Summary of Enhancing Performance For Highly Imbalanced Medical Data Via Data Regularization in a Federated Learning Setting, by Georgios Tsoumplekas et al.
Enhancing Performance for Highly Imbalanced Medical Data via Data Regularization in a Federated Learning Setting
by Georgios Tsoumplekas, Ilias Siniosoglou, Vasileios Argyriou, Ioannis D. Moscholios, Panagiotis Sarigiannidis
First submitted to arxiv on: 30 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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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 data regularization algorithm, designed for learning under high class-imbalance, is applied in a federated learning setting to enhance model performance for cardiovascular disease prediction. The method tackles the common issue of class-imbalance in datasets used for this purpose and leverages patient data available across different nodes of a federated ecosystem without compromising privacy. Evaluation across four scattered datasets achieves improved performance, while robustness under various hyperparameter settings and adaptability to different resource allocation scenarios are also verified. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper explores how machine learning can help with medical data analysis. Right now, it’s hard to use this data because it’s spread out across many places, has a big imbalance in the types of data, and needs to follow strict rules about keeping patient information private. The researchers came up with an idea for an algorithm that can learn from this data without breaking those rules or getting stuck on the imbalance issue. They tested their method using four different datasets and found it worked better than before. This is important because it could help doctors make more accurate predictions about heart disease. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Federated learning » Hyperparameter » Machine learning » Regularization
