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Autores principales: Fang, Minghong, Liu, Zhuqing, Zhao, Xuecen, Liu, Jia
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Publicado: 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17392
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author Fang, Minghong
Liu, Zhuqing
Zhao, Xuecen
Liu, Jia
author_facet Fang, Minghong
Liu, Zhuqing
Zhao, Xuecen
Liu, Jia
contents Federated learning (FL) has gained attention as a distributed learning paradigm for its data privacy benefits and accelerated convergence through parallel computation. Traditional FL relies on a server-client (SC) architecture, where a central server coordinates multiple clients to train a global model, but this approach faces scalability challenges due to server communication bottlenecks. To overcome this, the ring-all-reduce (RAR) architecture has been introduced, eliminating the central server and achieving bandwidth optimality. However, the tightly coupled nature of RAR's ring topology exposes it to unique Byzantine attack risks not present in SC-based FL. Despite its potential, designing Byzantine-robust RAR-based FL algorithms remains an open problem. To address this gap, we propose BRACE (Byzantine-robust ring-all-reduce), the first RAR-based FL algorithm to achieve both Byzantine robustness and communication efficiency. We provide theoretical guarantees for the convergence of BRACE under Byzantine attacks, demonstrate its bandwidth efficiency, and validate its practical effectiveness through experiments. Our work offers a foundational understanding of Byzantine-robust RAR-based FL design.
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spellingShingle Byzantine-Robust Federated Learning over Ring-All-Reduce Distributed Computing
Fang, Minghong
Liu, Zhuqing
Zhao, Xuecen
Liu, Jia
Cryptography and Security
Machine Learning
Federated learning (FL) has gained attention as a distributed learning paradigm for its data privacy benefits and accelerated convergence through parallel computation. Traditional FL relies on a server-client (SC) architecture, where a central server coordinates multiple clients to train a global model, but this approach faces scalability challenges due to server communication bottlenecks. To overcome this, the ring-all-reduce (RAR) architecture has been introduced, eliminating the central server and achieving bandwidth optimality. However, the tightly coupled nature of RAR's ring topology exposes it to unique Byzantine attack risks not present in SC-based FL. Despite its potential, designing Byzantine-robust RAR-based FL algorithms remains an open problem. To address this gap, we propose BRACE (Byzantine-robust ring-all-reduce), the first RAR-based FL algorithm to achieve both Byzantine robustness and communication efficiency. We provide theoretical guarantees for the convergence of BRACE under Byzantine attacks, demonstrate its bandwidth efficiency, and validate its practical effectiveness through experiments. Our work offers a foundational understanding of Byzantine-robust RAR-based FL design.
title Byzantine-Robust Federated Learning over Ring-All-Reduce Distributed Computing
topic Cryptography and Security
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17392