Summary of Private Collaborative Edge Inference Via Over-the-air Computation, by Selim F. Yilmaz et al.
Private Collaborative Edge Inference via Over-the-Air Computation
by Selim F. Yilmaz, Burak Hasircioglu, Li Qiao, Deniz Gunduz
First submitted to arxiv on: 30 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Cryptography and Security (cs.CR); Information Theory (cs.IT)
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Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper proposes a collaborative inference method at the wireless edge, where each client trains its model independently on local data and then makes an accurate decision collaboratively while ensuring privacy. To achieve this, the authors leverage the superposition property of multiple access channels to implement bandwidth-efficient multi-user inference methods that exploit over-the-air computation (OAC). The proposed schemes outperform their orthogonal counterparts with statistically significant differences while using fewer resources and providing privacy guarantees. Experimental results demonstrate the benefits of the OAC approach to multi-user inference, and an ablation study shows the effectiveness of design choices. |
Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about how devices can work together to make accurate decisions while keeping their own information private. Each device trains its own model on local data, then shares that information with others to get a better answer. To do this safely and efficiently, the authors use a special property of wireless communication called superposition. They show that their method works well and is faster than other approaches, all while keeping each device’s model private. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Inference