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2026 preprint
Decentralized Multitask Learning over Learned Task Graphs
Zirui Wan, and Stefan Vlaski
available as arXiv:2608.26989 , 2026
TSIPN Topology-Independent Learning Error of the Weighted Mean under Label Poisoning Attacks in Heterogeneous Decentralized Learning
Jie Peng, Weiyu Li, Stefan Vlaski , and Qing Ling
IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks , 2026
ICC Decentralized AI Service Placement, Selection and Routing in Mobile Networks
Jinkun Zhang, Stefan Vlaski , and Kin Leung
In Proc. of 2026 IEEE International Conference on Communications , 2026
Parameter Adaptation in Hidden Markov Models with Equal Exit Probabilities
Haotian Pu, Dongyan Sui, Stefan Vlaski , and Siyang Leng
In Proc. of 2026 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , 2026
ICASSP
Multitask Learning with Learned Task Relationships
Zirui Wan, and Stefan Vlaski
In Proc. of 2026 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , 2026
ICASSP
Graph-Aware Learning Rates for Decentralized Optimization
Aaron Fainman, and Stefan Vlaski
In Proc. of 2026 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , 2026
TSP
On the Convergence of Decentralized Stochastic Gradient-Tracking with Finite-Time Consensus
Aaron Fainman, and Stefan Vlaski
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , 2026
TSP
Quantitative Error Feedback for Quantization Noise Reduction of Filtering over Graphs
Xue Xian Zheng, Weihang Liu, Xin Lou, Stefan Vlaski , and Tareq Y Al-Naffouri
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , 2026
2025 JMLR Mean Aggregator Is More Robust Than Robust Aggregators under Label Poisoning Attacks on Distributed Heterogeneous Data
Jie Peng, Weiyu Li, Stefan Vlaski , and Qing Ling
Journal of Machine Learning Research , 2025
Pareto-Optimal Multi-Objective Learning over Graphs is Capable of Attaining Perfect Resource-Fairness: A Primal-Dual Min-Max Optimization Approach
Sangwoo Park, Stefan Vlaski , and Lajos Hanzo
In Proc. of 2025 59th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers , 2025
EUSIPCO
Scalable Min-Max Optimization via Primal-Dual Exact Pareto Optimization
Sangwoo Park, Stefan Vlaski , and Lajos Hanzo
In Proc. of 2025 33rd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) , 2025
EUSIPCO
Decentralized Hidden Markov Modeling with Equal Exit Probabilities
Dongyan Sui, Haitian Zheng, Siyang Leng, and Stefan Vlaski
In Proc. of 2025 33rd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) , 2025
Communication-Efficient Exact Diffusion for Decentralized Learning
Gustavo Faia, Stefan Vlaski , and Roula Nassif
In Proc. of 2025 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , 2025
ICASSP
Convergence Analysis of alpha-SVRG under Strong Convexity
Sean Xiao, Sangwoo Park, and Stefan Vlaski
In Proc. of 2025 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , 2025
ICASSP
Deep-Relative-Trust-Based Diffusion for Decentralized Deep Learning
Muyun Li, Aaron Fainman, and Stefan Vlaski
In Proc. of 2025 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , 2025
preprint
Alpha-Beta HMM: Hidden Markov Model Filtering with Equal Exit Probabilities and a Step-Size Parameter
Dongyan Sui, Haotian Pu, Siyang Leng, and Stefan Vlaski
available as arXiv:2504.01759 , 2025
TSP
Differential Error Feedback for Communication-Efficient Decentralized Learning
Roula Nassif, Stefan Vlaski , Marco Carpentiero, Vincenzo Matta, and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , 2025
TIT
Decentralized Adversarial Training over Graphs
Ying Cao, Elsa Rizk, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory , 2025
2024 preprint
Sensitivity Curve Maximization: Attacking Robust Aggregators in Distributed Learning
Christian A Schroth, Stefan Vlaski , and Abdelhak M Zoubir
available as arXiv:2412.17740 , 2024
Proximally Regularized Multitask Learning over Networks
Stefan Vlaski , and Roula Nassif
In Proc. of 2024 58th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers , 2024
Asilomar
Decentralized Learning with Approximate Finite-Time Consensus
Aaron Fainman, and Stefan Vlaski
In Proc. of 2024 58th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers , 2024
preprint
Towards Scalable Semidefinite Programming: Optimal Metric ADMM with a Worst-Case Performance Guarantee
Yifan Ran, Stefan Vlaski , and Wei Dai
available as arXiv:2403.11533 , 2024
Decentralized Fusion of Experts Over Networks
Marco Carpentiero, Vincenzo Matta, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. of 2024 IEEE 34th International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP) , 2024
Matching centralized learning performance via compressed decentralized learning with error feedback
Roula Nassif, Marco Carpentiero, Stefan Vlaski , Vincenzo Matta, and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. of 2024 IEEE 25th International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC) , 2024
Nonconvex Multitask Learning Over Networks
Stefan Vlaski , and Roula Nassif
In Proc. of 2024 32nd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) , 2024
CDC
Non-Bayesian Social Learning with Multiview Observations
Dongyan Sui, Weichen Cao, Stefan Vlaski , Chun Guan, and Siyang Leng
Proc. of 2024 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Dec 2024
Differential Error Feedback for Communication-Efficient Decentralized Optimization
Roula Nassif, Stefan Vlaski , Marco Carpentiero, Vincenzo Matta, and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. of 2024 IEEE 13rd Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM) , Dec 2024
Learning Dynamics of Low-Precision Clipped SGD with Momentum
Roula Nassif, Soummya Kar, and Stefan Vlaski
In Proc. of 2024 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2024
EUSIPCO
Learned Finite-Time Consensus for Distributed Optimization
Aaron Fainman, and Stefan Vlaski
In Proc. of 2024 32nd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) , Dec 2024
2023 CDC
Exact Subspace Diffusion for Decentralized Multitask Learning
Shreya Wadehra, Roula Nassif, and Stefan Vlaski
In Proc. of 2023 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Dec 2023
TSP
Enforcing Privacy in Distributed Learning With Performance Guarantees
Elsa Rizk, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , Dec 2023
EURASIP
Privatized graph federated learning
Elsa Rizk, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing , Dec 2023
TSP
Quantization for Decentralized Learning Under Subspace Constraints
Roula Nassif, Stefan Vlaski , Marco Carpentiero, Vincenzo Matta, Marc Antonini, and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , Dec 2023
DSP
Attacks on Robust Distributed Learning Schemes via Sensitivity Curve Maximization
Christian A. Schroth, Stefan Vlaski , and Abdelhak M. Zoubir
In Proc. of 2023 24th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP) , Dec 2023
Robust Network Topologies for Distributed Learning
Chutian Wang, and Stefan Vlaski
In Proc. of 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2023
Robust M-Estimation Based Distributed Expectation Maximization Algorithm with Robust Aggregation
Christian A. Schroth, Stefan Vlaski , and Abdelhak M. Zoubir
In Proc. of 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2023
ICASSP
Multi-Agent Adversarial Training Using Diffusion Learning
Ying Cao, Elsa Rizk, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. of 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2023
ICASSP
Local Graph-Homomorphic Processing for Privatized Distributed Systems
Elsa Rizk, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. of 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2023
TIT
Optimal Aggregation Strategies for Social Learning Over Graphs
Ping Hu, Virginia Bordignon, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory , Dec 2023
TIT
Self-Aware Social Learning Over Graphs
Konstantinos Ntemos, Virginia Bordignon, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory , Dec 2023
SPM
Networked Signal and Information Processing: Learning by Multiagent Systems
Stefan Vlaski , Soummya Kar, Ali H. Sayed, and José M. F. Moura
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine , Dec 2023
TIT
Learning from Heterogeneous Data Based on Social Interactions over Graphs
Virginia Bordignon, Stefan Vlaski , Vincenzo Matta, and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory , Dec 2023
2022 preprint
Distributed Bayesian Learning of Dynamic States
Mert Kayaalp, Virginia Bordignon, Stefan Vlaski , Vincenzo Matta, and Ali H. Sayed
available as arXiv:2212.02565 , Dec 2022
TSPIN
Explainability and Graph Learning From Social Interactions
Valentina Shumovskaia, Konstantinos Ntemos, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks , Dec 2022
TSP
Federated Learning Under Importance Sampling
Elsa Rizk, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , Dec 2022
EUSIPCO
Social Learning with Disparate Hypotheses
Konstantinos Ntemos, Virginia Bordignon, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. of 2022 30th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) , Dec 2022
EUSIPCO
Finite Bit Quantization for Decentralized Learning Under Subspace Constraints
Roula Nassif, Stefan Vlaski , Marc Antonini, Marco Carpentiero, Vincenzo Matta, and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. of 2022 30th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) , Dec 2022
EUSIPCO
Robust and Efficient Aggregation for Distributed Learning
Stefan Vlaski , Christian Schroth, Michael Muma, and Abdelhak M. Zoubir
In Proc. of 2022 30th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) , Dec 2022
CDC
Distributed Relatively Smooth Optimization
Sofia Jegnell, and Stefan Vlaski
In Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Dec 2022
ICASSP
Optimal Combination Policies for Adaptive Social Learning
Ping Hu, Virginia Bordignon, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2022
ICASSP
Decentralized Learning in the Presence of Low-Rank Noise
Roula Nassif, Virginia Bordignon, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2022
DSLW
Hidden Markov Modeling Over Graphs
Mert Kayaalp, Virginia Bordignon, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE Data Science and Learning Workshop (DSLW) , Dec 2022
OJSP
Dif-MAML: Decentralized Multi-Agent Meta-Learning
Mert Kayaalp, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing , Dec 2022
2021 TAC
Second-Order Guarantees of Stochastic Gradient Descent in Non-Convex Optimization
Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , Dec 2021
Distributed Meta-Learning with Networked Agents
Mert Kayaalp, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) , Dec 2021
SSP
Competing Adaptive Networks
Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop (SSP) , Dec 2021
ICASSP
Gramian-Based Adaptive Combination Policies for Diffusion Learning Over Networks
Y. Efe Erginbas, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2021
ICASSP
Social Learning Under Inferential Attacks
Konstantinos Ntemos, Virginia Bordignon, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2021
ICASSP
Network Classifiers Based on Social Learning
Virginia Bordignon, Stefan Vlaski , Vincenzo Matta, and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2021
ICASSP
Optimal Importance Sampling for Federated Learning
Elsa Rizk, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2021
ICASSP
Graph-Homomorphic Perturbations for Private Decentralized Learning
Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2021
TAC
Regularized Diffusion Adaptation via Conjugate Smoothing
Stefan Vlaski , Lieven Vandenberghe, and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , Dec 2021
Systems and methods for reducing noise caused by stimulation artifacts in neural signals received by neuro-modulation devices
Dejan Marković, Ali H. Sayed, Sina Basir-Kazeruni, Stefan Vlaski , and Hawraa Salami
US Patent US10980487B2 , Dec 2021
preprint
Deception in Social Learning
Konstantinos Ntemos, Virginia Bordignon, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
available as arXiv:2103.14729 , Dec 2021
TSP
Distributed Learning in Non-Convex Environments — Part II: Polynomial Escape From Saddle-Points
Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , Dec 2021
TSP
Distributed Learning in Non-Convex Environments — Part I: Agreement at a Linear Rate
Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , Dec 2021
Asilomar
Online Graph Learning from Social Interactions
Valentina Shumovskaia, Konstantinos Ntemos, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers , Dec 2021
2020 Asilomar
Second-Order Guarantees in Federated Learning
Stefan Vlaski , Elsa Rizk, and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers , Dec 2020
SPL
Tracking Performance of Online Stochastic Learners
Stefan Vlaski , Elsa Rizk, and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Signal Processing Letters , Dec 2020
SPAWC
Dynamic Federated Learning
Elsa Rizk, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC) , Dec 2020
ICASSP
Linear Speedup in Saddle-Point Escape for Decentralized Non-Convex Optimization
Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2020
SPM
Multitask Learning Over Graphs: An Approach for Distributed, Streaming Machine Learning
Roula Nassif, Stefan Vlaski , Cédric Richard, Jie Chen, and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine , Dec 2020
OJSP
Learning Over Multitask Graphs—Part II: Performance Analysis
Roula Nassif, Stefan Vlaski , Cédric Richard, and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing , Dec 2020
OJSP
Learning Over Multitask Graphs—Part I: Stability Analysis
Roula Nassif, Stefan Vlaski , Cédric Richard, and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing , Dec 2020
TSP
Adaptation and Learning Over Networks Under Subspace Constraints—Part II: Performance Analysis
Roula Nassif, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , Dec 2020
CIS
Second-Order Guarantees in Centralized, Federated and Decentralized Nonconvex Optimization
Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
Communications in Information and Systems , Dec 2020
Multi microphone wall detection and location estimation
Mohamed Mansour, Srivatsan Kandadai, and Stefan Vlaski
US Patent US10598543B1 , Dec 2020
TSP
Adaptation and Learning Over Networks Under Subspace Constraints—Part I: Stability Analysis
Roula Nassif, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , Dec 2020
2019 Polynomial Escape-Time from Saddle Points in Distributed Non-Convex Optimization
Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing (CAMSAP) , Dec 2019
Distributed Learning over Networks under Subspace Constraints
Roula Nassif, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers , Dec 2019
Enhanced Diffusion Learning Over Networks
Ricardo Merched, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) , Dec 2019
Diffusion Learning in Non-convex Environments
Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2019
Distributed Inference over Networks under Subspace Constraints
Roula Nassif, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2019
A Regularization Framework for Learning Over Multitask Graphs
Roula Nassif, Stefan Vlaski , Cédric Richard, and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Signal Processing Letters , Dec 2019
TSP
Stochastic Learning Under Random Reshuffling With Constant Step-Sizes
Bicheng Ying, Kun Yuan, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , Dec 2019
2018 Distributed Inference Over Multitask Graphs Under Smoothness
Roula Nassif, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC) , Dec 2018
Online Graph Learning From Sequential Data
Stefan Vlaski , Hermina P. Maretić, Roula Nassif, Pascal Frossard, and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE Data Science Workshop (DSW) , Dec 2018
2017 A blind Adaptive Stimulation Artifact Rejection (ASAR) engine for closed-loop implantable neuromodulation systems
Sina Basir-Kazeruni, Stefan Vlaski , Hawraa Salami, Ali H. Sayed, and Dejan Marković
In Proc. International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER) , Dec 2017
On the performance of random reshuffling in stochastic learning
Bicheng Ying, Kun Yuan, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA) , Dec 2017
2016 The brain strategy for online learning
Stefan Vlaski , Bicheng Ying, and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP) , Dec 2016
Stochastic gradient descent with finite samples sizes
Kun Yuan, Bicheng Ying, Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP) , Dec 2016
Diffusion stochastic optimization with non-smooth regularizers
Stefan Vlaski , Lieven Vandenberghe, and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2016
2015 Proximal diffusion for stochastic costs with non-differentiable regularizers
Stefan Vlaski , and Ali H. Sayed
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2015
2014 Robust bootstrap based observation classification for Kalman Filtering in harsh LOS/NLOS environments
Stefan Vlaski , and Abdelhak M. Zoubir
In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing (SSP) , Dec 2014
Robust bootstrap methods with an application to geolocation in harsh LOS/NLOS environments
Stefan Vlaski , Michael Muma, and Abdelhak M. Zoubir
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Dec 2014