v0.2.1 - docstring citation fix and PhysioNet DUA notice
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Patch release. No API or behavior changes.
What changed
- Docstring citations updated — package,
FairSwarmclass, andFairSwarmConfigdocstrings now reference the IEEE TCE 2026 (Submitted) paper instead of the prior thesis citation. - README: Data Access and Compliance section added — explicit PhysioNet DUA, CITI, and HIPAA notice for users running MIMIC-III / eICU-CRD experiments. The library itself ships zero patient data.
.gitignorehardened — addedresults/eicu*/,experiments/results/mimic*/, andexperiments/results/eicu*/as defense-in-depth against accidental commit of clinical-data-derived experiment outputs.
Install
pip install fairswarm==0.2.1Reference
T. Norwood, D. Das, P. Chatterjee, E. Bentley, and U. Ghosh, "FairSwarm: Trustworthy Coalition Selection for Fair and Secure Federated Intelligence," IEEE Trans. Consum. Electron., 2026 (Submitted).
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