针对边缘异构环境,提出异步微调框架,提升大模型协同训练稳定性与效率。
AlignFed: Alignment-Aware Asynchronous Federated Fine-Tuning for Large Language Models in Heterogeneous Edge Environments
- 通过多阶段语义对齐机制,缓解异步更新带来的模型漂移问题。
- 在真实边缘场景下,相比基线方法,收敛速度提升40%,精度提升3.2%。
- 适合资源差异大、数据非独立同分布的边缘智能部署场景。
大型语言模型(LLMs)在自动驾驶、工业检测和个性化物联网服务等边缘智能场景中广泛应用。然而,在边缘设备上进行协同微调仍面临严峻挑战:严格的数据隐私约束、计算与通信资源高度异构,以及本地数据的非独立同分布(non-IID)特性。联邦微调(FFT)可在不暴露原始数据的前提下实现分布式模型协同优化。但传统同步聚合存在严重的慢速节点效应,导致系统延迟高、资源利用率低。现有异步联邦学习方法主要针对中小规模模型,难以应对大模型微调中的特有问题,包括由过时更新引发的模型漂移、数据异构加剧的客户端漂移,以及快客户端主导造成的聚合公平性失衡。为此,本文提出AlignFed,一种面向异构边缘环境的大语言模型异步联邦微调框架。该框架采用轻量级多阶段语义对齐机制,包含三个核心模块:版本感知的更新分组、基于小批量校准集的跨版本语义对齐,以及融合更新新鲜度与客户端参与频率的公平聚合。该机制有效缓解了跨版本模型漂移与客户端漂移,提升了聚合公平性,从而在高异构性和显著更新延迟的场景下实现稳定高效的异步联邦优化。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Large Language Models (LLMs) have significantly propelled the advancement of edge intelligence and have been widely deployed across various scenarios, including autonomous driving, industrial inspection, and personalized IoT services. However, the collaborative adaptation of LLMs on edge devices continues to face formidable challenges due to strict data privacy constraints, highly heterogeneous computing and communication resources, and the non-independent and identically distributed (non-IID) nature of local data. Federated Fine-Tuning (FFT) enables the collaborative optimization of distributed models without exposing raw data. Yet, traditional synchronous aggregation suffers from a severe straggler effect, resulting in high system latency and low resource utilization. Existing asynchronous federated learning methods are predominantly designed for small-to-medium-scale models and struggle to address the specific challenges inherent in LLM fine-tuning namely, model drift caused by stale updates, aggravated client drift stemming from data heterogeneity, and aggregation fairness imbalance resulting from the dominance of fast clients. To address these issues, this paper proposes AlignFed, an asynchronous federated fine-tuning framework for LLMs tailored to heterogeneous edge environments. AlignFed employs a lightweight multi-stage semantic alignment mechanism comprising three core modules: version-aware update grouping, cross-version semantic alignment based on a mini-batch calibration set, and fairness-aware aggregation that integrates both update freshness and client participation frequency. This framework effectively mitigates cross-version model drift and client drift while enhancing aggregation fairness, thereby achieving stable and efficient asynchronous federated optimization in scenarios characterized by high heterogeneity and significant update staleness.
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