Cited by 796Privacy-Preserving Technologies in DataIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingStochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques

A Survey on Federated Learning: The Journey From Centralized to Distributed On-Site Learning and Beyond

Abdulrahman, Sawsan, Tout, Hanine, Ould-Slimane, Hakima, Mourad, Azzam, Talhi, Chamseddine, Guizani, Mohsen·2021·IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Abstract

Driven by privacy concerns and the visions of deep learning, the last four years have witnessed a paradigm shift in the applicability mechanism of machine learning (ML). An emerging model, called federated learning (FL), is rising above both centralized systems and on-site analysis, to be a new fashioned design for ML implementation. It is a privacy-preserving decentralized approach, which keeps raw data on devices and involves local ML training while eliminating data communication overhead. A federation of the learned and shared models is then performed on a central server to aggregate and share the built knowledge among participants. This article starts by examining and comparing different ML-based deployment architectures, followed by in-depth and in-breadth investigation on FL. Compared to the existing reviews in the field, we provide in this survey a new classification of FL topics and research fields based on thorough analysis of the main technical challenges and current related work. In this context, we elaborate comprehensive taxonomies covering various challenging aspects, contributions, and trends in the literature, including core system models and designs, application areas, privacy and security, and resource management. Furthermore, we discuss important challenges and open research directions toward more robust FL systems.

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Authors
Abdulrahman, S., Tout, H., Ould-Slimane, H., Mourad, A., Talhi, C., & Guizani, M.
Affiliations
  • École de Technologie Supérieure (CA)
  • Lebanese American University (LB)
  • Qatar University (QA)
Venue
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
Published
2021-04-01
Volume
8
Issue
7
Pages
5476-5497
ISSN
  • 2327-4662 (ISSN-L)
  • 2372-2541
OpenAlex
W3135231128
Cited by
796
References
130
Citations by year
2026: 85 · 2025: 177 · 2024: 189 · 2023: 192 · 2022: 104 · 2021: 49
FWCI
33.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal (publishedVersion)
  • Espace ÉTS (ETS) (submittedVersion)
  • Qatar University QSpace (Qatar University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • MITACS
  • Ericsson Canada
  • ETS Montreal
  • Lebanese American University
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques
Keywords
federated learning, privacy-preserving machine learning, decentralized learning, on-device learning, model aggregation, data privacy, resource management, federated learning security, federated learning architecture, Internet of Things

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