Title
Robustness Analytics To Data Heterogeneity In Edge Computing
Abstract
Federated Learning is a framework that jointly trains a model with complete knowledge on a remotely placed centralized server, but without the requirement of accessing the data stored in distributed machines. Some work assumes that the data generated from edge devices are identically and independently sampled from a common population distribution. However, such ideal sampling may not be realistic in many contexts. Also, models based on intrinsic agency, such as active sampling schemes, may lead to highly biased sampling. So an imminent question is how robust Federated Learning is to biased sampling? In this work(1), we experimentally investigate two such scenarios. First, we study a centralized classifier aggregated from a collection of local classifiers trained with data having categorical heterogeneity. Second, we study a classifier aggregated from a collection of local classifiers trained by data through active sampling at the edge. We present evidence in both scenarios that Federated Learning is robust to data heterogeneity when local training iterations and communication frequency are appropriately chosen.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1016/j.comcom.2020.10.020
COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Intelligent edge computing, Fog computing, Active learning, Federated learning, Distributed machine learning, User data privacy
Journal
164
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0140-3664
0
0.34
References 
Authors
12
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jia Qian1102.90
Lars Kai Hansen22776341.03
Xenofon Fafoutis321427.27
Prayag Tiwari44315.01
Hari Mohan Pandey56012.31