@article{initializationmattersunravelingtheimpact, title = {Initialization Matters: Unraveling the Impact of Pre-Training on Federated Learning}, author = {Divyansh Jhunjhunwala and Pranay Sharma and Zheng Xu and Gauri Joshi}, year = {2025}, eprint = {2502.08024}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.08024v1}, }