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48 results for Device Contribution

Enhances Federated Learning by prioritizing device contributions and adjusting aggregation parameters.

problem Data privacy and security in distributed learning systems.
method Integrates multiple criteria for device contribution, uses prioritized aggregation, and adapts aggregation parameters online.
result The proposed approach outperforms standard Federated Learning methods in distributed learning tasks.

A new quantization strategy reduces Transformer model size and inference time.

problem Heavy computation load and memory overhead in Transformer models for mobile devices.
method Mixed precision quantization with varying bits per word in embedding blocks.
result 11.8x smaller model size and 3.5x speed up for on-device NMT.

This paper improves federated learning efficiency by auto-tuning secure aggregation parameters.

problem Efficient communication in federated learning with quantized updates.
method Auto-tuning secure aggregation parameters based on random rotation properties.
result Improved communication efficiency in federated learning with secure aggregation.

Customer Satisfaction is the most important factors in the industry irrespective of domain. Key Driver Analysis is a common practice in data science to help the business to evaluate the same. Understanding key features, which influence the outcome or dependent feature, is highly important in statistical model building.…

2018-05-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes incentive mechanism to encourage participation in federated learning.

problem Users are reluctant to participate in federated learning due to privacy concerns.
method Formulated as a two-stage Stackelberg game, designed an incentive mechanism to select and compensate users.
result Demonstrated effectiveness of the proposed incentive mechanism through simulations.

This paper addresses the energy disaggregation problem, i.e. decomposing the electricity signal of a whole home to its operating devices. First, we cast the problem as a dictionary learning (DL) problem where the key electricity patterns representing consumption behaviors are extracted for each device and stored in a d…

2018-09-10abs ↗pdf ↗

This work enables privacy-preserving model learning from single samples per client.

problem Learning from devices with only one sample each, especially in early rounds.
method Injects a single, calibrated noisy perturbation to transform data, then aggregates and processes for unbiased gradient update.
result Enables accurate, privacy-preserving model learning from devices with limited data.

FedZKT enables resource-constrained devices to participate in federated learning with heterogeneous models.

problem Inequality in resource allocation hinders participation from resource-constrained devices in federated learning.
method Zero-shot knowledge transfer through a server-assigned distillation process.
result FedZKT effectively transfers knowledge across heterogeneous on-device models without requiring comparable local training efforts.

On-device federated learning updates edge models by exchanging trained results.

problem Limited training data at edge devices due to model drift.
method OS-ELM for sequential training and autoencoder for anomaly detection, combined with federated learning.
result The proposed approach produces a merged model as accurately as traditional methods with lower costs.

A method for trust evaluation of devices in human-device coexistence systems.

problem Efficient trust evaluation of devices in systems with diverse physical and social attributes.
method Canonical correlation analysis-enhanced hypergraph self-supervised learning (HSLCCA).
result The proposed HSLCCA method significantly outperforms baseline algorithms in identifying trusted devices.

This paper optimizes how deep learning models are distributed across different devices.

problem Optimizing how large, complex neural networks are split across multiple devices.
method Identified and solved an optimization problem for device placement of DNN operators.
result Automated algorithms that solve the device placement problem for modern pipelined settings.

Distributed learning adapts to diverse devices, improving performance.

problem Training neural networks on devices with varying capabilities and resources.
method Each device trains a customized neural network, sharing parameters with others.
result Achieves higher rewards on more powerful devices without sacrificing weaker ones.

Semi-decentralized federated learning combines device-to-server and device-to-device communications for faster convergence.

problem Faster convergence in federated learning with decentralized model training.
method Two timescale hybrid federated learning (TT-HF) with cooperative D2D model aggregations.
result Achieves sublinear convergence rate of O(1/t) with adaptive control algorithm.

This paper optimizes AI inference on edge devices with reduced communication and computation costs.

problem Efficiently performing AI inference on resource-constrained edge devices with reduced communication and computation costs.
method A three-step framework for effective inference: model split point selection, communication-aware model compression, and task-oriented encoding of intermediate features.
result Our proposed framework achieves a better trade-off and significantly reduces inference latency compared to baseline methods.

We propose a real-time context-aware learning system along with the architecture that runs on the mobile devices, provide services to the user and manage the IoT devices. In this system, an application running on mobile devices collected data from the sensors, learned about the user-defined context, made predictions in…

2018-10-26abs ↗pdf ↗

SplitEasy trains ML models on mobile devices without server data transfer.

problem Training complex DL models on resource-limited mobile devices.
method Split learning approach where sensitive layers are trained locally, computationally intensive layers on server.
result SplitEasy trains models on mobile devices with minimal data transfer, near-constant time per sample.

Fog learning distributes ML model training across heterogeneous devices and networks.

problem Challenges with conventional federated learning in heterogeneous networks.
method Intelligent distribution of ML model training across nodes from edge devices to cloud servers.
result Enhanced federated learning with multi-layer hybrid framework considering network, heterogeneity, and proximity.

FedCluster accelerates federated learning convergence by cycling device groups.

problem Federated learning convergence issues with device-level data heterogeneity.
method FedCluster groups devices into clusters that cycle through learning rounds, boosting convergence with meta-updates.
result FedCluster achieves faster convergence in nonconvex optimization compared to FedAvg.

SEFR is a fast, energy-efficient classifier for ultra-low power devices.

problem Running machine learning on battery-powered devices is challenging due to time and energy constraints.
method SEFR is an ultra-low power classifier with linear time complexity for training and testing.
result SEFR is 63 times faster and 70 times more energy efficient than state-of-the-art classifiers.

Deep CNN-RNN model classifies breathing sounds for respiratory disease diagnosis.

problem Automated diagnosis of respiratory diseases using wearable devices.
method Patient-specific model tuning and local log quantization of weights.
result 71.81% accuracy on leave-one-out validation with patient-specific data.

AMS improves video inference on edge devices by adapting a small model with online knowledge distillation.

problem High computation cost of Deep Neural Networks for real-time video inference on edge devices.
method AMS uses a remote server to continually train and adapt a small model on edge devices, using online knowledge distillation from a large model.
result 0.4--17.8 percent mean Intersection-over-Union improvement in video semantic segmentation.

Flower framework simplifies federated learning experiments on edge devices.

problem Realistic implementation of Federated Learning on edge devices is challenging.
method Developed a comprehensive federated learning framework, Flower, supporting large-scale experiments on heterogeneous devices.
result Flower enables federated learning experiments with up to 15M client size using only two high-end GPUs.

Recent breakthroughs in Neural Architectural Search (NAS) have achieved state-of-the-art performance in many tasks such as image classification and language understanding. However, most existing works only optimize for model accuracy and largely ignore other important factors imposed by the underlying hardware and devi…

2018-08-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) are powerful constructs capable of modeling complex systems, up to and including Turing Machines. However, learning such complex models from finite training sets can be difficult. In this paper we empirically show that RNNs can learn models of computer peripheral devices through input a…

2018-05-21abs ↗pdf ↗

POET enables large neural network training on tiny devices with reduced energy.

problem Training large neural networks on memory-limited edge devices.
method Jointly optimizes rematerialization and paging for memory reduction, formulating an MILP for energy-efficient training.
result POET trains ResNet-18 and BERT within Cortex-M memory constraints, outperforming current methods in energy efficiency.

Survey of knowledge distillation for resource-limited devices.

problem Deploying large deep learning models on resource-limited devices.
method Knowledge distillation using a smaller model trained with information from a larger model.
result A new metric (distillation metric) for comparing different knowledge distillation algorithms.

MetaDVFS uses device and application metadata to improve DVFS efficiency.

problem Improving energy efficiency in mobile platforms with diverse applications and hardware.
method Formulates DVFS as a multi-task reinforcement learning problem and introduces MetaDVFS, leveraging metadata for knowledge transfer.
result MetaDVFS achieves up to 26% improvement in Quality of Experience and up to 17% improvement in Performance-Power Ratio.

DarkneTZ protects edge devices from DNN model leaks using TEE and model partitioning.

problem Privacy risks of pre-trained DNNs on edge devices through membership inference attacks.
method Model partitioning into sensitive and untrusted parts, leveraging TEE.
result DarkneTZ provides reliable model privacy with minimal performance overhead.

TOCO framework compresses neural networks based on tolerance analysis.

problem Deploying large neural networks on edge devices with limited resources.
method TOCO uses tolerance analysis to perform fine-grained compression, allowing flexibility to hardware changes.
result Fine-grained compression of neural networks on edge devices.

Paper proposes low-rank gradient approximation to save memory for deep neural network training.

problem Memory limitation on mobile devices for deep neural network training.
method Approximating gradient matrices using low-rank parameterization.
result Reduces training memory by about 33.0% for Adam optimization and 4.5% relative lower word error rate on ASR personalization task.