Summary of Adagossip: Adaptive Consensus Step-size For Decentralized Deep Learning with Communication Compression, by Sai Aparna Aketi et al.
AdaGossip: Adaptive Consensus Step-size for Decentralized Deep Learning with Communication Compression
by Sai Aparna Aketi, Abolfazl Hashemi, Kaushik Roy
First submitted to arxiv on: 9 Apr 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 In this paper, researchers tackle a major bottleneck in decentralized learning: communication overhead. They propose a novel technique called AdaGossip that adapts to changing conditions by adjusting the consensus step-size based on compressed model differences between neighboring agents. The approach outperforms current state-of-the-art methods for decentralized learning with compression, achieving up to 2% improvement in test accuracy across various computer vision tasks and datasets. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary In this paper, scientists are trying to make it easier for devices to learn together without needing a central server. They’re dealing with the problem of how they can talk to each other quickly enough. The solution is called AdaGossip, which adjusts its communication method based on how different the models are between neighboring devices. This helps it work better than current methods and gets an extra 0-2% accuracy in testing. |
