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New method estimates KL divergence with differential privacy in federated learning

Researchers have developed FedPriKL, a new method for estimating Kullback–Leibler divergence in federated learning environments while ensuring differential privacy. This approach aims to address the challenges of directly sharing distribution information due to privacy concerns or communication costs. FedPriKL is designed to be unbiased with low sensitivity and variance, offering strong utility under differential privacy. Empirical studies show it achieves accuracy comparable to non-private methods and outperforms a baseline privacy-preserving variant. AI

IMPACT Enhances privacy-preserving techniques for distributed machine learning applications.

RANK_REASON The item is a research paper detailing a novel method for estimating KL divergence with differential privacy. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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New method estimates KL divergence with differential privacy in federated learning

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Sayan Biswas, Graham Cormode, Carsten Maple, Mary Scott ·

    Federated and differentially private estimation of KL divergence

    arXiv:2411.16478v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Measuring distribution drifts is a key task in managing distributed, sensitive data, as it underpins a wide range of federated learning and analytics applications. In many practical settings, however, directly sharing such infor…