arXiv:2608.03324cs.LGcs.NE2026-08

提出轻量桥接机制,让神经网络与脉冲网络在联邦学习中协同工作。

AS-FedBridge: Pseudo-Spike Bridge Distillation for Heterogeneous ANN-SNN Federated Learning

论文配图:AS-FedBridge: Pseudo-Spike Bridge Distillation for Heterogeneous ANN-SNN Federated Learning
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  • 用伪脉冲接口将连续信号转为脉冲兼容格式,解决两类网络表征差异。
  • 在四个数据集上均实现更高准确率,有效应对设备异构挑战。
  • 可灵活调节性能与能效平衡,适合边缘计算部署场景。

联邦学习可在严格保护数据隐私的前提下,实现分布式边缘设备的协同模型训练。为适应资源受限的边缘设备,脉冲神经网络(SNN)因其稀疏计算和高能效,成为传统人工神经网络(ANN)的有力替代。然而,联合训练ANN与SNN面临表征不一致的挑战,本质源于两者信息表示差异:ANN使用连续实值激活,而SNN依赖离散时空脉冲。为此,我们提出AS-FedBridge,一种面向混合ANN-SNN客户端的新型联邦学习框架。该框架配备轻量级桥接模块,含伪脉冲接口,可有效将连续信号投影至脉冲兼容空间,促进两类型网络对齐。由于缺乏现有混合型联邦学习基准,我们建立全面评估体系,对比多种先进异构联邦学习方法。实证分析显示,ANN-SNN对齐程度与协同训练性能呈正相关。在四个数据集上,AS-FedBridge持续展现优异精度,显著缓解极端规模、架构及客户端异构问题。此外,该框架支持高度可控的性能-效率权衡。仅引入微小计算开销,即实现稳定且实用的混合型联邦学习系统基础。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Federated learning enables collaborative model training across distributed edge devices while strictly preserving data privacy. To facilitate practical deployment on resource-constrained edge devices, Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) have emerged as a promising alternative to traditional Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) due to their sparse computing mechanisms and high energy efficiency. However, jointly training ANNs and SNNs exposes a challenge of representational misalignment, which is intrinsically caused by differences in information representation, specifically the semantic gap between continuous real-valued activations in ANNs and discrete spatio-temporal spikes in SNNs. To overcome this barrier, we propose AS-FedBridge, a novel federated learning framework tailored for mixed ANN-SNN clients. AS-FedBridge features a lightweight Bridge equipped with a Pseudo-Spike Interface, which effectively projects continuous signals into a spike-compatible space to facilitate ANN-SNN alignment. Given the absence of existing mixed ANN-SNN federated frameworks, we establish a comprehensive benchmark to evaluate against multiple advanced heterogeneous FL methods. Our empirical analysis demonstrates a positive correlation between the degree of ANN-SNN alignment and the collaborative FL performance. Across four datasets, AS-FedBridge consistently demonstrates advanced accuracy while mitigating extreme scale, architecture, and client heterogeneity challenge. Furthermore, our framework enables a highly controllable trade-off between model performance and resource efficiency. AS-FedBridge accomplishes these robust performance gains while introducing only marginal computational overhead, establishing a robust and practical foundation for mixed ANN-SNN federated learning systems.

联邦学习脉冲神经网络边缘计算

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