Systems Research

Federated Learning Looks Different at 3am When Your Nodes Are Dropping
Most FL strategies that claim to improve on FedAvg do not actually improve on FedAvg. Not on real hardware. Not under real conditions.
Mar 27, 2026 5 min read
Peeling Back the Layers: An Empirical Analysis of Modern ARM Primitives
A performance characterization of the Rockchip RK3588S SoC, exploring the gap between theoretical hardware limits and observed system behavior.
Jan 23, 2026 2 min read