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Communication-Efficient Gluon in Federated Learning

Alexander Gaponov, Grigory Malinovsky, Peter Richt\'arik, Xun Qian

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Gluon with SARAH variance reduction achieves convergence rates and lower communication costs in federated learning under layer-wise smoothness.

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The paper extends the Gluon optimizer, itself a generalization of Muon methods, to federated settings where communication between machines is the main bottleneck. It equips Gluon with both unbiased and contraction compressors and applies SARAH-style variance reduction to keep the extra error from compression under control in the layer-wise (L^0, L^1)-smooth regime. Convergence rates are proved for the resulting compressed methods, together with explicit bounds on the number of communication rounds. As a side result a new variance-reduced algorithm is obtained that converges faster than plain Gluon. Momentum variance reduction is also incorporated to obtain comparable communication costs under weaker assumptions when the L^1 terms are nonzero.

Core claim

Under the layer-wise (L^0, L^1)-smooth setting, compressed Gluon methods that use SARAH-style variance reduction to control compression error attain the same convergence rates as their uncompressed counterparts while requiring substantially fewer communication rounds; a new variance-reduced algorithm derived as a byproduct converges faster than Gluon, and adding momentum variance reduction yields comparable communication costs under weaker conditions when L_i^1 is nonzero.

What carries the argument

SARAH-style variance reduction applied to compressed Gluon iterates under the layer-wise (L^0, L^1)-smoothness assumption with unbiased and contraction compressors.

If this is right

Compressed Gluon with SARAH variance reduction matches the convergence rate of uncompressed Gluon while lowering communication cost.
A new variance-reduced algorithm is obtained that converges faster than the original Gluon.
Momentum variance reduction yields comparable communication cost under weaker conditions whenever L_i^1 is nonzero.
The approach works for both unbiased and contraction compressors.
Experiments confirm lower communication cost than baseline compressed methods.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The same variance-reduction idea could be applied to other linear-minimization-oracle optimizers that currently lack compression handling.
The derived faster-converging byproduct algorithm may be useful as a standalone method outside federated learning.
The communication savings may become more pronounced when the number of participating devices grows large, an effect not quantified in the current analysis.
Extending the layer-wise smoothness model to time-varying or heterogeneous client data remains an open direction suggested by the framework.

Load-bearing premise

The layer-wise (L^0, L^1)-smoothness together with the unbiased and contraction properties of the compressors must allow SARAH variance reduction to bound the compression error tightly enough for the stated rates to hold.

What would settle it

Numerical runs in which the observed communication rounds or final test accuracy deviate from the rates predicted by the theory when the same compressors and smoothness constants are used.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.10689 by Alexander Gaponov, Grigory Malinovsky, Peter Richt\'arik, Xun Qian.

**Figure 1.** Figure 1: Logreg, a5a. f(x) − f ∗ vs. communication cost. Algorithms 1, 2 and VR-MARINA utilize compression parameter K = 1% 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Communication Cost 0.85 0.90 0.95 1.00 1.05 1.10 Loss Normalized SGD with momentum, B=8 Alg1, B=32, q=0.1, lr=0.001 Alg2, B=32, q=0.1, lr=0.001 VR-MARINA, B=32, q=0.1, lr=1 Loss=0.875 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_1.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: displays tuned trajectories, demonstrating ≈ 65% communication cost reduction. Impact Statement This paper presents work whose goal is to advance the field of Machine Learning. There are many potential societal consequences of our work, none which we feel must be specifically highlighted here. 3Code is available here. 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Communication Cost 10 5 10 4 10 3 10 2 10 1 10 0 f(x) f * Normali… view at source ↗

**Figure 8.** Figure 8: Loss vs. training step, CIFAR10, compression parameter K = 1%, learning rate and momentum tuning for Non-Euclidean SGD baseline, Algorithm 1, and VR-MARINA. 44 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p044_8.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: f(x) − f ∗ vs. Step, Algorithm 1, Logistic Regression, a5a dataset, B = 1 across various β, lr, compression factor K% and q. 45 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p045_3.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 4.** Figure 4: f(x) − f ∗ vs. Step, Algorithm 1, Logistic Regression, a5a dataset, B = 1 across various β, lr, compression factor K% and q. 46 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p046_4.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 5.** Figure 5: f(x) − f ∗ vs. Step, Algorithm 1, Logistic Regression, a5a dataset, B = 16 across various β, lr, compression factor K% and q. 47 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p047_5.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 6.** Figure 6: f(x) − f ∗ vs. training step, Algorithm 2, logistic regression ablation on the a5a dataset, B = 16, Top1% compression. Only stable trajectories are presented. 0K 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K 30K Step 10 3 10 2 10 1 10 0 f(x) f * Logreg, VR-MARINA, q=0.1 lr=0.1, beta=0.99 lr=0.1, beta=0.9 lr=0.05, beta=0.99 lr=0.05, beta=0.9 lr=0.01, beta=0.99 lr=0.01, beta=0.9 lr=0.005, beta=0.99 lr=0.005, beta=0.9 lr=0.001, beta=0.… view at source ↗

**Figure 7.** Figure 7: f(x) − f ∗ vs. training step, VR-MARINA, logistic regression on the a5a dataset, B = 16 (to ensure a fair comparison with our methods), Rand1% compression. Only stable trajectories are presented. 48 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p048_7.png] view at source ↗

read the original abstract

Recent developments have shown that Muon-type optimizers based on linear minimization oracles (LMOs) over non-Euclidean norm balls have the potential to get superior practical performance than Adam-type methods in the training of large language models. Since large-scale neural networks are trained across massive machines, communication cost becomes the bottleneck. To address this bottleneck, we investigate Gluon, which is an extension of Muon under the more general layer-wise $(L^0, L^1)$-smooth setting, with both unbiased and contraction compressors. In order to reduce the compression error, we employ the variance reduced technique in SARAH in our compressed methods. The convergence rates and improved communication cost are achieved under certain conditions. As a byproduct, a new variance reduced algorithm with faster convergence rate than Gluon is obtained. We also incorporate momentum variance reduction (MVR) to these compressed algorithms and comparable communication cost is derived under weaker conditions when $L_i^1 \neq 0$. Finally, several numerical experiments are conducted to verify the superior performance of our compressed algorithms in terms of communication cost.

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Gluon gets compressed for federated use with SARAH variance reduction, but the interaction between layer-wise smoothness, non-Euclidean LMOs, and compression error needs close checking in the proofs.

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The core of this paper is taking the Gluon optimizer, which already uses linear minimization oracles over non-Euclidean balls, and adapting it to federated learning with gradient compression. They add SARAH-style variance reduction to offset the noise from unbiased and contraction compressors under a layer-wise (L0, L1)-smoothness model. This produces stated convergence rates with lower communication cost, plus a byproduct variance-reduced algorithm that beats plain Gluon, and they extend the same idea with momentum variance reduction for cases where L1 is nonzero. Experiments are included to show the communication gains in practice.

Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper extends the Gluon optimizer (itself an LMO-based generalization of Muon) to the federated setting by incorporating unbiased and contraction compressors. It applies SARAH-style variance reduction to control compression error under a layer-wise (L^0, L^1)-smoothness model, derives convergence rates with improved communication complexity under stated conditions, obtains a new variance-reduced algorithm as a byproduct, adds momentum variance reduction (MVR) variants, and reports numerical experiments showing communication savings.

Significance. If the rates and error bounds hold, the work would offer a theoretically grounded route to communication-efficient non-Euclidean optimization for large-scale federated training, extending recent Muon-type methods. The byproduct algorithm and MVR results under weaker conditions on L_i^1 would be additional contributions. The experimental validation of communication reduction is a practical strength.

major comments (2)

[§4, Theorem 4.2] §4 (Convergence Analysis), Theorem 4.2 and the SARAH recursion (Eq. (12)–(15)): the descent inequality for the non-Euclidean LMO contains an extra linear term whose interaction with the compressed gradient is bounded only under the assumption that SARAH fully cancels the L^1-dependent compression variance; the provided telescoping argument does not explicitly control the residual bias that scales with L_i^1 when the compressor is applied after the LMO step, which is load-bearing for the claimed communication-cost improvement.
[§3.2, Algorithm 2] §3.2 (Algorithm 2, the new VR-Gluon): the faster convergence rate relative to plain Gluon is stated to follow from the same layer-wise smoothness and compressor assumptions, yet the proof re-uses the same error bound that is questioned above; without an additional contraction factor that absorbs the LMO linear term, the rate improvement is not guaranteed.

minor comments (2)

[§2 and §4] Notation: the per-layer constants L_i^0 and L_i^1 are introduced in §2 but the dependence on i is occasionally dropped in the global-rate statements in §4; this should be made uniform.
[§5] Experiments: the communication-cost plots (Figure 3) report rounds but do not tabulate the exact bit-volume per round or the compressor parameters used; adding these numbers would strengthen the empirical claim.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the detailed and insightful report. We have carefully examined the concerns regarding the convergence analysis in Theorem 4.2 and the supporting arguments for the VR-Gluon algorithm. Below we respond point by point, clarifying the handling of the LMO linear term and compression interaction under the layer-wise smoothness model. Revisions have been made to strengthen the explicit bounds in the proofs.

read point-by-point responses

Referee: [§4, Theorem 4.2] §4 (Convergence Analysis), Theorem 4.2 and the SARAH recursion (Eq. (12)–(15)): the descent inequality for the non-Euclidean LMO contains an extra linear term whose interaction with the compressed gradient is bounded only under the assumption that SARAH fully cancels the L^1-dependent compression variance; the provided telescoping argument does not explicitly control the residual bias that scales with L_i^1 when the compressor is applied after the LMO step, which is load-bearing for the claimed communication-cost improvement.

Authors: We appreciate the referee's identification of this technical point in the non-Euclidean descent. The SARAH recursion (Eq. (12)–(15)) is constructed to telescope the variance terms arising from both the stochastic gradient and the compression error. The extra linear term from the LMO is controlled via the layer-wise (L^0, L^1)-smoothness, which bounds its contribution proportionally to the previous iterate difference. Because the compressor is applied to the LMO output and is unbiased (or contraction), the residual bias term is absorbed into the contraction factor of the compressor parameter; the telescoping sum then yields a geometric decay that preserves the improved communication complexity. To make this fully explicit, we have added an auxiliary lemma (new Lemma 4.3) that isolates the LMO-compressor interaction and shows the bias scales at most with L_i^1 times the compressor variance, which is canceled by the SARAH step. The revised proof now displays the complete bound without relying on implicit cancellation. revision: yes
Referee: [§3.2, Algorithm 2] §3.2 (Algorithm 2, the new VR-Gluon): the faster convergence rate relative to plain Gluon is stated to follow from the same layer-wise smoothness and compressor assumptions, yet the proof re-uses the same error bound that is questioned above; without an additional contraction factor that absorbs the LMO linear term, the rate improvement is not guaranteed.

Authors: The faster rate for VR-Gluon follows directly from the additional contraction introduced by the SARAH-style variance reduction on the compressed LMO directions. While the base error bound is shared with the non-VR case, the VR recursion supplies an extra multiplicative factor (1 - Θ(η)) on the accumulated compression and LMO linear error terms. This factor is independent of the L_i^1 term and arises from the recursive estimator update, which is why the overall rate improves even under identical smoothness and compressor assumptions. We have revised Section 3.2 to include a self-contained rate derivation that explicitly invokes this extra contraction, separating it from the plain Gluon analysis and confirming the improvement holds without requiring stronger conditions on L_i^1. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; rates derived from standard assumptions

full rationale

The paper extends Gluon to compressed federated settings by applying SARAH-style variance reduction to control compression error under layer-wise (L^0, L^1)-smoothness and unbiased/contraction compressors. Convergence rates and communication improvements are stated to follow from these assumptions via standard descent lemmas and telescoping recursions. No self-definitional loops, fitted inputs renamed as predictions, or load-bearing self-citations that reduce the central claim to a tautology are present in the abstract or described derivation chain. The byproduct variance-reduced algorithm is obtained by the same analysis rather than by construction from the inputs.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claims rest on layer-wise smoothness assumptions and compressor properties that are standard in the optimization literature but not independently verified here.

free parameters (1)

L^0 and L^1 per-layer smoothness constants
Invoked as the setting under which convergence is proved; their specific values affect the rates and communication bounds.

axioms (2)

domain assumption Layer-wise (L^0, L^1)-smoothness of the objective
Stated as the general setting for the analysis of the compressed methods.
domain assumption Unbiased or contraction properties of the compressors
Required for the variance-reduction step to control compression error.

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