Privacy-preserving Quantification of Non-IID Degree in Federated Learning

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Main Authors: Yan, Yuping, Wang, Yizhi, Yu, Yingchao, Jin, Yaochu
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Published: 2024
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author Yan, Yuping
Wang, Yizhi
Yu, Yingchao
Jin, Yaochu
author_facet Yan, Yuping
Wang, Yizhi
Yu, Yingchao
Jin, Yaochu
contents Federated learning (FL) offers a privacy-preserving approach to machine learning for multiple collaborators without sharing raw data. However, the existence of non-independent and non-identically distributed (non-IID) datasets across different clients presents a significant challenge to FL, leading to a sharp drop in accuracy, reduced efficiency, and hindered implementation. To address the non-IID problem, various methods have been proposed, including clustering and personalized FL frameworks. Nevertheless, to date, a formal quantitative definition of the non-IID degree between different clients' datasets is still missing, hindering the clients from comparing and obtaining an overview of their data distributions with other clients. For the first time, this paper proposes a quantitative definition of the non-IID degree in the federated environment by employing the cumulative distribution function (CDF), called Fully Homomorphic Encryption-based Federated Cumulative Distribution Function (FHE-FCDF). This method utilizes cryptographic primitive fully homomorphic encryption to enable clients to estimate the non-IID degree while ensuring privacy preservation. The experiments conducted on the CIFAR-100 non-IID dataset validate the effectiveness of our proposed method.
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spellingShingle Privacy-preserving Quantification of Non-IID Degree in Federated Learning
Yan, Yuping
Wang, Yizhi
Yu, Yingchao
Jin, Yaochu
Cryptography and Security
Federated learning (FL) offers a privacy-preserving approach to machine learning for multiple collaborators without sharing raw data. However, the existence of non-independent and non-identically distributed (non-IID) datasets across different clients presents a significant challenge to FL, leading to a sharp drop in accuracy, reduced efficiency, and hindered implementation. To address the non-IID problem, various methods have been proposed, including clustering and personalized FL frameworks. Nevertheless, to date, a formal quantitative definition of the non-IID degree between different clients' datasets is still missing, hindering the clients from comparing and obtaining an overview of their data distributions with other clients. For the first time, this paper proposes a quantitative definition of the non-IID degree in the federated environment by employing the cumulative distribution function (CDF), called Fully Homomorphic Encryption-based Federated Cumulative Distribution Function (FHE-FCDF). This method utilizes cryptographic primitive fully homomorphic encryption to enable clients to estimate the non-IID degree while ensuring privacy preservation. The experiments conducted on the CIFAR-100 non-IID dataset validate the effectiveness of our proposed method.
title Privacy-preserving Quantification of Non-IID Degree in Federated Learning
topic Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.09682