Federated learning middleware for smart campus solutions
摘要
The rapid increase in data produced in smart environments offers substantial potential for applying machine learning to enhance decision-making and boost efficiency. Traditional machine learning methods struggle with distributed datasets and privacy issues. Federated learning presents a novel solution that allows collaborative learning while protecting privacy. This paper presents Smart Federated Middleware for Educational Institutions (SFMEI), a middleware aimed at supporting application development that uses federated learning within smart campuses. It also facilitates inter-campus collaboration for building models with privately distributed data. Experiments show the effectiveness of SFMEI in maintaining predictive performance while protecting data privacy. We used an Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network to forecast time series data on CO2 levels, temperature, energy use, and water consumption. SFMEI demonstrated efficacy, attaining an