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.
Study finds non-IID data causes FL performance issues.
problem Reduced performance in federated learning due to non-IID data.
method Investigated from IID to non-IID settings, categorized methods into two strategies.
result Inconsistencies in client loss landscapes are the primary cause of performance degradation.
Quantum federated learning improves with non-IID data using one-shot communication.
problem Performance degradation in federated learning with non-IID data.
method Quantum algorithms and local density estimators for non-IID data.
result One-shot communication complexity for non-IID quantum federated learning.
Federated multi-mini-batch improves efficiency in non-IID environments.
problem Performance and communication efficiency challenges in federated learning with non-IID data.
method Introduces federated multi-mini-batch approach to balance performance and communication.
result Federated multi-mini-batch outperforms federated averaging in non-IID settings.
Paper proposes FedAMP for improved federated learning with non-IID data.
problem Challenges of federated learning with non-IID data.
method FedAMP: Federated attentive message passing for pairwise client collaborations.
result FedAMP improves federated learning performance with non-IID data.
Client adaptation improves federated learning performance with non-IID data.
problem Improving model performance in federated learning with non-identically and non-independently distributed data.
method Simulates heterogeneous clients to learn client-specific conditioning using a conditional gated activation unit.
result Client adaptation enhances model performance across balanced and imbalanced data sets from audio and image domains.
FedFMC improves federated learning on non-iid data without sharing data or increasing communication costs.
problem Efficiently updating a global model on non-iid data in federated learning.
method FedFMC dynamically forks devices into different global models, merges and consolidates them.
result FedFMC substantially improves upon earlier approaches to non-iid data in federated learning.
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.
FedCD improves non-IID federated learning performance.
problem Learning from non-IID data in federated learning.
method FedCD dynamically groups devices with similar data.
result FedCD achieves higher accuracy and faster convergence.
New framework detects outliers in non-IID categorical data.
problem Existing outlier detection methods fail in non-IID data.
method Value-value graph-based representation and outlierness propagation.
result Significant improvement in AUC on complex data sets.
This paper proposes a cooperative mechanism for mitigating the performance degradation due to non-independent-and-identically-distributed (non-IID) data in collaborative machine learning (ML), namely federated learning (FL), which trains an ML model using the rich data and computational resources of mobile clients with…
IDA adapts to non-iid data in federated learning for medical imaging.
problem Statistical heterogeneity in federated learning data, especially in medical imaging.
method IDA (Inverse Distance Aggregation) is a novel adaptive weighting approach for clients based on meta-information.
result IDA outperforms Federated Averaging in handling unbalanced and non-iid data in federated learning.
New federated learning methods improve model performance on non-IID data.
problem Improving model performance on non-IID decentralized data.
method Proposed Federated AGMs using adaptive gradient methods with first-order and second-order momenta.
result The proposed Federated AGMs converge to a first-order stationary point under non-IID and unbalanced data settings for nonconvex optimization.
Clust-PSI-PFL uses PSI to improve accuracy and fairness in federated learning.
problem Non-IID data biases federated learning performance.
method Clust-PSI-PFL uses clustering and PSI to form homogeneous groups of clients.
result Clust-PSI-PFL delivers up to 18% higher global accuracy and improves client fairness.
Federated learning enables resource-constrained edge compute devices, such as mobile phones and IoT devices, to learn a shared model for prediction, while keeping the training data local. This decentralized approach to train models provides privacy, security, regulatory and economic benefits. In this work, we focus on …
FedSmart optimizes federated learning models for non-IID data.
problem Model performance on non-IID data is poor and privacy is at risk.
method FedSmart optimizes models by sharing global gradients and adjusting weights based on local validation set accuracy.
result FedSmart improves model performance by allocating more weight to similar data distributions.
Paper proposes CCVR to improve classifier calibration in federated learning with non-IID data.
problem Improving classifier calibration in federated learning with non-IID data.
method Proposes CCVR, a simple algorithm that adjusts the classifier using virtual representations.
result CCVR achieves state-of-the-art performance on popular federated learning benchmarks.
Fed-TDA augments federated tabular data to improve performance and privacy.
problem Non-IID data challenges in federated learning.
method Synthesizes tabular data using simple statistics for augmentation.
result Fed-TDA improves test performance and communication efficiency.
This work improves federated learning privacy and accuracy with non-private data sharing and approximate gradient coding.
problem Challenges of non-IID data and stragglers in federated learning.
method Data-driven strategy combining offline data sharing and approximate gradient coding.
result Achieves a trade-off between privacy and utility, leading to improved model convergence and accuracy.
FedACS uses attention to select clients with similar data for federated learning.
problem Non-IID data and data scarcity in federated learning.
method FedACS integrates an attention mechanism to prioritize clients with similar data distributions.
result FedACS improves federated learning performance by addressing non-IID data and data scarcity.
A new algorithm improves federated learning by combining knowledge distillation and weighted combination loss.
problem Non-IID client data in federated learning leads to model drift and poor generalization.
method pFedKD-WCL integrates knowledge distillation with bi-level optimization to address non-IID challenges.
result pFedKD-WCL outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms in accuracy and convergence speed.
A framework for large-scale federated learning with non-IID data.
problem Stability of models trained on non-IID data in federated learning.
method Generation of non-IID datasets and modular evaluation framework.
result Open-source benchmark for large-scale federated learning research.
New methods improve distributed optimization on non-iid data.
problem Communication bottleneck in distributed machine learning models.
method Two types of distributed gradient compression methods (D-QSGD and D-EF-SGD) analyzed for non-iid data.
result D-EF-SGD performs better than D-QSGD on non-iid data but can still slow down with high data skewness.
New research shows semantic data matching can degrade SSDL performance.
problem The limits of semantic data set matching in semi-supervised learning.
method Demonstrated through simulations and a new dissimilarity measure.
result Semantic data matching can degrade SSDL performance under non-IID data.
Semi-Federated Learning clusters clients for efficient model training.
problem Efficiency and data distribution challenges in Federated Learning.
method Local clustering and in-cluster training with a sequential training manner.
result Semi-Federated Learning reduces communication costs and improves robustness to Non-IID data.
Survey classifies Clustered Federated Learning into three types of approaches.
problem Non-independent and identically distributed (non-IID) data in Federated Learning.
method Systematic review of CFL literature, principled taxonomy.
result Core CFL and Metadata-based approaches have distinct focuses.
Paper addresses generalization error bounds for learning with censored feedback.
problem Impact of censored feedback on generalization error bounds.
method Derives an extension of DKW inequality for non-IID data due to censored feedback and uses it to bound generalization error.
result Existing generalization error bounds fail to account for censored feedback, necessitating new bounds.
This paper tackles federated incremental learning with dynamic memory allocation for improved model performance in non-IID data.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in federated healthcare systems with non-IID data.
method Dynamic memory allocation strategy based on data replay mechanism.
result Significant performance improvements in medical image datasets compared to baseline models.
This work addresses a new problem that learns generative adversarial networks (GANs) from multiple data collections that are each i) owned separately by different clients and ii) drawn from a non-identical distribution that comprises different classes. Given such non-iid data as input, we aim to learn a distribution in…
Optimal recovery framework for non-IID data in Hilbert spaces.
problem Generalization in non-IID data scenarios.
method Optimal recovery perspective, semidefinite programming, kernel ridgeless regression.
result Optimal recovery formula coincides with kernel ridgeless regression in some cases.
Identifying anomalous patterns in real-world data is essential for understanding where, when, and how systems deviate from their expected dynamics. Yet methods that separately consider the anomalousness of each individual data point have low detection power for subtle, emerging irregularities. Additionally, recent dete…
Federated learning enables a large amount of edge computing devices to jointly learn a model without data sharing. As a leading algorithm in this setting, Federated Averaging (\texttt{FedAvg}) runs Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) in parallel on a small subset of the total devices and averages the sequences only once …
A new federated learning method clusters users into multiple models for better data distribution handling.
problem Non-IID data from heterogeneous sources in federated learning.
method Proposes a multi-center aggregation mechanism to learn multiple global models and optimally match users to centers.
result Our method outperforms existing federated learning methods on benchmark datasets.
LotteryFL improves federated learning efficiency and personalization.
problem Statistical heterogeneity and communication efficiency in federated learning.
method Exploiting Lottery Ticket hypothesis to learn compact lottery networks.
result LotteryFL achieves better personalization and reduces communication cost.
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.
A framework for federated graph classification over non-IID graphs.
problem Training graph mining models collaboratively across different domains with non-IID graphs.
method Graph Clusters Federated Learning (GCFL) framework, dynamically finding clusters based on GNN gradients, and a gradient sequence-based clustering mechanism (GCFL+).
result Demonstrated effectiveness of GCFL+ in reducing structure and feature heterogeneity among graphs.
Propagates adversarial robustness in federated learning.
problem Heterogeneous federated users with non-iid data and limited resources.
method Adversarial robustness propagation through batch-normalization.
result Federated models achieve remarkable robustness even with limited adversarial training.
Flexible device participation improves federated learning convergence.
problem Strict device participation limits federated learning reach.
method Analytical results and new aggregation scheme for flexible participation.
result Convergence improved with flexible device participation.
On-device machine learning (ML) enables the training process to exploit a massive amount of user-generated private data samples. To enjoy this benefit, inter-device communication overhead should be minimized. With this end, we propose federated distillation (FD), a distributed model training algorithm whose communicati…
This research improves model interpretability and uncertainty estimation for deep learning models on non-iid data.
problem Improving interpretability and uncertainty estimation for deep learning models on non-iid data.
method 4 UQ approaches (BNN, SWAG, MC dropout, ensemble) applied to ARMED MEDL models.
result Ensemble approaches, especially with 90% subsampling, provide best performance in prediction and uncertainty estimation.
New bucketing scheme improves Byzantine robustness for heterogeneous data.
problem Byzantine attacks on federated learning with heterogeneous data.
method Bucketing scheme to adapt robust algorithms to non-iid data.
result Bucketing scheme ensures convergence against Byzantine attacks.
Locally private algorithm improves online federated learning with correlated noise.
problem Privacy-preserving online federated learning with non-IID data.
method Locally differentially private algorithm using temporally correlated noise.
result Established dynamic regret bound for nonconvex loss functions.
GraphFL tackles semi-supervised node classification on graphs using federated learning.
problem Real-world graph-based problems often require collecting the entire graph and labeling a reasonable number of labels, which is impractical and costly.
method GraphFL is a federated learning framework that addresses non-IID data, new label domains, and unlabeled data issues in graph-based semi-supervised node classification.
result GraphFL significantly outperforms compared FL baselines and self-training methods.
Intensive care data are valuable for improvement of health care, policy making and many other purposes. Vast amount of such data are stored in different locations, on many different devices and in different data silos. Sharing data among different sources is a big challenge due to regulatory, operational and security r…
FA-HMC improves Bayesian federated learning with rigorous guarantees.
problem Parameter estimation and uncertainty quantification in non-iid distributed data.
method Federated Averaging stochastic Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (FA-HMC) with convergence guarantees.
result FA-HMC achieves better convergence and communication efficiency than existing methods.
DPMM-CFL clusters clients for federated learning without fixed K, improving performance.
problem Improving federated learning performance under non-IID client heterogeneity.
method DPMM-CFL uses a Dirichlet Process Mixture Model to infer both cluster number and client assignments.
result DPMM-CFL optimizes per-cluster federated objectives and jointly infers cluster number and assignments.
New learnability criteria for non-iid processes equivalent to online learning.
problem Statistical learning under non-iid stochastic processes is underdeveloped.
method Defined two learnability notions and showed their equivalence to online learning.
result Learnability criteria for non-iid processes are equivalent to online learning.
CP-ROC bands improve graph classification accuracy and uncertainty quantification.
problem Uncertainty quantification and robustness to distributional shifts in graph classification.
method Conditional Prediction ROC (CP-ROC) bands for graph classification, developed for TGNNs and adaptable to GNNs.
result Statistically guaranteed coverage for CP-ROC under local exchangeability condition, improving prediction reliability.