Work place: Department of Computer Applications, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore - 641 021, Tamil Nadu, India
E-mail: sharmi.saravanan0521@gmail.com
Website: https://orcid.org//0009-0002-8667-0605
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Biography
Sharmila R. is currently working as an Professor in the Department of Computer Science(Applications) at Karpagam Deemed to be university, Coimbatore - 641 021, Tamil Nadu, India. Their research interests are in the area of Computer applications, AI and ML.
By Deny P. Francis R. Sharmila
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijieeb.2025.06.09, Pub. Date: 8 Dec. 2025
Federated Learning (FL) enables collaborative model training across distributed clients without sharing raw data, but it remains vulnerable to privacy risks. This study introduces FL-ODP-DFT, a novel framework that integrates Optimal Differential Privacy (ODP) with Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) to enhance both model performance and privacy. By transforming local gradients into the frequency domain, the method reduces data size and adds a layer of encryption before transmission. Adaptive Gaussian Clipping (AGC) is employed to dynamically adjust clipping thresholds based on gradient distribution, further improving gradient handling. ODP then calibrates noise addition based on data sensitivity and privacy budgets, ensuring a balance between privacy and accuracy. Extensive experiments demonstrate that FL-ODP-DFT outperforms existing techniques in terms of accuracy, computational efficiency, convergence speed, and privacy protection, making it a robust and scalable solution for privacy-preserving FL.
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