This paper develops a federated EM algorithm for unsupervised learning of mixture models.
problem Theoretical foundations of unsupervised federated learning are lacking.
method Introduces a federated gradient EM algorithm (FedGrEM) for unsupervised learning of mixture models.
result Theoretical analysis shows FedGrEM outperforms local single-task learning.
A practical one-shot federated learning algorithm for cross-silo setting.
problem Limited applicability of existing one-shot federated learning algorithms due to specific model support and lack of privacy guarantees.
method FedKT, a one-shot federated learning algorithm that supports any classification models and provides differential privacy guarantees.
result FedKT significantly outperforms other state-of-the-art federated learning algorithms with a single communication round.
Paper introduces OARF benchmark suite for federated learning systems.
problem Limited diversity in federated learning benchmarks.
method Characterizes OARF benchmark suite with diverse data and applications.
result Federated learning can effectively increase end-to-end throughput.
Federated learning has been a hot research topic in enabling the collaborative training of machine learning models among different organizations under the privacy restrictions. As researchers try to support more machine learning models with different privacy-preserving approaches, there is a requirement in developing s…
Compressed Federated Distillation reduces communication in federated learning.
problem Communication constraints in Federated Learning.
method Compressed Federated Distillation (CFD) leverages soft labels and quantization techniques.
result Reduces communication by more than 4 orders of magnitude compared to Federated Averaging.
New federated f-differential privacy for collaborative learning.
problem Privacy in federated learning.
method Introducing federated f-differential privacy and proposing a generic private federated learning framework. result Proves federated f-differential privacy provides privacy guarantee on each record of one client's data. pFedGame uses game theory for decentralized federated learning in dynamic networks.
problem Performance bottlenecks, data bias, model convergence issues, and model poisoning attacks in federated learning.
method pFedGame employs game theory to decentralize federated learning, avoiding a central aggregation server and addressing dynamic network challenges.
result pFedGame achieves higher accuracy (over 70%) in heterogeneous data compared to existing methods.
A framework to compare federated learning algorithms in high-dimensional settings.
problem Comparing the performance of federated learning algorithms in high-dimensional settings.
method Formulating federated learning as a multi-criterion objective and analyzing a linear regression model.
result Federated Averaging with simple client fine-tuning achieves the same asymptotic risk as more intricate approaches and outperforms without personalization.
Federated learning linked to mean-field games for large-scale learning.
problem Large-scale distributed and privacy-preserving learning algorithms.
method Established a connection between federated learning and mean-field games, presenting federated learning as a differential game.
result Properties of the equilibrium of the federated learning game were discussed.
A fair reward system boosts participation in federated learning.
problem Fairness in federated learning among competitive agents with siloed data.
method Hierarchically fair federated learning (HFFL) framework with proportional rewards based on contribution levels.
result Efficacy of HFFL in maintaining fairness and facilitating federated learning in competitive settings.
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.
This work improves fairness in federated learning by using zero-shot data augmentation.
problem Statistical heterogeneity leads to biased and less uniform accuracy across clients in federated learning.
method Proposes a federated learning system with zero-shot data augmentation to mitigate statistical heterogeneity and improve fairness.
result Empirical results show improved test accuracy and fairness across clients.
In federated learning, a central server coordinates the training of a single model on a massively distributed network of devices. This setting can be naturally extended to a multi-task learning framework, to handle real-world federated datasets that typically show strong statistical heterogeneity among devices. Despite…
Sherpa.ai framework combines federated learning and differential privacy for edge AI services.
problem Protecting data privacy in edge AI services.
method Holistic federated learning and differential privacy approach with methodological guidelines.
result Demonstrated through classification and regression use cases.
Federated learning studies separate client data and distribution gaps.
problem Understanding performance differences in federated learning across different datasets.
method Proposed a framework to disentangle out-of-sample and participation gaps.
result Dataset synthesis strategy is crucial for realistic simulations of federated learning generalization.
Dynamic defense against Byzantine poisoning in federated learning.
problem Byzantine poisoning attacks on federated learning models.
method Dynamic federated aggregation operator to filter out adversarial clients.
result Dynamic selection of clients improves global learning model performance.
A new federated learning method reduces communication costs and improves adaptivity.
problem Large communication overhead and lack of adaptivity in federated learning.
method FedCAMS: A novel communication-efficient adaptive federated learning method with theoretical guarantees.
result FedCAMS achieves the same convergence rate as non-compressed federated learning methods.
Research improves federated text models for next word prediction.
problem Training models on distributed devices efficiently and effectively.
method Employ transfer learning in federated learning for next word prediction.
result Enhancements to current baselines with pretrained embeddings and whole model pretraining.
Federated learning technique improves convergence speed with communication delays.
problem Communication delays between edge nodes and aggregator in federated learning.
method Developed FedDelAvg, a technique that generalizes federated averaging to incorporate a weighting between current local model and delayed global model.
result FedDelAvg achieves a significant improvement in convergence speed, especially when optimizing the weighting scheme to account for delays.
Federated learning method improves covariate shift adaptation for missing target values.
problem Missing target values in federated learning.
method Federated covariate shift adaptation algorithm for missing target output values.
result Asymptotically unbiased and efficient algorithm for federated learning.
This paper analyzes privacy threats in federated matrix factorization.
problem Privacy threats in federated matrix factorization models.
method Categorizes federated matrix factorization into three types and analyzes privacy threats.
result This is the first study of privacy threats in federated matrix factorization.
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.
New federated learning framework reduces model complexity and improves performance.
problem Slow convergence in traditional federated learning due to non-i.i.d. data.
method Clients train personalized local models, server trains shared model, addressing heterogeneity.
result Substantial performance gains over baselines, robust to non-i.i.d. data.
Federated Learning is introduced to protect privacy by distributing training data into multiple parties. Each party trains its own model and a meta-model is constructed from the sub models. In this way the details of the data are not disclosed in between each party. In this paper we investigate the model interpretation…
New algorithm solves federated minimax optimization problems.
problem Federated minimax optimization challenges.
method Federated Stochastic Smoothed Gradient Descent Ascent (FESS-GDA).
result FESS-GDA uniformly solves federated minimax problems.
FedSPDnet improves federated learning for SPD matrices, outperforming existing methods.
problem Federated learning for SPD matrices with orthogonality constraints.
method Two efficient aggregation strategies: ProjAvg and RLAvg, preserving geometric structure.
result FedSPDnet outperforms federated EEGnet in F1 score and robustness to federation and partial participation.
FPFL mitigates unfairness in private federated learning.
problem Differential privacy degrades model performance on under-represented groups.
method Extends modified method of differential multipliers to private federated learning.
result FPFL reduces unfairness in trained models on private federated learning.
FLBench automates federated learning benchmarking.
problem Manual dataset partitioning fails to simulate real-world isolated data islands.
method Develops a federated learning benchmark suite with three domains.
result Automates evaluation of federated learning systems and algorithms.
Second-order guarantees for federated learning algorithms.
problem Non-convex optimization in federated learning with saddle-points as bottlenecks.
method Drawing on recent results on second-order optimality in centralized and decentralized settings, establish second-order guarantees for federated learning algorithms.
result Established second-order guarantees for federated learning algorithms.
Modern federated networks, such as those comprised of wearable devices, mobile phones, or autonomous vehicles, generate massive amounts of data each day. This wealth of data can help to learn models that can improve the user experience on each device. However, the scale and heterogeneity of federated data presents new …
Federated learning is a distributed machine learning paradigm in which a large number of clients coordinate with a central server to learn a model without sharing their own training data. Standard federated optimization methods such as Federated Averaging (FedAvg) are often difficult to tune and exhibit unfavorable con…
FedIV uses federated GMM for IV analysis in non-i.i.d. data.
problem Efficient IV analysis in non-i.i.d. federated data.
method Federated GMM via FedGDA algorithm.
result Federated solution consistently estimates local moment conditions.
New study tackles free-rider attacks in federated learning models.
problem Free-rider attacks compromise federated learning models by non-contributing to data updates.
method Theoretical and experimental analysis of iterative federated learning schemes, including FedAvg and FedProx.
result Formal guarantees for free-rider attacks to converge to aggregated models of fair participants.
Federated multi-view matrix factorization learns from multiple data sources without centralizing user data.
problem Cold-start federated recommendations and multi-view data structure.
method Federated learning framework extended to multi-view matrix factorization.
result Federated multi-view matrix factorization outperforms simpler methods in cold-start federated recommendations.
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.
LC-FL uses generative models to reduce communication costs in federated learning.
problem High communication costs and strict model homogeneity in federated learning.
method LC-FL employs generative models to transmit data and aggregate models.
result LC-FL reduces communication costs and supports heterogeneous models.
The emerging concern about data privacy and security has motivated the proposal of federated learning, which allows nodes to only synchronize the locally-trained models instead their own original data. Conventional federated learning architecture, inherited from the parameter server design, relies on highly centralized…
New perspective on federated learning as posterior inference, improving optimization.
problem Optimizing global models in distributed learning settings.
method Formulated as posterior inference problem, using MCMC for approximate inference and federated averaging for refinement.
result Federated posterior averaging (FedPA) outperforms existing methods on benchmarks.
FLIX simplifies federated learning with efficient communication.
problem Handling constraints specific to federated learning.
method Introduces FLIX, a new framework for federated learning that addresses communication and personalization challenges.
result FLIX achieves dissimilarity regularization similar to local methods without requiring local steps.
Federated learning is a distributed form of machine learning where both the training data and model training are decentralized. In this paper, we use federated learning in a commercial, global-scale setting to train, evaluate and deploy a model to improve virtual keyboard search suggestion quality without direct access…
FLAIR dataset for federated learning benchmarks.
problem Lack of suitable federated learning datasets.
method Curated large-scale annotated image dataset for multi-label classification.
result FLAIR captures real-world federated learning challenges.
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.
Paper tackles federated learning with privacy, enhancing target data analysis.
problem Heterogeneity and privacy of distributed data in federated learning.
method Formulates federated differential privacy, studies statistical problems under privacy constraints.
result Federated differential privacy offers a balance between privacy and knowledge transfer.
Ditto improves fairness and robustness in federated learning.
problem Fairness and robustness in statistically heterogeneous federated learning networks.
method Personalized federated learning framework (Ditto) with a scalable solver.
result Ditto achieves competitive performance and superior fairness and robustness compared to existing methods.
New algorithm achieves linear speedup in non-i.i.d. federated bilevel learning.
problem Linear speedup in convergence for non-i.i.d. datasets in federated bilevel optimization.
method Proposes FedMBO with a novel client sampling scheme for non-i.i.d. datasets.
result Achieves a convergence rate of O(1/√(nK) + 1/K + √n/K³/²).
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.
Survey on security and privacy in decentralized federated learning.
problem New threats in decentralized federated learning due to the removal of the server.
method Thorough security analysis and overview of defense mechanisms.
result Challenges and threats in decentralized federated learning.
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.