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Grigorios Koulouras
TelSiP Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, University of West Attica
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Fotios Zantalis
TelSiP Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, University of West Attica
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Evangelos Zervas
TelSiP Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, University of West Attica
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"Develop a federated learning optimizer that enhances performance on edge devices by reducing client-drift efficiently and without communication overhead."
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Why It Matters
This research addresses key limitations in federated learning on edge devices, specifically client-drift and communication challenges, crucial for advancing privacy-preserving distributed learning.
Product Angle
The product should offer FedZMG as an API or SDK that IoT and edge device manufacturers can integrate into their existing systems to enable more efficient federated learning.
Disruption
FedZMG could replace current federated learning optimizers that are inefficient in non-IID settings or require excessive communication, offering a more scalable solution.
Product Opportunity
With the growing number of IoT devices, there's an increasing demand for methods that allow efficient machine learning directly on devices without significant data transfer. This product could appeal to developers at companies building smart home products, industrial IoT solutions, or personal health trackers.
Use Case Idea
A commercial application for FedZMG could be in IoT environments where edge devices need efficient and privacy-preserving learning without heavy computational or communication costs, like smart home systems or localized personal health monitoring.
Science
FedZMG introduces a novel client-side optimizer in federated learning that projects local gradients onto a zero-mean hyperplane, effectively mitigating client-drift without additional communication overhead or hyperparameter tuning. This technique, based on gradient centralization, reduces effective gradient variance and improves convergence.
Method & Eval
The method was evaluated against baseline FedAvg and FedAdam using non-IID datasets like EMNIST, CIFAR100, and Shakespeare, showing improved convergence and accuracy.
Caveats
The lack of a demonstrable real-world implementation could limit its immediate applicability. Additionally, not having a known distribution channel could slow initial adoption.
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Grigorios Koulouras
LEAD TelSiP Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, University of West Attica
gregkoul@uniwa.gr
Fotios Zantalis
TelSiP Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, University of West Attica
Evangelos Zervas
TelSiP Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, University of West Attica