Summary of Federated Binary Matrix Factorization Using Proximal Optimization, by Sebastian Dalleiger et al.
Federated Binary Matrix Factorization using Proximal Optimization
by Sebastian Dalleiger, Jilles Vreeken, Michael Kamp
First submitted to arxiv on: 1 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed method combines Boolean matrix factorization (BMF) with federated learning to efficiently identify informative components in binary data while preserving privacy. The approach relaxes the continuous BMF optimization problem, enabling efficient gradient-based optimization and differential privacy guarantees. Our algorithm outperforms state-of-the-art BMF methods on various real-world and synthetic datasets. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary A new way to find important patterns in secret data is proposed. This method uses a technique called Boolean matrix factorization (BMF) that works well with private data by sharing only the most important information between different groups. The algorithm ensures the data remains confidential while still providing good results. It even beats other popular BMF methods on many real-world and fake datasets. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Federated learning * Optimization
