Add streaming aggregation for fedstatic-like algos

src/algos/base_class.py

@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.stats : Dict[str, int | float | List[int]] = {}
 
+        self.streaming_aggregation = config.get("streaming_aggregation", False)
+
     def set_constants(self) -> None:
         """Add docstring here"""
         self.best_acc = 0.0
@@ -907,6 +909,39 @@ def aggregate(
         self.set_model_weights(agg_wts)
         return None
 
+    def aggregate_streaming(
+            self,
+            agg_wts: OrderedDict[str, Tensor],
+            model_wts: OrderedDict[str, Tensor],
+            coeff: float,
+            is_initialized: bool,
+            keys_to_ignore: List[str],
+        ) -> None:
+        """
+        Incrementally aggregates the model weights into the aggregation state.
+
+        Args:
+            agg_wts (OrderedDict[str, Tensor]): Aggregated weights (to be updated in place).
+            model_wts (OrderedDict[str, Tensor]): Weights of the current model to aggregate.
+            coeff (float): Collaboration weight for the current model.
+            is_initialized (bool): Whether the aggregation state is initialized.
+            keys_to_ignore (List[str]): Keys to ignore during aggregation.
+
+        Returns:
+            None
+        """
+        for key in self.model.state_dict().keys():
+            if key in keys_to_ignore:
+                continue
+            if not is_initialized:
+                # Initialize the aggregation state
+                agg_wts[key] = coeff * model_wts[key].to(self.device)
+            else:
+                # Incrementally update the aggregation state
+                agg_wts[key] += coeff * model_wts[key].to(self.device)
+
+        return None
+
     def receive_pushed_and_aggregate(self, remove_multi = True) -> None:
         model_updates = self.comm_utils.receive_pushed()
         if self.is_working:
@@ -921,12 +956,71 @@ def receive_pushed_and_aggregate(self, remove_multi = True) -> None:
             # Aggregate the representations
             self.aggregate(model_updates, keys_to_ignore=self.model_keys_to_ignore)
 
-    def receive_and_aggregate(self, neighbors: List[int]) -> None:
+    def receive_and_aggregate_streaming(self, neighbors: List[int]) -> None:
         if self.is_working:
-            # Receive the model updates from the neighbors
-            model_updates = self.comm_utils.receive(node_ids=neighbors)
-            # Aggregate the representations
-            self.aggregate(model_updates, keys_to_ignore=self.model_keys_to_ignore)
+            # Initialize the aggregation state
+            agg_wts: OrderedDict[str, Tensor] = OrderedDict()
+            is_initialized = False
+            total_weight = 0.0  # To re-normalize weights after handling dropouts
+
+            # Include the current node's model in the aggregation
+            current_model_wts = self.get_model_weights()
+            assert "model" in current_model_wts, "Model not found in the current model."
+            current_model_wts = current_model_wts["model"]
+            current_weight = 1.0 / (len(neighbors) + 1)  # Weight for the current node
+            self.aggregate_streaming(
+                agg_wts,
+                current_model_wts,
+                coeff=current_weight,
+                is_initialized=is_initialized,
+                keys_to_ignore=self.model_keys_to_ignore,
+            )
+            is_initialized = True
+            total_weight += current_weight
+
+            # Process models from neighbors one at a time
+            for neighbor in neighbors:
+                # Receive the model update from the current neighbor
+                model_update = self.comm_utils.receive(node_ids=[neighbor])
+                model_update, _ = self.strip_empty_models(model_update)
+                if len(model_update) == 0:
+                    # Skip empty models (dropouts)
+                    continue
+
+                model_update = model_update[0]
+                assert "model" in model_update, "Model not found in the received message"
+                model_wts = model_update["model"]
+
+                # Get the collaboration weight for the current neighbor
+                coeff = current_weight # Default weight
+
+                # Perform streaming aggregation for the current model
+                self.aggregate_streaming(
+                    agg_wts,
+                    model_wts,
+                    coeff=coeff,
+                    is_initialized=is_initialized,
+                    keys_to_ignore=self.model_keys_to_ignore,
+                )
+                total_weight += coeff
+
+            # Re-normalize the aggregated weights if there were dropouts
+            if total_weight > 0:
+                for key in agg_wts.keys():
+                    agg_wts[key] /= total_weight
+
+            # Update the model with the aggregated weights
+            self.set_model_weights(agg_wts)
+
+    def receive_and_aggregate(self, neighbors: List[int]) -> None:
+        if self.streaming_aggregation:
+            self.receive_and_aggregate_streaming(neighbors)
+        else:
+            if self.is_working:
+                # Receive the model updates from the neighbors
+                model_updates = self.comm_utils.receive(node_ids=neighbors)
+                # Aggregate the representations
+                self.aggregate(model_updates, keys_to_ignore=self.model_keys_to_ignore)
 
 
     def get_collaborator_weights(

src/algos/swift.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ def __init__(
         self, config: Dict[str, Any], comm_utils: CommunicationManager
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(config, comm_utils)
+        assert self.streaming_aggregation == False, "Streaming aggregation not supported for push-based algorithms for now."
 
     def run_protocol(self) -> None:
         """

src/configs/sys_config.py

@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ def get_digit_five_support(num_users: int, domains: List[str] = DIGIT_FIVE):
     "dropout_dicts": dropout_dicts,
     "test_samples_per_user": 200,
     "log_memory": True,
+    # "streaming_aggregation": True, # Make it true for fedstatic
     "assign_based_on_host": True,
     "hostname_to_device_ids": {
         "matlaber1": [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7],