{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7130587451","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ictc66702.2025.11387813","title":"UNFL: Lightweight U-Net-Based Framework for Heterogeneous Federated Learning","display_name":"UNFL: Lightweight U-Net-Based Framework for Heterogeneous Federated Learning","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-10-14","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7130587451","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ictc66702.2025.11387813"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/ictc66702.2025.11387813","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ictc66702.2025.11387813","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 16th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5083460376","display_name":"Beomseok Seo","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I89015989","display_name":"Dankook University","ror":"https://ror.org/058pdbn81","country_code":"KR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I89015989"]}],"countries":["KR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Beomseok Seo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Dankook University,Department of Mobile Systems Engineering,Yong-in,Republic of Korea"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dankook University,Department of Mobile Systems Engineering,Yong-in,Republic of Korea","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I89015989"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5126366073","display_name":"Minjung Kim","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I89015989","display_name":"Dankook University","ror":"https://ror.org/058pdbn81","country_code":"KR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I89015989"]}],"countries":["KR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Minjung Kim","raw_affiliation_strings":["Dankook University,Department of Mobile Systems Engineering,Yong-in,Republic of Korea"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dankook University,Department of Mobile Systems Engineering,Yong-in,Republic of Korea","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I89015989"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076619982","display_name":"J. Park","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6631-6938"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I89015989","display_name":"Dankook University","ror":"https://ror.org/058pdbn81","country_code":"KR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I89015989"]}],"countries":["KR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"JaeYeon Park","raw_affiliation_strings":["Dankook University,Department of Mobile Systems Engineering,Yong-in,Republic of Korea"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dankook University,Department of Mobile Systems Engineering,Yong-in,Republic of Korea","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I89015989"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I89015989"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"14","last_page":"15"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10764","display_name":"Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data","score":0.6764000058174133,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10764","display_name":"Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data","score":0.6764000058174133,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11307","display_name":"Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning","score":0.030899999663233757,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10273","display_name":"IoT and Edge/Fog Computing","score":0.02539999969303608,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/federated-learning","display_name":"Federated learning","score":0.7644000053405762},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/generalization","display_name":"Generalization","score":0.5221999883651733},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/component","display_name":"Component (thermodynamics)","score":0.4156000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-transfer","display_name":"Knowledge transfer","score":0.40119999647140503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transfer-of-learning","display_name":"Transfer of learning","score":0.34709998965263367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transfer","display_name":"Transfer (computing)","score":0.3366999924182892}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7739999890327454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2992525071","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50818671","display_name":"Federated learning","level":2,"score":0.7644000053405762},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177148314","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170084","display_name":"Generalization","level":2,"score":0.5221999883651733},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C168167062","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1117970","display_name":"Component (thermodynamics)","level":2,"score":0.4156000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776960227","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2586354","display_name":"Knowledge transfer","level":2,"score":0.40119999647140503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.38199999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C150899416","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1820378","display_name":"Transfer of learning","level":2,"score":0.34709998965263367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776175482","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1195816","display_name":"Transfer (computing)","level":2,"score":0.3366999924182892},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.2994999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.29739999771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4554734","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593744","display_name":"Knowledge base","level":2,"score":0.2964000105857849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.26510000228881836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C20136886","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q749647","display_name":"Interoperability","level":2,"score":0.25780001282691956}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/ictc66702.2025.11387813","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ictc66702.2025.11387813","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 16th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":8,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1901129140","https://openalex.org/W2790183716","https://openalex.org/W3083662943","https://openalex.org/W4376274089","https://openalex.org/W4385486964","https://openalex.org/W4387087647","https://openalex.org/W4389510174","https://openalex.org/W4404034606"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"We":[0],"present":[1],"UNFL,":[2],"a":[3,12,34],"federated":[4],"learning":[5],"framework":[6],"for":[7],"heterogeneous":[8],"clients":[9],"that":[10,22],"share":[11],"lightweight":[13],"U-Net":[14,36],"module":[15,37],"across":[16],"all":[17],"participants.":[18],"Unlike":[19],"prior":[20],"approaches":[21],"require":[23],"architectural":[24],"alignment":[25],"or":[26],"distillation,":[27],"UNFL":[28],"enables":[29],"efficient":[30],"knowledge":[31],"transfer":[32],"through":[33],"shared":[35],"while":[38],"allowing":[39],"each":[40],"client":[41],"to":[42],"retain":[43],"its":[44],"own":[45],"backbone.":[46],"Experiments":[47],"with":[48],"VGG":[49],"variants":[50],"demonstrate":[51],"strong":[52],"generalization":[53],"and":[54],"low":[55],"communication":[56],"overhead.":[57]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2026-02-20T00:00:00"}