Call for Contributions: NVIDIA FLARE SUMMER OF CODE 2025

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Join the Effort!

Are you passionate about advancing federated learning? Contribute to NVIDIA FLARE, collaborate with the open-source community, and help shape the future of privacy-preserving and scalable AI!

How to Get Involved

• Propose Solutions: Contribute new algorithms, utilities, or examples to advance federated learning.
• Define Your Approach: Write a short proposal outlining the problem and why it matters. Your proposed method and how it improves federated learning. Expected outcomes and benefits (e.g., improved efficiency, reduced communication overhead, enhanced privacy).
• Register your proposal: link will be provided soon.
• Engage with the Community: Discuss ideas, collaborate, and get feedback on implementation.

Why Participate?

• Gain Recognition – Select contributors will be invited to present their work at NVIDIA Flare Day (September 2025)
• Make an Impact – Help solve key challenges in federated learning
• Collaborate with Experts – Work with researchers, developers, and industry professionals

Key Dates

• Announcement: February 19, 2025 (NVIDIA FLARE Webinar)
• Signup Phase: Open until the deadline
• Implementation Phase: March – September 2025
• Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025

Focus Areas

We welcome contributions in the following areas:

🔹 Energy-Efficient Communication & Learning
(e.g., compression, pruning, parameter-efficient finetuning, asynchronous FL, carbon footprint tracking)

🔹 Privacy-Preserving Techniques in the Age of LLMs
(e.g., differential privacy, memorization prevention, privacy attacks & defenses)

🔹 Training on the Edge (Real-Time & Multi-Sensor Data)
(e.g., mobile, automotive, robotics, surgery, dynamic sensor networks)

🔹 Collaborative Inference & Information Aggregation
(e.g., federated RAG, multi-agent learning, decentralized inference)

What Contributions Are We Looking For?

✅ Algorithms – Novel methods to improve federated learning efficiency, scalability, and security
✅ Core Framework & Utilities – Enhancements to NVFlare’s core functionalities
✅ Examples & Use Cases – Demonstrations of FL applications in real-world scenarios
Ready to contribute? Join us and make an impact!

Submission Guidelines

To participate, follow these steps:

1️⃣ Register a Proposal

• Use the link above when available.

2️⃣ Develop Your Contribution

• Work on your solution following the project’s coding standards and best practices.
• Regularly engage with maintainers and the community for feedback.
• Test your code thoroughly and document it properly.

3️⃣ Submit a Pull Request (PR)

• Fork the NVFlare repository and create a branch for your contribution.
• Submit a clear and well-documented PR with:
  • A description of your solution
  • Relevant benchmarks or evaluations
  • Any necessary instructions for running/testing the contribution
• Label your PR with "NVFlare Summer of Code" to ensure visibility.
• For more info, see the CONTRIBUTION GUIDE.

4️⃣ Review & Iterate

• Address feedback from the maintainers and community.
• Refine your work based on suggestions.

5️⃣ Final Submission & Selection

• By September 1, 2025, ensure your PR is merged or under final review.
• Select contributions will be invited to present at NVFlare Day in September 2025 (5-min Lightning Talk).

By following this structured approach, your solution will have a greater impact and visibility in the federated learning community!

Feel free to ask any questions you might have here.