Mustafa A. Mustafa
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2026
FedSurrogate: Backdoor Defense in Federated Learning via Layer Criticality and Surrogate Replacement
FedSurrogate introduces a novel backdoor defense for Federated Learning that uses layer-criticality analysis and surrogate replacement to significantly reduce false positives while maintaining high model accuracy against malicious clients.
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cs.CRcs.LGRecentMay 11, 2026
FedSurrogate: Backdoor Defense in Federated Learning via Layer Criticality and Surrogate Replacement
Fatima Z. Abacha, Sin G. Teo, Yuanxiang Wu, Lucas C. Cordeiro +1 more
FedSurrogate introduces a novel backdoor defense for Federated Learning that uses layer-criticality analysis and surrogate replacement to significantly reduce false positives while maintaining high mo…
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