{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4416214799","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tnse.2025.3632902","title":"RobustPPFL: A Secure and Robust Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning Framework Against Poisoning Attacks","display_name":"RobustPPFL: A Secure and Robust Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning Framework Against Poisoning Attacks","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-11-14","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4416214799","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tnse.2025.3632902"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tnse.2025.3632902","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tnse.2025.3632902","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2484352698","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering","issn_l":"2327-4697","issn":["2327-4697","2334-329X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","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/A5100688242","display_name":"Kaiping Xue","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2095-7523"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126520041","display_name":"University of Science and Technology of China","ror":"https://ror.org/04c4dkn09","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126520041","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kaiping Xue","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China","School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2095-7523","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100357065","display_name":"Jiachen Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9054-1975"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126520041","display_name":"University of Science and Technology of China","ror":"https://ror.org/04c4dkn09","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126520041","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jiachen Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China","School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101982284","display_name":"Rui Xue","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8116-0334"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126520041","display_name":"University of Science and Technology of China","ror":"https://ror.org/04c4dkn09","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126520041","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rui Xue","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China","School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031912520","display_name":"Yingjie Xue","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1421-5427"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126520041","display_name":"University of Science and Technology of China","ror":"https://ror.org/04c4dkn09","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126520041","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yingjie Xue","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China","School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1421-5427","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5035522091","display_name":"Jingcheng Zhao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5146-7343"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126520041","display_name":"University of Science and Technology of China","ror":"https://ror.org/04c4dkn09","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126520041","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jingcheng Zhao","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China","School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5146-7343","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.16084396,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"13","issue":null,"first_page":"3351","last_page":"3368"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10764","display_name":"Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data","score":0.9039999842643738,"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":0.9039999842643738,"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/T11689","display_name":"Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning","score":0.02800000086426735,"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/T10237","display_name":"Cryptography and Data Security","score":0.009999999776482582,"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"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/federated-learning","display_name":"Federated learning","score":0.7914000153541565},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robustness","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","score":0.6894000172615051},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/inference","display_name":"Inference","score":0.48980000615119934},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process","display_name":"Process (computing)","score":0.48890000581741333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/confidentiality","display_name":"Confidentiality","score":0.46970000863075256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-privacy","display_name":"Information privacy","score":0.4318999946117401},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/protocol","display_name":"Protocol (science)","score":0.4205000102519989}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8235999941825867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2992525071","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50818671","display_name":"Federated learning","level":2,"score":0.7914000153541565},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C63479239","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7353546","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","level":3,"score":0.6894000172615051},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.5232999920845032},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776214188","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q408386","display_name":"Inference","level":2,"score":0.48980000615119934},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.48890000581741333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71745522","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2476929","display_name":"Confidentiality","level":2,"score":0.46970000863075256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123201435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456632","display_name":"Information privacy","level":2,"score":0.4318999946117401},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780385302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367158","display_name":"Protocol (science)","level":3,"score":0.4205000102519989},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33762810","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461671","display_name":"Data integrity","level":2,"score":0.37229999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C67186912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367664","display_name":"Data modeling","level":2,"score":0.3499000072479248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.3084999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137822555","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2587068","display_name":"Information sensitivity","level":2,"score":0.2800000011920929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C140547941","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7797194","display_name":"Threat model","level":2,"score":0.257099986076355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33884865","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1254335","display_name":"Cryptographic protocol","level":3,"score":0.251800000667572},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C65856478","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3991682","display_name":"Attack model","level":2,"score":0.2500999867916107}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tnse.2025.3632902","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tnse.2025.3632902","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2484352698","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering","issn_l":"2327-4697","issn":["2327-4697","2334-329X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2398330959","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62372425","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3978876333","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"Y202093","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322847","funder_display_name":"Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6552684626","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2022a05020050","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320336578","funder_display_name":"Anhui Provincial Key Research and Development Plan"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8507748785","display_name":"\u4fe1\u606f\u4e2d\u5fc3\u7f51\u7edc\u4e2d\u7684\u8bbf\u95ee\u63a7\u5236\u548c\u5185\u5bb9\u6709\u6548\u6027\u4fdd\u62a4\u5173\u952e\u6280\u672f\u7814\u7a76","funder_award_id":"61972371","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322847","display_name":"Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/031141b54"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320336578","display_name":"Anhui Provincial Key Research and Development Plan","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":63,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2007466965","https://openalex.org/W2112796928","https://openalex.org/W2146225536","https://openalex.org/W2701059868","https://openalex.org/W2767079719","https://openalex.org/W2781091734","https://openalex.org/W2964043980","https://openalex.org/W2984242138","https://openalex.org/W3003331030","https://openalex.org/W3016632787","https://openalex.org/W3036791758","https://openalex.org/W3093021001","https://openalex.org/W3107632872","https://openalex.org/W3138090943","https://openalex.org/W3138597937","https://openalex.org/W3173677040","https://openalex.org/W3198262235","https://openalex.org/W3208814888","https://openalex.org/W4214719528","https://openalex.org/W4226047321","https://openalex.org/W4226249052","https://openalex.org/W4252654521","https://openalex.org/W4283211779","https://openalex.org/W4285196740","https://openalex.org/W4285227914","https://openalex.org/W4289656845","https://openalex.org/W4295832541","https://openalex.org/W4308632285","https://openalex.org/W4311081048","https://openalex.org/W4312643771","https://openalex.org/W4317796249","https://openalex.org/W4322731276","https://openalex.org/W4323793447","https://openalex.org/W4362653687","https://openalex.org/W4378195077","https://openalex.org/W4384948726","https://openalex.org/W4385299238","https://openalex.org/W4385819927","https://openalex.org/W4387011206","https://openalex.org/W4388938021","https://openalex.org/W4389370843","https://openalex.org/W4390603618","https://openalex.org/W4390830156","https://openalex.org/W4390904993","https://openalex.org/W4391462029","https://openalex.org/W4393158710","https://openalex.org/W4394564105","https://openalex.org/W4398226083","https://openalex.org/W4405531529","https://openalex.org/W4406585289","https://openalex.org/W4406657329","https://openalex.org/W4407317456","https://openalex.org/W4407448654","https://openalex.org/W4408345690","https://openalex.org/W4408520383","https://openalex.org/W4408819655","https://openalex.org/W4408861280","https://openalex.org/W4409363839","https://openalex.org/W4409657530","https://openalex.org/W4411055300","https://openalex.org/W4411086299","https://openalex.org/W4411337695","https://openalex.org/W4411996524"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Federated":[0],"learning":[1,6,111],"(FL)":[2],"facilitates":[3],"decentralized":[4],"machine":[5],"by":[7,178],"enabling":[8],"participating":[9],"entities":[10],"to":[11,37,54,63,76,114,149,162,182],"co-operatively":[12],"train":[13],"shared":[14],"models":[15,144],"while":[16],"retaining":[17],"local":[18],"data":[19],"ownership.":[20],"To":[21,101],"address":[22],"privacy":[23,49,213],"concerns":[24],"inherent":[25],"in":[26,188],"distributed":[27],"training,":[28],"privacy-preserving":[29,109,164],"mechanisms":[30],"have":[31],"been":[32],"incorporated":[33],"into":[34],"FL":[35],"frameworks":[36],"enhance":[38],"confidentiality":[39],"and":[40,185,201,215],"protect":[41],"sensitive":[42],"data.":[43],"However,":[44],"the":[45,128,146,169],"implementation":[46],"of":[47,142],"these":[48,103],"enhancing":[50],"techniques":[51],"introduces":[52],"vulnerabilities":[53],"poisoning":[55,117,221],"attacks,":[56,79],"wherein":[57],"malicious":[58,95,125,151,189],"actors":[59],"manipulate":[60],"training":[61,147],"processes":[62],"degrade":[64],"model":[65,157],"integrity":[66],"or":[67,92],"performance.":[68],"Current":[69],"defense":[70],"strategies":[71],"rely":[72],"on":[73],"statistical":[74],"methods":[75],"mitigate":[77],"such":[78],"but":[80,167],"they":[81],"lack":[82],"sufficient":[83],"robustness,":[84],"demonstrating":[85],"limited":[86],"effectiveness":[87],"against":[88,220],"diverse":[89,199],"attack":[90,118,202],"types":[91,119],"scenarios":[93],"where":[94],"clients":[96,152],"exceed":[97],"a":[98,108,155,173],"small":[99],"minority.":[100],"overcome":[102],"limitations,":[104],"we":[105,138,171],"propose":[106],"RobustPPFL,":[107],"federated":[110],"framework":[112,211],"designed":[113],"withstand":[115],"multiple":[116],"with":[120],"high":[121,218],"resilience,":[122],"even":[123],"when":[124],"participants":[126],"dominate":[127],"client":[129,190],"population.":[130],"Our":[131],"approach":[132],"integrates":[133],"three":[134],"core":[135],"innovations.":[136],"First,":[137],"add":[139],"performance":[140],"verification":[141,175],"client-encrypted":[143],"during":[145],"process":[148],"detect":[150],"in-time.":[153],"Second,":[154],"secure":[156],"inference":[158],"protocol":[159],"is":[160],"proposed":[161,210],"enable":[163],"training.":[165],"Last":[166],"not":[168],"least,":[170],"design":[172],"grouped":[174],"mechanism":[176],"enhanced":[177],"hierarchical":[179],"aggregation":[180],"rules":[181],"optimize":[183],"efficiency":[184],"minimize":[186],"interference":[187],"detection.":[191],"We":[192],"evaluate":[193],"RobustPPFL":[194],"through":[195],"extensive":[196],"experiments":[197],"across":[198],"datasets":[200],"scenarios.":[203],"The":[204],"experimental":[205],"results":[206],"show":[207],"that":[208],"our":[209],"achieves":[212,217],"preservation":[214],"it":[216],"robustness":[219],"attacks.":[222]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-06-26T08:34:08.712188","created_date":"2025-11-14T00:00:00"}