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Privacy-Preserving Asynchronous Federated Learning Mechanism for Edge Network Computing

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: In the traditional cloud architecture, data needs to be uploaded to the cloud for processing, bringing delays in transmission and response. Edge network emerges as the times require. Data processing on the edge nodes can reduce the delay of data transmission and improve the response speed. In recent years, the need for artificial intelligence of edge network has been proposed. However, the data of a single, individual edge node is limited and does not satisfy the conditions of machine learning. Therefore, performing edge network machine learning under the premise of data confidentiality became a research hotspot. This paper proposes a Privacy-Preserving Asynchronous Federated Learning Mechanism for Edge Network Computing (PAFLM), which can allow multiple edge nodes to achieve more efficient federated learning without sharing their private data. Compared with the traditional distributed learning, the proposed method compresses the communications between nodes and parameter server during the training process without affecting the accuracy. Moreover, it allows the node to join or quit in any process of learning, which can be suitable to the scene with highly mobile edge devices.

Source: IEEE Access

DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.2978082

Authors: Xiaofeng Lu, Yuying Liao, Pietro Lio, Pan Hui

Institutions: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, University of Cambridge, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,750