Summary of Robust Decentralized Learning with Local Updates and Gradient Tracking, by Sajjad Ghiasvand et al.
Robust Decentralized Learning with Local Updates and Gradient Tracking
by Sajjad Ghiasvand, Amirhossein Reisizadeh, Mahnoosh Alizadeh, Ramtin Pedarsani
First submitted to arxiv on: 2 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a decentralized minimax optimization method for addressing shortcomings in distributed learning applications like Federated Learning, Internet of Things, and Edge Computing. The approach tackles data heterogeneity and adversarial robustness by employing local updates and gradient tracking modules. Minimax optimization enables adversarial training for robustness, while local updates mitigate the communication bottleneck and gradient tracking proves convergence in heterogeneous data scenarios. The proposed algorithm, Dec-FedTrack, is analyzed and proven to converge to a stationary point through nonconvex-strongly concave minimax optimization. Numerical experiments support these theoretical findings. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary In this paper, researchers are trying to make sure that computers can learn from each other even when they have different types of data or might be attacked by bad actors. They came up with a new way to do this using something called decentralized learning. This means that instead of sending all the data to one place and then getting the answers back, the computers work together and share information as they go along. The key parts of their approach are local updates and gradient tracking. These help make sure that the computers can handle different types of data and stay safe from attacks. They tested their idea with some math problems and it worked. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Federated learning » Optimization » Tracking
