Summary of Cyclical Weight Consolidation: Towards Solving Catastrophic Forgetting in Serial Federated Learning, by Haoyue Song et al.
Cyclical Weight Consolidation: Towards Solving Catastrophic Forgetting in Serial Federated Learning
by Haoyue Song, Jiacheng Wang, Liansheng Wang
First submitted to arxiv on: 17 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a novel approach called cyclical weight consolidation (CWC) for improving federated learning in scenarios with diverse network speeds and decentralized control. CWC is designed specifically for serial FL, which transfers model updates serially between devices in a cyclical manner. The authors identify fluctuations and low efficiency as major limitations of traditional serial FL, attributing these issues to catastrophic forgetting due to knowledge loss from previous sites. To address this, CWC employs a consolidation matrix to regulate local optimization, tracking the significance of each parameter throughout the training trajectory. This approach prevents abrupt changes in significant weights during revisitation, allowing for adaptability and improved performance. The authors demonstrate the effectiveness of CWC through comprehensive evaluations on various non-IID datasets. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Federated learning (FL) helps solve problems with data scarcity and privacy concerns. Some FL algorithms can work well, but they have limitations when dealing with different internet speeds or concerns about a central hub controlling everything. Another approach called serial FL tries to address these issues by sharing model updates in a cycle between devices. However, this method has its own problems, such as unpredictable performance and lower quality results when working with data that is not randomly distributed. Researchers found that this happens because the algorithm forgets important information it learned earlier. To fix this, they created a new approach called cyclical weight consolidation (CWC). CWC helps serial FL by keeping track of which model parameters are most important throughout the training process and adapting to new information without losing old knowledge. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Federated learning » Optimization » Tracking
