Awesome Federated Learning
Federated Learning is one of the most active areas in Awesome Federated Learning β 9,144 papers in this collection, evaluated on datasets like CIFAR-10, MNIST, CIFAR-100. A strong starting point is "Federated Adversarial Domain Adaptation".
Datasets & benchmarks
Key papers
- Federated Adversarial Domain Adaptation (2019)Xingchao Peng et al.10.99
- A Survey on Decentralized Federated Learning (2023)Edoardo Gabrielli et al.10.32
- Better Generative Replay for Continual Federated Learning (2023)Daiqing Qi et al.8.60
- FederBoost: Private Federated Learning for GBDT (2020)Zhihua Tian et al.8.19
- Federated Domain Generalization: A Survey (2023)Ying Li et al.7.59
- Fed-TGAN: Federated Learning Framework for Synthesizing Tabular Data (2021)Zilong Zhao et al.7.50
- When Foundation Model Meets Federated Learning: Motivations, Challenges,
and Future Directions (2023)Weiming Zhuang et al.7.50
- FedRSClip: Federated Learning for Remote Sensing Scene Classification
Using Vision-Language Models (2025)Hui Lin et al.7.44
- Deep Anatomical Federated Network (Dafne): An open client-server
framework for the continuous, collaborative improvement of deep
learning-based medical image segmentation (2023)Francesco Santini et al.7.01
- Knowledge Distillation for Federated Learning: a Practical Guide (2022)Alessio Mora et al.6.78
- On the Push-Based Asynchronous Federated Learning: A Bias-Correction Aggregation Approach (2026)Jiahui Bai et al.6.72
- Exploiting Defenses against GAN-Based Feature Inference Attacks in
Federated Learning (2020)Xinjian Luo et al.6.66
- Do We Really Need to Design New Byzantine-robust Aggregation Rules? (2025)Minghong Fang et al.6.58
- Personalized Semi-Supervised Federated Learning for Human Activity Recognition (2021)Riccardo Presotto et al.6.53
- Enhanced Privacy and Communication Efficiency in Non-IID Federated Learning with Adaptive Quantization and Differential Privacy (2026)Emre ArdΔ±Γ§ et al.6.52
- Fair and efficient contribution valuation for vertical federated learning (2022)Zhenan Fan et al.6.39
- Advances and Challenges in Meta-Learning: A Technical Review (2023)Anna Vettoruzzo et al.6.39
- Differentially Private Federated Learning: A Systematic Review (2024)Jie Fu et al.6.33
- Advancing MRI Reconstruction: A Systematic Review of Deep Learning and Compressed Sensing Integration (2025)Mojtaba Safari et al.6.12
- Adaptive Client Selection in Federated Learning: A Network Anomaly
Detection Use Case (2025)William Marfo et al.6.12
- PFLlib: A Beginner-Friendly and Comprehensive Personalized Federated
Learning Library and Benchmark (2023)Jianqing Zhang et al.5.86
- LCFed: An Efficient Clustered Federated Learning Framework for
Heterogeneous Data (2025)Yuxin Zhang et al.5.84
- AdaptSFL: Adaptive Split Federated Learning in Resource-constrained Edge Networks (2024)Zheng Lin et al.5.80
- Minimax Estimation for Personalized Federated Learning: An Alternative
between FedAvg and Local Training? (2021)Shuxiao Chen et al.5.72
- Energy-Latency Attacks via Sponge Poisoning (2022)Antonio Emanuele Cin\`a et al.5.72
- Federated Learning for Efficient Condition Monitoring and Anomaly
Detection in Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (2025)William Marfo et al.5.54
- Asynchronous Federated Reinforcement Learning with Policy Gradient
Updates: Algorithm Design and Convergence Analysis (2024)Guangchen Lan et al.5.34
- Fed-BioMed: Open, Transparent and Trusted Federated Learning for Real-world Healthcare Applications (2023)Francesco Cremonesi et al.5.30
- One-Shot Federated Learning with Classifier-Free Diffusion Models (2025)Obaidullah Zaland et al.5.24
- AFed: Algorithmic Fair Federated Learning (2025)Huiqiang Chen et al.5.18
- FedSA: A Unified Representation Learning via Semantic Anchors for Prototype-based Federated Learning (2025)Yanbing Zhou et al.5.18
- UAV-Assisted Multi-Task Federated Learning with Task Knowledge Sharing (2025)Yubo Yang et al.5.18
- Federated Learning with Sample-level Client Drift Mitigation (2025)Haoran Xu et al.5.18
- Unlearning Clients, Features and Samples in Vertical Federated Learning (2025)Ayush K. Varshney et al.5.18
- FedDTG:Federated Data-Free Knowledge Distillation via Three-Player Generative Adversarial Networks (2022)Lingzhi Gao et al.5.06
- Federated Transfer Learning with Differential Privacy (2024)Mengchu Li et al.5.02
- Post-Quantum Secure Federated DeFi for Inclusive Banking (2026)Swati Sachan et al.5.01
- Explainable Machine Learning-Based Security and Privacy Protection Framework for Internet of Medical Things Systems (2024)Ayoub Si-ahmed et al.4.98
- Differential Privacy-Driven Framework for Enhancing Heart Disease Prediction (2025)Yazan Otoum et al.4.93
- Communication-Efficient Multimodal Federated Learning: Joint Modality and Client Selection (2024)Liangqi Yuan et al.4.90
- PM-MOE: Mixture of Experts on Private Model Parameters for Personalized
Federated Learning (2025)Yu Feng et al.4.82
- Communication-Efficient Federated Learning by Quantized Variance
Reduction for Heterogeneous Wireless Edge Networks (2025)Shuai Wang et al.4.76
- Distributed Intrusion Detection in Dynamic Networks of UAVs using
Few-Shot Federated Learning (2025)Ozlem Ceviz et al.4.76
- A Two-Stage CAE-Based Federated Learning Framework for Efficient Jamming Detection in 5G Networks (2025)Samhita Kuili et al.4.76
- Decentralized Low-Rank Fine-Tuning of Large Language Models (2025)Sajjad Ghiasvand et al.4.76
- Interplay between Federated Learning and Explainable Artificial
Intelligence: a Scoping Review (2024)Luis M. Lopez-Ramos et al.4.65
- Federated Learning for Smart Grid: A Survey on Applications and Potential Vulnerabilities (2024)Zikai Zhang et al.4.54
- Federated Large Language Models: Current Progress and Future Directions (2024)Yuhang Yao et al.4.54
- Elastic Federated Learning over Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) for Concurrent Execution of Multiple Distributed Learning Tasks (2023)Payam Abdisarabshali et al.4.52
- Federated Multi-Armed Bandits Under Byzantine Attacks (2022)Artun Saday et al.4.48
- Federated Learning in Adversarial Environments: Testbed Design and Poisoning Resilience in Cybersecurity (2024)Hao Jian Huang et al.4.41
- QSplitFL: Capability Aware Deep Q-Learning for Optimal Split Point Selection in Split Federated Learning (2026)Nazmus Shakib Shadin et al.4.39
- FedSteer: Taming Extreme Gradient Staleness in Federated Learning with Corrective Projections and Caching (2026)Haoran Zhang et al.4.39
- Compositional Generative Modeling from Decentralized Data (2026)Mashrur M. Morshed et al.4.39
- Multi-Level Analyzation of Imbalance to Resolve Non-IID-Ness in Federated Learning (2026)Haengbok Chung et al.4.39
- MoE Enhanced Federated Learning for Spatiotemporal Prediction (2026)Zhehao Dai et al.4.39
- Inverse Probability Weighting and Age-of-Information Aggregation for Decentralized Federated Learning under Partial Reception (2026)Chanuka A. S. Hewa Kaluannakkage et al.4.39
- Adaptive UAV-Assisted Hierarchical Federated Learning: Optimizing Energy, Latency, and Resilience for Dynamic Smart IoT (2025)Xiaohong Yang et al.4.36
- Enabling Differentially Private Federated Learning for Speech Recognition: Benchmarks, Adaptive Optimizers and Gradient Clipping (2023)Martin Pelikan et al.4.35
- FIRMA: FIbonacci Ring Model Aggregation for Privacy-preserving Federated Learning (2026)Rachid Hedjam4.33