Task-Agnostic Federated Learning

Zhengtao Yao, Hong Nguyen, Ajitesh Srivastava, Jose Luis Ambite·June 25, 2024

Summary

This research presents a task-agnostic and self-supervised federated learning framework for medical imaging, leveraging Vision Transformer (ViT) for pre-training. The method addresses data heterogeneity, label scarcity, and non-identical distribution by enabling representation learning without initial labels. It demonstrates strong performance, with a 90% F1 accuracy retention for classification tasks and improved segmentation results, particularly for clients with limited data. The framework's ability to learn semantic information without task-specific supervision and its robustness to new institutions and tasks make it suitable for multi-task foundation modeling. Experiments across various tasks and datasets show competitive performance with centralized self-supervised learning, highlighting its generalization and adaptability to unseen data distributions. The study also explores the impact of data balancing and fine-tuning techniques like Low Rank Adaptation (LoRA) on non-IID scenarios. Overall, the work contributes to efficient, adaptable, and privacy-preserving deep learning in medical imaging.

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Paper digest

What problem does the paper attempt to solve? Is this a new problem?

The paper aims to address a new problem in federated learning, as it defines a novel problem setting within this field .


What scientific hypothesis does this paper seek to validate?

This paper aims to validate the scientific hypothesis related to task-agnostic federated learning, focusing on addressing the challenges of data heterogeneity and task anonymity in the context of federated learning systems . The study proposes a novel SSL-FL (Self-Supervised Federated Learning) framework that operates under the assumption that the central model does not have prior knowledge of the tasks or labels of local clients . By leveraging self-supervised pre-training and masked image modeling, the framework aims to enhance the federated models' performance across highly heterogeneous data partitions and improve the generalization of federated learning systems . The key hypothesis being tested is whether a task-agnostic approach, combined with self-supervised learning techniques, can effectively address the challenges posed by data heterogeneity and task anonymity in federated learning setups .


What new ideas, methods, or models does the paper propose? What are the characteristics and advantages compared to previous methods?

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Do any related researches exist? Who are the noteworthy researchers on this topic in this field?What is the key to the solution mentioned in the paper?

Based on the provided context, the paper "Task-Agnostic Federated Learning" introduces a new problem setting in federated learning . To find related research and noteworthy researchers in this field, further information or additional context is needed to provide specific details about related works and researchers. Additionally, the key solution mentioned in the paper is not explicitly outlined in the context provided. For a detailed answer, more information from the paper or related sources would be required.


How were the experiments in the paper designed?

The experiments in the paper were designed with the following key aspects :

  • Baseline Experiment: The researchers established a baseline by using supervised learning on local labels as a lower bound for comparison since they introduced a new problem setting with no existing methods to solve it.
  • Task and Data Heterogeneity Setup: The experiments involved modeling task imbalance (Split 1) and task balance (Split 2) to address data split by the dataset, where Split 1 had clients with different tasks and datasets, while Split 2 had clients sharing the same amount of data and performing the same tasks for that portion of the dataset.
  • Experimental Settings: The researchers assumed an ideal scenario where data would be visible from all sites to train a self-supervised encoder from all data and fine-tune it on each task to achieve upper bound performance. This approach aimed to address challenges such as task-agnosticity and generalization issues in federated learning.

What is the dataset used for quantitative evaluation? Is the code open source?

The dataset used for quantitative evaluation in the study is the LACDHS and JSIEC datasets . However, there is no mention in the provided context whether the code used in the study is open source or not.


Do the experiments and results in the paper provide good support for the scientific hypotheses that need to be verified? Please analyze.

The experiments and results presented in the paper provide strong support for the scientific hypotheses that needed to be verified. The study addresses key challenges in federated learning, such as task and data heterogeneity, label scarcity, non-identically distributed data, and computational variations . By adapting a self-supervised federated learning framework utilizing Vision Transformer (ViT) for pre-training without initial labels, the study effectively tackles these challenges and enables efficient representation learning across diverse datasets and tasks .

The extensive evaluations conducted using various real-world non-IID medical imaging datasets validate the efficiency of the proposed approach. The model retains 90% of the F1 accuracy of centralized approaches for classification tasks and outperforms them for segmentation tasks, demonstrating adaptability to out-of-distribution data . This indicates that the federated learning architecture has the potential to serve as a promising approach for multi-task foundational modeling.

Furthermore, the study demonstrates that while tasks (clients) with less data benefit more from federated pretraining, all clients with different downstream tasks perform better than with local supervision . This highlights the effectiveness of the proposed privacy-preserving and federated self-supervised learning framework in training models on decentralized data, particularly in scenarios with non-IID data distribution, task heterogeneity, and data imbalance .


What are the contributions of this paper?

The main contributions of the paper are as follows:

  • The paper defines a new problem setting in federated learning .

What work can be continued in depth?

Work that can be continued in depth typically involves projects or tasks that require further analysis, research, or development. This could include scientific research, academic studies, technological advancements, creative projects, business strategies, and more. By delving deeper into these areas, one can uncover new insights, make improvements, and achieve greater levels of success or innovation.

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Introduction
Background
Evolution of deep learning in medical imaging
Challenges of data heterogeneity and label scarcity
Objective
To develop a self-supervised framework using ViT for pre-training in medical imaging
Address non-identical distribution and improve performance for resource-constrained clients
Enable multi-task foundation modeling
Method
Data Collection
Federated learning setup
Unlabeled data aggregation from multiple institutions
Data Preprocessing
Image resizing and normalization for ViT input
Data augmentation techniques (e.g., rotation, flipping)
Pre-Training with Vision Transformer (ViT)
ViT architecture adaptation for medical imaging
Self-supervised learning using pretext tasks (e.g., patch ordering, contrastive learning)
Representation Learning
Unsupervised feature extraction
Addressing data heterogeneity through ViT's global receptive field
Model Adaptation
Low Rank Adaptation (LoRA) for fine-tuning
Adapting to non-IID scenarios
Data Balancing Techniques
Handling imbalanced client data distributions
Transfer Learning and Fine-Tuning
Performance evaluation with limited labeled data
Experiments and Results
Performance Evaluation
Classification tasks: F1 accuracy retention (90%)
Segmentation tasks: Improved results for low-data clients
Comparison with centralized self-supervised learning
Generalization and Adaptability
Multi-task performance across various datasets
Robustness to unseen data distributions
Impact of Adaptation Techniques
Effect of LoRA on non-IID scenarios
Data balancing's role in enhancing model performance
Privacy and Efficiency Considerations
Federated learning's privacy-preserving nature
Scalability and computational benefits
Conclusion
Contributions to deep learning in medical imaging
Potential for real-world deployment in healthcare systems
Future Directions
Limitations and future research possibilities
Integration with other privacy-preserving techniques
Basic info
papers
computer vision and pattern recognition
distributed, parallel, and cluster computing
artificial intelligence
Advanced features
Insights
What are the key performance metrics demonstrated by the framework for classification and segmentation tasks?
How does the framework's self-supervised learning approach contribute to multi-task foundation modeling in medical imaging?
How does the proposed framework address data heterogeneity and label scarcity in medical imaging using Vision Transformer (ViT)?
What is the primary focus of the research described in the user input?

Task-Agnostic Federated Learning

Zhengtao Yao, Hong Nguyen, Ajitesh Srivastava, Jose Luis Ambite·June 25, 2024

Summary

This research presents a task-agnostic and self-supervised federated learning framework for medical imaging, leveraging Vision Transformer (ViT) for pre-training. The method addresses data heterogeneity, label scarcity, and non-identical distribution by enabling representation learning without initial labels. It demonstrates strong performance, with a 90% F1 accuracy retention for classification tasks and improved segmentation results, particularly for clients with limited data. The framework's ability to learn semantic information without task-specific supervision and its robustness to new institutions and tasks make it suitable for multi-task foundation modeling. Experiments across various tasks and datasets show competitive performance with centralized self-supervised learning, highlighting its generalization and adaptability to unseen data distributions. The study also explores the impact of data balancing and fine-tuning techniques like Low Rank Adaptation (LoRA) on non-IID scenarios. Overall, the work contributes to efficient, adaptable, and privacy-preserving deep learning in medical imaging.
Mind map
Performance evaluation with limited labeled data
Transfer Learning and Fine-Tuning
Handling imbalanced client data distributions
Data Balancing Techniques
Adapting to non-IID scenarios
Low Rank Adaptation (LoRA) for fine-tuning
Self-supervised learning using pretext tasks (e.g., patch ordering, contrastive learning)
ViT architecture adaptation for medical imaging
Data balancing's role in enhancing model performance
Effect of LoRA on non-IID scenarios
Robustness to unseen data distributions
Multi-task performance across various datasets
Comparison with centralized self-supervised learning
Segmentation tasks: Improved results for low-data clients
Classification tasks: F1 accuracy retention (90%)
Model Adaptation
Pre-Training with Vision Transformer (ViT)
Unlabeled data aggregation from multiple institutions
Federated learning setup
Enable multi-task foundation modeling
Address non-identical distribution and improve performance for resource-constrained clients
To develop a self-supervised framework using ViT for pre-training in medical imaging
Challenges of data heterogeneity and label scarcity
Evolution of deep learning in medical imaging
Integration with other privacy-preserving techniques
Limitations and future research possibilities
Potential for real-world deployment in healthcare systems
Contributions to deep learning in medical imaging
Scalability and computational benefits
Federated learning's privacy-preserving nature
Impact of Adaptation Techniques
Generalization and Adaptability
Performance Evaluation
Representation Learning
Data Preprocessing
Data Collection
Objective
Background
Future Directions
Conclusion
Privacy and Efficiency Considerations
Experiments and Results
Method
Introduction
Outline
Introduction
Background
Evolution of deep learning in medical imaging
Challenges of data heterogeneity and label scarcity
Objective
To develop a self-supervised framework using ViT for pre-training in medical imaging
Address non-identical distribution and improve performance for resource-constrained clients
Enable multi-task foundation modeling
Method
Data Collection
Federated learning setup
Unlabeled data aggregation from multiple institutions
Data Preprocessing
Image resizing and normalization for ViT input
Data augmentation techniques (e.g., rotation, flipping)
Pre-Training with Vision Transformer (ViT)
ViT architecture adaptation for medical imaging
Self-supervised learning using pretext tasks (e.g., patch ordering, contrastive learning)
Representation Learning
Unsupervised feature extraction
Addressing data heterogeneity through ViT's global receptive field
Model Adaptation
Low Rank Adaptation (LoRA) for fine-tuning
Adapting to non-IID scenarios
Data Balancing Techniques
Handling imbalanced client data distributions
Transfer Learning and Fine-Tuning
Performance evaluation with limited labeled data
Experiments and Results
Performance Evaluation
Classification tasks: F1 accuracy retention (90%)
Segmentation tasks: Improved results for low-data clients
Comparison with centralized self-supervised learning
Generalization and Adaptability
Multi-task performance across various datasets
Robustness to unseen data distributions
Impact of Adaptation Techniques
Effect of LoRA on non-IID scenarios
Data balancing's role in enhancing model performance
Privacy and Efficiency Considerations
Federated learning's privacy-preserving nature
Scalability and computational benefits
Conclusion
Contributions to deep learning in medical imaging
Potential for real-world deployment in healthcare systems
Future Directions
Limitations and future research possibilities
Integration with other privacy-preserving techniques
Key findings
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Paper digest

What problem does the paper attempt to solve? Is this a new problem?

The paper aims to address a new problem in federated learning, as it defines a novel problem setting within this field .


What scientific hypothesis does this paper seek to validate?

This paper aims to validate the scientific hypothesis related to task-agnostic federated learning, focusing on addressing the challenges of data heterogeneity and task anonymity in the context of federated learning systems . The study proposes a novel SSL-FL (Self-Supervised Federated Learning) framework that operates under the assumption that the central model does not have prior knowledge of the tasks or labels of local clients . By leveraging self-supervised pre-training and masked image modeling, the framework aims to enhance the federated models' performance across highly heterogeneous data partitions and improve the generalization of federated learning systems . The key hypothesis being tested is whether a task-agnostic approach, combined with self-supervised learning techniques, can effectively address the challenges posed by data heterogeneity and task anonymity in federated learning setups .


What new ideas, methods, or models does the paper propose? What are the characteristics and advantages compared to previous methods?

I would be happy to help analyze the new ideas, methods, or models proposed in a paper. Please provide me with the specific details or key points from the paper that you would like me to analyze. I appreciate your request for a detailed analysis. To provide you with a comprehensive comparison of the characteristics and advantages of the new methods proposed in a paper compared to previous methods, I would need you to share the specific details or key points from the paper. This will enable me to conduct a thorough analysis based on the information provided.


Do any related researches exist? Who are the noteworthy researchers on this topic in this field?What is the key to the solution mentioned in the paper?

Based on the provided context, the paper "Task-Agnostic Federated Learning" introduces a new problem setting in federated learning . To find related research and noteworthy researchers in this field, further information or additional context is needed to provide specific details about related works and researchers. Additionally, the key solution mentioned in the paper is not explicitly outlined in the context provided. For a detailed answer, more information from the paper or related sources would be required.


How were the experiments in the paper designed?

The experiments in the paper were designed with the following key aspects :

  • Baseline Experiment: The researchers established a baseline by using supervised learning on local labels as a lower bound for comparison since they introduced a new problem setting with no existing methods to solve it.
  • Task and Data Heterogeneity Setup: The experiments involved modeling task imbalance (Split 1) and task balance (Split 2) to address data split by the dataset, where Split 1 had clients with different tasks and datasets, while Split 2 had clients sharing the same amount of data and performing the same tasks for that portion of the dataset.
  • Experimental Settings: The researchers assumed an ideal scenario where data would be visible from all sites to train a self-supervised encoder from all data and fine-tune it on each task to achieve upper bound performance. This approach aimed to address challenges such as task-agnosticity and generalization issues in federated learning.

What is the dataset used for quantitative evaluation? Is the code open source?

The dataset used for quantitative evaluation in the study is the LACDHS and JSIEC datasets . However, there is no mention in the provided context whether the code used in the study is open source or not.


Do the experiments and results in the paper provide good support for the scientific hypotheses that need to be verified? Please analyze.

The experiments and results presented in the paper provide strong support for the scientific hypotheses that needed to be verified. The study addresses key challenges in federated learning, such as task and data heterogeneity, label scarcity, non-identically distributed data, and computational variations . By adapting a self-supervised federated learning framework utilizing Vision Transformer (ViT) for pre-training without initial labels, the study effectively tackles these challenges and enables efficient representation learning across diverse datasets and tasks .

The extensive evaluations conducted using various real-world non-IID medical imaging datasets validate the efficiency of the proposed approach. The model retains 90% of the F1 accuracy of centralized approaches for classification tasks and outperforms them for segmentation tasks, demonstrating adaptability to out-of-distribution data . This indicates that the federated learning architecture has the potential to serve as a promising approach for multi-task foundational modeling.

Furthermore, the study demonstrates that while tasks (clients) with less data benefit more from federated pretraining, all clients with different downstream tasks perform better than with local supervision . This highlights the effectiveness of the proposed privacy-preserving and federated self-supervised learning framework in training models on decentralized data, particularly in scenarios with non-IID data distribution, task heterogeneity, and data imbalance .


What are the contributions of this paper?

The main contributions of the paper are as follows:

  • The paper defines a new problem setting in federated learning .

What work can be continued in depth?

Work that can be continued in depth typically involves projects or tasks that require further analysis, research, or development. This could include scientific research, academic studies, technological advancements, creative projects, business strategies, and more. By delving deeper into these areas, one can uncover new insights, make improvements, and achieve greater levels of success or innovation.

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