VFLAIR-LLM: A Comprehensive Framework and Benchmark for Split Learning of LLMs

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Autores principales: Gu, Zixuan, Fan, Qiufeng, Sun, Long, Liu, Yang, Ye, Xiaojun
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Publicado: 2025
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author Gu, Zixuan
Fan, Qiufeng
Sun, Long
Liu, Yang
Ye, Xiaojun
author_facet Gu, Zixuan
Fan, Qiufeng
Sun, Long
Liu, Yang
Ye, Xiaojun
contents With the advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs), LLM applications have expanded into a growing number of fields. However, users with data privacy concerns face limitations in directly utilizing LLM APIs, while private deployments incur significant computational demands. This creates a substantial challenge in achieving secure LLM adaptation under constrained local resources. To address this issue, collaborative learning methods, such as Split Learning (SL), offer a resource-efficient and privacy-preserving solution for adapting LLMs to private domains. In this study, we introduce VFLAIR-LLM (available at https://github.com/FLAIR-THU/VFLAIR-LLM), an extensible and lightweight split learning framework for LLMs, enabling privacy-preserving LLM inference and fine-tuning in resource-constrained environments. Our library provides two LLM partition settings, supporting three task types and 18 datasets. In addition, we provide standard modules for implementing and evaluating attacks and defenses. We benchmark 5 attacks and 9 defenses under various Split Learning for LLM(SL-LLM) settings, offering concrete insights and recommendations on the choice of model partition configurations, defense strategies, and relevant hyperparameters for real-world applications.
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spellingShingle VFLAIR-LLM: A Comprehensive Framework and Benchmark for Split Learning of LLMs
Gu, Zixuan
Fan, Qiufeng
Sun, Long
Liu, Yang
Ye, Xiaojun
Cryptography and Security
Artificial Intelligence
I.2.11
With the advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs), LLM applications have expanded into a growing number of fields. However, users with data privacy concerns face limitations in directly utilizing LLM APIs, while private deployments incur significant computational demands. This creates a substantial challenge in achieving secure LLM adaptation under constrained local resources. To address this issue, collaborative learning methods, such as Split Learning (SL), offer a resource-efficient and privacy-preserving solution for adapting LLMs to private domains. In this study, we introduce VFLAIR-LLM (available at https://github.com/FLAIR-THU/VFLAIR-LLM), an extensible and lightweight split learning framework for LLMs, enabling privacy-preserving LLM inference and fine-tuning in resource-constrained environments. Our library provides two LLM partition settings, supporting three task types and 18 datasets. In addition, we provide standard modules for implementing and evaluating attacks and defenses. We benchmark 5 attacks and 9 defenses under various Split Learning for LLM(SL-LLM) settings, offering concrete insights and recommendations on the choice of model partition configurations, defense strategies, and relevant hyperparameters for real-world applications.
title VFLAIR-LLM: A Comprehensive Framework and Benchmark for Split Learning of LLMs
topic Cryptography and Security
Artificial Intelligence
I.2.11
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03097