Computer Science Speaking Skills Talk

— 12:00pm

Location:
In Person - Traffic21 Classroom, Gates Hillman 6501

Speaker:
TIAN LI , Ph.D. Student, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~litian/

Scalable and Trustworthy Learning in Heterogeneous Networks

To build a responsible data economy and protect data ownership, it is crucial to enable learning models from separate, heterogeneous data sources without data centralization. For example, federated learning aims to train models across massive networks of remote devices or isolated organizations, while keeping user data local. However, federated networks introduce a number of unique challenges such as extreme communication costs, privacy constraints, and data and systems-related heterogeneity. 

In the talk, I discuss how heterogeneity affects federated optimization, and lies at the center of accuracy and trustworthiness constraints in federated learning. To address these concerns, I present scalable federated learning objectives and algorithms that rigorously account for and directly model the practical constraints. I will also explore trustworthy objectives and optimization methods for general ML problems beyond federated settings. 

Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the CSD Speaking Skills Requirement.


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