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Summary of Rethinking the Initialization Of Momentum in Federated Learning with Heterogeneous Data, by Chenguang Xiao and Shuo Wang


Rethinking the initialization of Momentum in Federated Learning with Heterogeneous Data

by Chenguang Xiao, Shuo Wang

First submitted to arxiv on: 29 Nov 2024

Categories

  • Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
  • Secondary: None

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A novel approach to mitigating data heterogeneity in Federated Learning, titled Reversed Momentum Federated Learning (RMFL), is proposed to improve optimization techniques. By applying exponentially decayed weights to gradients, the traditional momentum cumulation is reversed, allowing for a more balanced consideration of historical and recent gradients. This innovative method is evaluated on three benchmark datasets with varying levels of heterogeneity.
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In this paper, researchers tackle the problem of data heterogeneity in Federated Learning by introducing Reversed Momentum Federated Learning (RMFL). The traditional momentum cumulation is revised to give more weight to historical gradients and less to recent ones. This approach helps to reduce biased local gradients during local training. The effectiveness of RMFL is tested on three benchmark datasets with different levels of heterogeneity.

Keywords

» Artificial intelligence  » Federated learning  » Optimization