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48 results for FL

This work bridges federated learning and contextual bandits, enhancing FL's utility.

problem Limited use of federated learning in contextual bandits despite its potential.
method Proposes FedIGW, a novel federated contextual bandits design that leverages regression-based algorithms and integrates various FL components.
result FedIGW better harnesses FL innovations and provides flexible, modular, and seamless integration of FL elements.

Group personalization improves FL performance in heterogeneous client data.

problem Mitigating client drift in federated learning with heterogeneous data.
method Fine-tuning a global FL model over homogeneous groups of clients, then personalizing each group's model.
result The proposed method achieves superior personalization performance compared to other FL approaches.

This paper analyzes convergence of FL for neural networks using NTK.

problem Theoretical guarantees of FL for neural networks with explicit forms and multi-step updates are unexplored.
method FL-NTK framework for federated learning of ReLU neural networks trained by gradient descent.
result FL-NTK converges to a global-optimal solution at a linear rate with proper learning parameters.

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.

Study quantifies impacts of heterogeneity in FL on smartphone data.

problem Heterogeneity in FL devices causes performance degradation.
method Collected 136k smartphone data, built heterogeneity-aware FL platform, conducted extensive experiments.
result Heterogeneity causes up to 9.2% accuracy drop and 2.32x training time increase.

Flashback Learning balances model stability and plasticity in continual learning.

problem Balancing model stability and plasticity in continual learning.
method Flashback Learning (FL) uses a bidirectional regularization approach to balance stability and plasticity.
result FL improves model accuracy by up to 4.91% in Class-Incremental and 3.51% in Task-Incremental settings.

A new asynchronous method for vertical federated learning improves privacy and efficiency.

problem Solving vertical federated learning in an asynchronous manner with privacy and efficiency.
method A simple FL method that allows clients to run stochastic gradient algorithms asynchronously with a new perturbed local embedding technique.
result The method improves privacy and communication efficiency compared to centralized and synchronous FL methods.

FL+HC improves federated learning on non-iid data by clustering local updates.

problem FL struggles with non-iid data, leading to suboptimal models.
method Introduce hierarchical clustering to separate and train clusters of clients independently.
result FL+HC converges faster and achieves higher accuracy than standard FL.

NAC-FL optimizes model updates in FL systems by adapting compression to network congestion.

problem Federated Learning systems face congestion and delays in data exchanges.
method NAC-FL dynamically adjusts client compression based on network congestion.
result NAC-FL reduces training time and achieves robust performance improvements.

Optimal feature learning strength improves generalization in deep networks.

problem Understanding how feature learning strength affects generalization in practical settings.
method Empirical studies and theoretical analysis of gradient flow dynamics in two-layer ReLU nets.
result Optimal feature learning strength yields substantial generalization gains, contrary to the prevailing intuition.

Paper proposes SCALLION and SCAFCOM for compressed FL with reduced communication.

problem Reducing communication overhead in Federated Learning with data heterogeneity and partial participation.
method Revisit and simplify stochastic controlled averaging, proposing SCALLION and SCAFCOM for unbiased and biased compression.
result SCALLION and SCAFCOM outperform existing methods in communication and computation complexities.

FL-Sailer enables federated learning for scATAC-seq data, reducing dimensionality and noise.

problem Privacy-preserving federated learning for ultra-high dimensional, sparse, and heterogeneous scATAC-seq data.
method FL-Sailer integrates adaptive leverage score sampling and an invariant VAE architecture.
result FL-Sailer converges to an approximate solution with bounded error, surpassing centralized methods.

FedML aims to improve FL research by providing a library and benchmark.

problem Inconsistent FL algorithm development and performance comparison.
method FedML offers an open research library and benchmark supporting diverse computing paradigms and flexible API design.
result FedML facilitates fair algorithm comparison and development in federated learning.

FOCUS addresses label quality disparity in FL for healthcare applications.

problem Label quality disparity in federated learning for healthcare applications.
method FOCUS maintains a small set of benchmark samples and computes the mutual cross-entropy between local and benchmark datasets to quantify label credibility. It then adjusts client weights based on credibility values.
result FOCUS effectively reduces the impact of noisy labels from clients, improving model performance.

This work analyzes generalization in federated learning using information theory.

problem Generalization performance in federated learning is less explored compared to centralized learning.
method The work applies an information-theoretic analysis via the conditional mutual information (CMI) framework to study federated learning's two-level generalization.
result The work derives multiple CMI-based bounds, including hypothesis-based CMI bounds and fast-rate evaluated CMI bounds, which improve convergence rates for specific model aggregation strategies and structured loss functions.

SIGMA prior enables federated learning for non-factorizable models.

problem Current FL methods assume conditional independence, limiting applicability to non-factorizable models.
method SIGMA prior approximates deep generative model to induce conditional independence structure.
result SIGMA prior expands FL applicability to fields requiring modeling dependencies.

FLeet improves online FL for mobile apps with better performance and privacy.

problem Federated Learning's offline nature limits its applicability for online updates.
method Combines staleness awareness and performance prediction with adaptive learning.
result 2.3x quality boost with minimal battery consumption.

Federated learning (FL) allows model training from local data collected by edge/mobile devices while preserving data privacy, which has wide applicability to image and vision applications. A challenge is that client devices in FL usually have much more limited computation and communication resources compared to servers…

2019-09-26abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper studies how label noise affects Federated Learning.

problem The impact of label noise on Federated Learning.
method The paper derives an upper bound for the generalization error and conducts experiments on MNIST and CIFAR-10 datasets.
result The global model accuracy decreases linearly with increasing label noise, consistent with theoretical analysis.

pFedMe uses Moreau envelopes to improve personalized FL performance.

problem Statistical diversity among clients limits FL performance.
method pFedMe employs Moreau envelopes as clients' regularized loss functions in a bi-level optimization problem.
result pFedMe achieves state-of-the-art convergence rates and superior empirical performance.

Random orthogonalization improves FL in massive MIMO systems without CSI.

problem Efficient model aggregation in FL with minimal channel estimation overhead.
method Combining FL with massive MIMO's channel hardening and favorable propagation, random orthogonalization reduces channel estimation overhead.
result Achieves model aggregation without CSI, significantly reducing channel estimation overhead.

The octonionic flag manifold Fl(O)Fl(\mathbb{O}) is the space of all pairs in OP2×OP2\mathbb{O}P^2\times \mathbb{O}P^2 (where OP2\mathbb{O}P^2 denotes the octonionic projective plane) which satisfy a certain "incidence" relation. It comes equipped with the projections π1,π2:Fl(O)OP2π_1,π_2 : Fl(\mathbb{O})\to \mathbb{O}P^2, which are $\mat…

2008-09-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Prophet predicts device qualities for FL to reduce training latency.

problem Bad candidate-selection leads to large training and reporting latency in FL.
method Each device predicts its own training and reporting phases using LSTM. The algorithm is implemented with DRL.
result The proposed approach outperforms reactive algorithms in real-world experiments.

New framework provides privacy guarantees for practical federated learning.

problem Inadequate privacy guarantees for federated learning due to restrictive assumptions.
method Fed-α\alpha-NormEC, integrating multiple local updates, partial client participation, and standard assumptions.
result Provably convergent and differentially private federated learning framework.

Federated learning (FL) provides a communication-efficient approach to solve machine learning problems concerning distributed data, without sending raw data to a central server. However, existing works on FL only utilize first-order gradient descent (GD) and do not consider the preceding iterations to gradient update w…

2019-10-08abs ↗pdf ↗

New method addresses class imbalance in federated learning.

problem Class imbalance in federated learning training data.
method Proposes a monitoring scheme to infer training data composition and a new loss function, Ratio Loss, to mitigate imbalance.
result Demonstrates effectiveness in mitigating class imbalance in federated learning, outperforming previous methods.

This study assesses the impact of non-IID data in federated learning, revealing significant performance drops.

problem The impact of non-IID data on federated learning model performance.
method Empirical analysis using Hellinger Distance to measure distribution differences, benchmarking four strategies for handling non-IID data.
result Significant performance drops occur at specific HD thresholds, especially for extreme non-IIDness.

BICompFL tackles bi-directional compression challenges in stochastic FL, reducing communication costs by an order of magnitude.

problem Communication bottleneck in federated learning, especially with stochastic updates.
method Introduces BICompFL, a bi-directional compression approach for stochastic federated learning.
result Significantly reduces communication costs (by an order of magnitude) while maintaining accuracy.

TiFL divides clients into tiers to improve federated learning performance.

problem Heterogeneity in resource and data quality impacts FL performance.
method TiFL divides clients into tiers based on training performance and selects clients from the same tier in each training round.
result TiFL achieves faster training performance with comparable or better test accuracy.

Improved Bayesian FL method calibrates predictions for federated learning.

problem Overconfident predictions in Bayesian FL methods for federated learning.
method β-Predictive Bayes algorithm interpolates between mixture and product of local predictive posteriors, tuning parameter β for better calibration.
result Demonstrated superior calibration compared to other baselines, even with increased data heterogeneity.

FedShuffle improves local updates in FL, especially with data imbalance.

problem Data imbalance in FL leads to different clients performing different numbers of local updates.
method FedShuffle incorporates random reshuffling, data imbalance, and client sampling.
result FedShuffle improves upon FL methods that assume homogeneous updates in heterogeneous setups.

FedGVI improves FL robustness to model misspecification.

problem Limited robustness in FL approaches to model misspecification.
method Probabilistic Federated Learning framework that generalizes previous methods.
result FedGVI provides robust and calibrated predictions under model misspecification.