Summary of On Principled Local Optimization Methods For Federated Learning, by Honglin Yuan
On Principled Local Optimization Methods for Federated Learning
by Honglin Yuan
First submitted to arxiv on: 24 Jan 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC); Optimization and Control (math.OC); 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 In this paper, researchers delve into the theoretical aspects of Federated Learning (FL), a distributed learning approach that enables collaborative on-device learning for decentralized AI applications. Specifically, they focus on local optimization methods like Federated Averaging (FedAvg), which are widely used in FL but lack a solid theoretical understanding. To address this knowledge gap, the authors propose advancing the theoretical foundation of local methods in three key directions. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Federated Learning is a way for devices to learn together without sharing their data. It’s like a team effort to make AI better. This paper looks at how we can make it work better by understanding some math behind it. Right now, we use simple ways to update the model, but we don’t really know why they work or what might make them work even better. The researchers want to change that by studying three important areas. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Federated learning * Optimization
