Summary of Ntk-dfl: Enhancing Decentralized Federated Learning in Heterogeneous Settings Via Neural Tangent Kernel, by Gabriel Thompson et al.
NTK-DFL: Enhancing Decentralized Federated Learning in Heterogeneous Settings via Neural Tangent Kernel
by Gabriel Thompson, Kai Yue, Chau-Wai Wong, Huaiyu Dai
First submitted to arxiv on: 2 Oct 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 a novel decentralized federated learning (DFL) framework that leverages the neural tangent kernel (NTK) to improve performance in heterogeneous settings. The NTK-based approach is more expressive than typical gradient descent methods, allowing for faster convergence and better handling of data heterogeneity. The authors introduce a synergy between NTK-based evolution and model averaging, which exploits inter-model variance to improve accuracy and convergence. The proposed approach achieves higher accuracy than baselines by at least 10% and reaches target performance in fewer communication rounds. Empirical results validate the approach across multiple datasets, network topologies, and heterogeneity settings. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper creates a new way for many devices to work together on a machine learning task without sharing their data. This is called decentralized federated learning (DFL). The problem with DFL is that different devices have different kinds of data, which makes it hard to get the right answer. The authors use a special trick called the neural tangent kernel (NTK) to help solve this problem. They also use an idea called model averaging, where they combine the answers from each device to get a better result. This new approach works really well and is able to achieve better results than other methods in many different scenarios. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Federated learning » Gradient descent » Machine learning
