3FM: Multi-modal Meta-learning for Federated Tasks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.10179v1
• Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:03:24 GMT
• Title: 3FM: Multi-modal Meta-learning for Federated Tasks
• Abstract summary: We introduce a meta-learning framework specifically designed for multimodal federated tasks. Our approach is motivated by the need to enable federated models to robustly adapt when exposed to new modalities. We demonstrate that the proposed algorithm achieves better performance than the baseline on a subset of missing modality scenarios.
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• Abstract: We present a novel approach in the domain of federated learning (FL), particularly focusing on addressing the challenges posed by modality heterogeneity, variability in modality availability across clients, and the prevalent issue of missing data. We introduce a meta-learning framework specifically designed for multimodal federated tasks. Our approach is motivated by the need to enable federated models to robustly adapt when exposed to new modalities, a common scenario in FL where clients often differ in the number of available modalities. The effectiveness of our proposed framework is demonstrated through extensive experimentation on an augmented MNIST dataset, enriched with audio and sign language data. We demonstrate that the proposed algorithm achieves better performance than the baseline on a subset of missing modality scenarios with careful tuning of the meta-learning rates. This is a shortened report, and our work will be extended and updated soon.

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