Erich Malan

Ph.D. candidate in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi , 38^th cycle (2022-2025)
Department of Control and Computer Engineering (DAUIN)

Docente esterno e/o collaboratore didattico
Department of Control and Computer Engineering (DAUIN)

erich.malan@polito.it

Profile

PhD

Research topic

Distributed and Federated Learning over IoT networks

Tutors

Research presentation

Poster

Research interests

Computer architectures and Computer aided design

Biography

Erich Malan earned an M.Sc. in Data Science and Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino in 2021. He is pursuing a PhD at the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Group within the Department of Control and Computer Engineering at the same institution. His research investigates deep learning methods for processing the large volume of data gathered by ubiquitous IoT networks. Centralizing such data faces is constrained by privacy regulations, wireless network bottlenecks, and data management costs. Distributed and federated learning data management paradigms offer an alternative avenue for training deep learning models over decentralized data at the edge of the IoT. He is particularly interested in optimizing federated learning strategies to minimize communication overhead and effectively manage the limited resources of low-power IoT nodes. Additionally, his research extends to the accompanying challenges of data and system heterogeneity, automating data annotation, and security and privacy threats. The ultimate goal is to promote the widespread deployment of private and efficient intelligent services across IoT environments.

Awards and Honors

Certificate of attendance to conference as a speaker at the 31st IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems (ICECS), 2024. (2024)
Certificate of attendance to conference as a speaker at the IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED) 2023. (2023)

Teaching

Teachings

Bachelor of Science

Informatica. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
Informatica. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA. Collaboratore del corso
Informatica. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA. Collaboratore del corso

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Research

Research groups

EDA - Electronic Design Automation (DAUIN)

Publications

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Malan, Erich; Peluso, Valentino; Calimera, Andrea; Macii, Enrico (2025)
Refined Two-Sided Learning Rate Tuning for Robust Evaluation in Federated Learning. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. ISSN 2691-4581
Contributo su Rivista
Malan, Erich; Peluso, Valentino; Calimera, Andrea; Macii, Enrico (2024)
Draft & Refine: Efficient Resource Management in Federated Learning under Pathological Labels Skew. In: International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems (ICECS) 2024, Nancy (FRA), 18-20 November 2024, pp. 1-4. ISBN: 979-8-3503-7720-0
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Peluso, Valentino; Malan, Erich; Calimera, Andrea; Macii, Enrico (2024)
Private Tensor Freezing for an Efficient Federated Learning with Homomorphic Encryption. In: International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD) 2024, Milan (ITA), 18-20 November 2024, pp. 308-315. ISBN: 979-8-3503-8040-8
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Malan, Erich; Peluso, Valentino; Calimera, Andrea; Macii, Enrico; Montuschi, Paolo (2024)
Automatic Layer Freezing for Communication Efficiency in Cross-Device Federated Learning. In: IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL, vol. 11, pp. 6072-6083. ISSN 2327-4662
Contributo su Rivista
Malan, Erich; Peluso, Valentino; Calimera, Andrea; Macii, Enrico (2023)
Enabling DVFS Side-Channel Attacks for Neural Network Fingerprinting in Edge Inference Services. In: International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, Vienna (AUT), 07-08 August 2023, pp. 1-6. ISBN: 979-8-3503-1175-4
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)