272102,62272124+2 种基金in part by the Project of High-level Innovative Talents of Guizhou Province under Grant[2020]6008in part by the Science and Technology Program of Guizhou Province under Grant No.[2020]5017,No.[2022]065in part by the Guangxi Key Laboratory of Cryptography and Information Security under Grant GCIS202105。
文摘Federated learning combines with fog computing to transform data sharing into model sharing,which solves the issues of data isolation and privacy disclosure in fog computing.However,existing studies focus on centralized single-layer aggregation federated learning architecture,which lack the consideration of cross-domain and asynchronous robustness of federated learning,and rarely integrate verification mechanisms from the perspective of incentives.To address the above challenges,we propose a Blockchain and Signcryption enabled Asynchronous Federated Learning(BSAFL)framework based on dual aggregation for cross-domain scenarios.In particular,we first design two types of signcryption schemes to secure the interaction and access control of collaborative learning between domains.Second,we construct a differential privacy approach that adaptively adjusts privacy budgets to ensure data privacy and local models'availability of intra-domain user.Furthermore,we propose an asynchronous aggregation solution that incorporates consensus verification and elastic participation using blockchain.Finally,security analysis demonstrates the security and privacy effectiveness of BSAFL,and the evaluation on real datasets further validates the high model accuracy and performance of BSAFL.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant(No.62277043)Science and Technology Research Project of Chongqing Education Commission under Grant(No.KJZD-K202300515).
文摘Federated learning has emerged as an essential technique of protecting privacy since it allows clients to train models locally without explicitly exchanging sensitive data.Extensive research has been conducted on the issue of data heterogeneity in federated learning,but effective model training with severely imbalanced label distributions remains an unexplored area.This paper presents a novel Cluster Federated Learning Algorithm with Intra-cluster Correction(CFIC).First,CFICselects samples fromeach cluster during each round of sampling,ensuring that no single category of data dominates the model training.Second,in addition to updating local models,CFIC adjusts its own parameters based on information shared by other clusters,allowing the final cluster models to better reflect the true nature of the entire dataset.Third,CFIC refines the cluster models into a global model,ensuring that even when label distributions are extremely imbalanced,the negative effects are significantly mitigated,thereby improving the global model’s performance.We conducted extensive experiments on seven datasets and six benchmark algorithms.Theresults show that the CFIC algorithm has a higher generalization ability than the benchmark algorithms.CFIC maintains high accuracy and rapid convergence rates even in a variety of non-independent identically distributed label skew distribution settings.The findings indicate that the proposed algorithm has the potential to become a trustworthy and practical solution for privacy preservation,whichmight be applied to fields such as medical image analysis,autonomous driving technologies,and intelligent educational platforms.
文摘With the ongoing digitalization and intelligence of power systems,there is an increasing reliance on large-scale data-driven intelligent technologies for tasks such as scheduling optimization and load forecasting.Nevertheless,power data often contains sensitive information,making it a critical industry challenge to efficiently utilize this data while ensuring privacy.Traditional Federated Learning(FL)methods can mitigate data leakage by training models locally instead of transmitting raw data.Despite this,FL still has privacy concerns,especially gradient leakage,which might expose users’sensitive information.Therefore,integrating Differential Privacy(DP)techniques is essential for stronger privacy protection.Even so,the noise from DP may reduce the performance of federated learning models.To address this challenge,this paper presents an explainability-driven power data privacy federated learning framework.It incorporates DP technology and,based on model explainability,adaptively adjusts privacy budget allocation and model aggregation,thus balancing privacy protection and model performance.The key innovations of this paper are as follows:(1)We propose an explainability-driven power data privacy federated learning framework.(2)We detail a privacy budget allocation strategy:assigning budgets per training round by gradient effectiveness and at model granularity by layer importance.(3)We design a weighted aggregation strategy that considers the SHAP value and model accuracy for quality knowledge sharing.(4)Experiments show the proposed framework outperforms traditional methods in balancing privacy protection and model performance in power load forecasting tasks.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants 32171909,52205254,32301704the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation under Grants 2023A1515011255,2024A1515010199+1 种基金the Scientific Research Projects of Universities in Guangdong Province under Grants 2024ZDZX1042,2024ZDZX3057the Ji-Hua Laboratory Open Project under Grant X220931UZ230.
文摘Defect detection based on computer vision is a critical component in ensuring the quality of industrial products.However,existing detection methods encounter several challenges in practical applications,including the scarcity of labeled samples,limited adaptability of pre-trained models,and the data heterogeneity in distributed environments.To address these issues,this research proposes an unsupervised defect detection method,FLAME(Federated Learning with Adaptive Multi-Model Embeddings).The method comprises three stages:(1)Feature learning stage:this work proposes FADE(Feature-Adaptive Domain-Specific Embeddings),a framework employs Gaussian noise injection to simulate defective patterns and implements a feature discriminator for defect detection,thereby enhancing the pre-trained model’s industrial imagery representation capabilities.(2)Knowledge distillation co-training stage:a multi-model feature knowledge distillation mechanism is introduced.Through feature-level knowledge transfer between the global model and historical local models,the current local model is guided to learn better feature representations from the global model.The approach prevents local models from converging to local optima and mitigates performance degradation caused by data heterogeneity.(3)Model parameter aggregation stage:participating clients utilize weighted averaging aggregation to synthesize an updated global model,facilitating efficient knowledge consolidation.Experimental results demonstrate that FADE improves the average image-level Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve(AUROC)by 7.34%compared to methods directly utilizing pre-trained models.In federated learning environments,FLAME’s multi-model feature knowledge distillation mechanism outperforms the classic FedAvg algorithm by 2.34%in average image-level AUROC,while exhibiting superior convergence properties.
基金supported in part by the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(2024YFHZ0015)the Key Laboratory of Data Protection and Intelligent Management,Ministry of Education,Sichuan University(SCUSACXYD202401).
文摘False Data Injection Attack(FDIA),a disruptive cyber threat,is becoming increasingly detrimental to smart grids with the deepening integration of information technology and physical power systems,leading to system unreliability,data integrity loss and operational vulnerability exposure.Given its widespread harm and impact,conducting in-depth research on FDIA detection is vitally important.This paper innovatively introduces a FDIA detection scheme:A Protected Federated Deep Learning(ProFed),which leverages Federated Averaging algorithm(FedAvg)as a foundational framework to fortify data security,harnesses pre-trained enhanced spatial-temporal graph neural networks(STGNN)to perform localized model training and integrates the Cheon-Kim-Kim-Song(CKKS)homomorphic encryption system to secure sensitive information.Simulation tests on IEEE 14-bus and IEEE 118-bus systems demonstrate that our proposed method outperforms other state-of-the-art detection methods across all evaluation metrics,with peak improvements reaching up to 35%.
文摘Federated Learning(FL),a practical solution that leverages distributed data across devices without the need for centralized data storage,which enables multiple participants to jointly train models while preserving data privacy and avoiding direct data sharing.Despite its privacy-preserving advantages,FL remains vulnerable to backdoor attacks,where malicious participants introduce backdoors into local models that are then propagated to the global model through the aggregation process.While existing differential privacy defenses have demonstrated effectiveness against backdoor attacks in FL,they often incur a significant degradation in the performance of the aggregated models on benign tasks.To address this limitation,we propose a novel backdoor defense mechanism based on differential privacy.Our approach first utilizes the inherent out-of-distribution characteristics of backdoor samples to identify and exclude malicious model updates that significantly deviate from benign models.By filtering out models that are clearly backdoor-infected before applying differential privacy,our method reduces the required noise level for differential privacy,thereby enhancing model robustness while preserving performance.Experimental evaluations on the CIFAR10 and FEMNIST datasets demonstrate that our method effectively limits the backdoor accuracy to below 15%across various backdoor scenarios while maintaining high main task accuracy.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52331012)the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality(Grant No.21ZR1426500)the Program for Cultivation of Graduate Students’Top-notch Innovative Talents of Shanghai Maritime University(Grant No.2023YBR007).
文摘As is known,centralized federated learning faces risks of a single point of failure and privacy breaches,and blockchain-based federated learning frameworks can address these challenges to a certain extent in recent works.However,malicious clients may still illegally access the blockchain to upload malicious data or steal on-chain data.In addition,blockchain-based federated training suffers from a heavy storage burden and excessive network communication overhead.To address these issues,we propose an asynchronous,tiered federated learning storage scheme based on blockchain and IPFS.It manages the execution of federated learning tasks through smart contracts deployed on the blockchain,decentralizing the entire training process.Additionally,the scheme employs a secure and efficient blockchain-based asynchronous tiered architecture,integrating attribute-based access control technology for resource exchange between the clients and the blockchain network.It dynamically manages access control policies during training and adopts a hybrid data storage strategy combining blockchain and IPFS.Experiments with multiple sets of image classification tasks are conducted,indicating that the storage strategy used in this scheme saves nearly 50 percent of the communication overhead and significantly reduces the on-chain storage burden compared to the traditional blockchain-only storage strategy.In terms of training effectiveness,it maintains similar accuracy as centralized training and minimizes the probability of being attacked.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.U20A20182.
文摘As an effective strategy to address urban traffic congestion,traffic flow prediction has gained attention from Federated-Learning(FL)researchers due FL’s ability to preserving data privacy.However,existing methods face challenges:some are too simplistic to capture complex traffic patterns effectively,and others are overly complex,leading to excessive communication overhead between cloud and edge devices.Moreover,the problem of single point failure limits their robustness and reliability in real-world applications.To tackle these challenges,this paper proposes a new method,CMBA-FL,a Communication-Mitigated and Blockchain-Assisted Federated Learning model.First,CMBA-FL improves the client model’s ability to capture temporal traffic patterns by employing the Encoder-Decoder framework for each edge device.Second,to reduce the communication overhead during federated learning,we introduce a verification method based on parameter update consistency,avoiding unnecessary parameter updates.Third,to mitigate the risk of a single point of failure,we integrate consensus mechanisms from blockchain technology.To validate the effectiveness of CMBA-FL,we assess its performance on two widely used traffic datasets.Our experimental results show that CMBA-FL reduces prediction error by 11.46%,significantly lowers communication overhead,and improves security.
