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Heekang Song
dblp:322/4661
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1ranked-venue papers
1as first author
1since 2021 · last 2025
—ORCID · none
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Artificial intelligence
1 paper |
Efficient and distributed learning · 70% Optimization for machine learning · 30% |
Topics — the 5 heaviest of 5, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Machine learning › Optimization for machine learning
convex optimization |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | Approximate Gradient Coding for Distributed Learning with Heterogeneous Stragglers · NeurIPS 2025 |
Machine learning › Efficient and distributed learning
distributed training |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | Approximate Gradient Coding for Distributed Learning with Heterogeneous Stragglers · NeurIPS 2025 |
Machine learning › Efficient and distributed learning › distributed training
gradient coding |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | Approximate Gradient Coding for Distributed Learning with Heterogeneous Stragglers · NeurIPS 2025 |
Machine learning › Efficient and distributed learning › distributed training
straggler mitigation |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | Approximate Gradient Coding for Distributed Learning with Heterogeneous Stragglers · NeurIPS 2025 |
Machine learning › Optimization for machine learning
convergence analysis |
0.3 | 1 | 2025 | Approximate Gradient Coding for Distributed Learning with Heterogeneous Stragglers · NeurIPS 2025 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
lagrangian duality · 0.9gradient coding · 0.9convex optimization · 0.9
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Approximate Gradient Coding for Distributed Learning with Heterogeneous StragglersabstractIn this paper, we propose an optimally structured gradient coding scheme to mitigate the straggler problem in distributed learning. Conventional gradient coding methods often assume homogeneous straggler models or rely on excessive data replication, limiting performance in real-world heterogeneous systems. To address these limitations, we formulate an optimization problem minimizing residual error while ensuring unbiased gradient estimation by explicitly considering individual straggler probabilities. We derive closed-form solutions for optimal encoding and decoding coefficients via Lagrangian duality and convex optimization, and propose data allocation strategies that reduce both redundancy and computational load. We also analyze convergence behavior for $\lambda$-strongly convex and $\mu$-smooth loss functions. Numerical results show that our approach significantly reduces the impact of stragglers and accelerates convergence compared to existing methods. Heekang Song, Wan Choi 0001 |
NeurIPS | 1 |