Summary of Qbi: Quantile-based Bias Initialization For Efficient Private Data Reconstruction in Federated Learning, by Micha V. Nowak et al.
QBI: Quantile-Based Bias Initialization for Efficient Private Data Reconstruction in Federated Learning
by Micha V. Nowak, Tim P. Bott, David Khachaturov, Frank Puppe, Adrian Krenzer, Amar Hekalo
First submitted to arxiv on: 26 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper proposes two novel methods for enhancing privacy in federated learning: QBI (Quantized Bias Initialization) and PAIRS (Private Activation-based Inference and Reconstruction). QBI initializes model parameters with carefully chosen bias values to create sparse activation patterns, making it more difficult for attackers to reconstruct private data. PAIRS builds upon QBI and uses a separate dataset from the target domain to further improve reconstruction capabilities. The authors achieve significant improvements in reconstruction accuracy on ImageNet (up to 50%) and IMDB sentiment analysis text dataset (up to 60%). Additionally, they establish theoretical limits for attacks leveraging stochastic gradient sparsity and propose AGGP (Adversarial Gradient Gradient Pruning), a defensive framework designed to prevent such attacks. These contributions contribute to the development of more secure and private federated learning systems. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper makes it harder for bad guys to steal your personal data when you train machine learning models on your devices without sharing them with anyone else. They came up with two new ways to do this: QBI (Quantized Bias Initialization) and PAIRS (Private Activation-based Inference and Reconstruction). These methods help keep your data safe by making it harder for attackers to figure out what’s in the model updates you send. The authors tested their ideas on some big datasets like ImageNet and IMDB, and they did really well! They also figured out how far you can go with these kinds of attacks before it gets too hard. Finally, they came up with a new way to keep your data safe from this kind of attack called AGGP (Adversarial Gradient Gradient Pruning). This all helps make online learning more secure and private. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Federated learning » Inference » Machine learning » Online learning » Pruning
