8 papers
Solution-space heterogeneity shapes federated learning dynamics across partial differential equations
Ping Luo, Jiahuan Wang, Ziqing Wen +3
In natural science applications, federated learning (FL) enables collaborative training of models that approximate solutions to partial differential equations (PDEs) for repeated u…
FedACT: Federated Adaptive Coordinate Trust Modulation for Robust Transformer Training under Data Heterogeneity
Shuai Li, Qinglin Wang, Ping Luo +8
Federated Transformer training increasingly relies on local AdamW, whose adaptive updates can provide much stronger local progress than SGD-based training. However, under heterogen…
Unveiling High-Probability Generalization in Decentralized SGD
Jiahuan Wang, Ping Luo, Ziqing Wen +2
Decentralized stochastic gradient descent (D-SGD) is an efficient method for large-scale distributed learning. Existing generalization studies mainly address expected results, achi…
MoLS: SNR-Guided Module-Wise Learning-Rate Calibration for Large Language Models
Ziqing Wen, Zhouyang Liu, Jiahuan Wang +5
Large language models (LLMs) contain functionally distinct modules with heterogeneous gradient statistics. Although Adam(W) adapts updates at the parameter level, selecting relativ…
Stability and Generalization for Decentralized Markov SGD
Jiahuan Wang, Ziqing Wen, Ping Luo +2
Stochastic gradient methods are central to large-scale learning, yet their generalization theory typically relies on independent sampling assumptions. In many practical application…
Local Gradient Regulation Stabilizes Federated Learning under Client Heterogeneity
Ping Luo, Jiahuan Wang, Ziqing Wen +2
Federated learning (FL) enables collaborative model training across distributed clients without sharing raw data, yet its stability is fundamentally challenged by statistical heter…
FOAM: Blocked State Folding for Memory-Efficient LLM Training
Ziqing Wen, Jiahuan Wang, Ping Luo +2
Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable performance due to their large parameter counts and extensive training data. However, their scale leads to significant mem…
GWT: Scalable Optimizer State Compression for Large Language Model Training
Ziqing Wen, Ping Luo, Jiahuan Wang +4
Training large language models (LLMs) requires substantial memory, a significant fraction of which is consumed by the moment states maintained by adaptive optimizers such as Adam.…