Summary of Fedauxhmtl: Federated Auxiliary Hard-parameter Sharing Multi-task Learning For Network Edge Traffic Classification, by Faisal Ahmed et al.
FedAuxHMTL: Federated Auxiliary Hard-Parameter Sharing Multi-Task Learning for Network Edge Traffic Classification
by Faisal Ahmed, Myungjin Lee, Suresh Subramaniam, Motoharu Matsuura, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Shih-Chun Lin
First submitted to arxiv on: 11 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Medium Difficulty summary: Federated Learning (FL) is a promising approach for addressing data privacy concerns in various application scenarios, including network edge traffic classification. However, FL faces challenges stemming from statistical heterogeneity and labeled data scarcity when training single-task models. To overcome these hurdles, researchers have proposed adopting hard-parameter sharing multi-task learning models with auxiliary tasks. Such approaches can reduce communication and computation costs while navigating statistical complexities inherent in FL contexts. This paper introduces FedAuxHMTL, a new framework for federated auxiliary hard-parameter sharing multi-task learning that enables base stations to participate in the training process and enhance the accuracy of network edge traffic classification. The proposed approach is evaluated through empirical experiments, demonstrating its effectiveness in terms of accuracy, total global loss, communication costs, computing time, and energy consumption compared to existing methods. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Low Difficulty summary: This paper is about a new way to learn from different devices on a network without sharing their data. It’s called Federated Learning (FL) and it can help solve problems like keeping data private. The problem with FL is that it’s hard to train models when the data is very different or there isn’t enough labeled data. To fix this, researchers are using a new approach that trains multiple models at once. This helps reduce waste and makes learning more efficient. The paper introduces a new way to do this called FedAuxHMTL and shows how it works better than other methods. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Classification * Federated learning * Multi task * Stemming
