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Extraction Workbook — Trustworthy Knowledge Distillation in Federated Learning: A Systematic Review of Proxy Data Strategies

Agostinho Freire, João V. R. de Andrade, Leandro H. de S. Silva, Juan Lira, Marco Fisichella, Bruno Fernandes

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 2026

Abstract

This dataset contains the complete data-extraction workbook of the systematic literature review "Trustworthy Knowledge Distillation in Federated Learning: A Systematic Review of Proxy Data Strategies". The review, conducted under the Kitchenham/Charters guidelines and the PRISMA 2020 reporting standard, covers 51 primary studies (2020–2025) on knowledge distillation in federated learning using synthetic or otherwise non-private proxy data, retrieved from five databases (IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Library, Scopus, ScienceDirect, and Springer Link). The workbook (.xlsx) is organized as follows: Study_Register — bibliographic and contextual metadata for all 57 screened full-text studies (51 included, 6 excluded with reasons): identifier, title, year, venue, publication type, DOI, final eligibility, application domain, dataset summary, federated-learning setting, heterogeneity type, number of clients, and code/data availability. RQ1–RQ6 sheets — research-question-specific extraction fields for every study, covering proxy use and ownership (RQ1), generation mechanisms and curation policies (RQ2), effects on communication, privacy, and performance (RQ3), proxy-quality criteria and metrics (RQ4), threat models and defenses (RQ5), and methodological gaps and reproducibility (RQ6). Quality_Assessment — per-study scores for the eight-item quality checklist (Q1–Q8; Yes/Partial/No), with computed total scores (mean 6.70, median 7.00, range 4.0–8.0 across the included corpus).…

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