Semantic Meta-Split Learning: A TinyML Scheme for Few-Shot Wireless Image Classification

Semantic and goal-oriented (SGO) communication is an emerging technology that only transmits significant information for a given task. Semantic communication encounters many challenges, such as computational complexity at end users, availability of data, and privacy-preserving. This work presents a...

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Main Authors: Eslam Eldeeb, Mohammad Shehab, Hirley Alves, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
Series:IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10948463/
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Summary:Semantic and goal-oriented (SGO) communication is an emerging technology that only transmits significant information for a given task. Semantic communication encounters many challenges, such as computational complexity at end users, availability of data, and privacy-preserving. This work presents a TinyML-based semantic communication framework for few-shot wireless image classification that integrates split-learning and meta-learning. We exploit split-learning to limit the computations performed by the end-users while ensuring privacy-preserving. In addition, meta-learning overcomes data availability concerns and speeds up training by utilizing similarly trained tasks. The proposed algorithm is tested using a data set of images of hand-written letters. In addition, we present an uncertainty analysis of the predictions using conformal prediction (CP) techniques. Simulation results show that the proposed Semantic-MSL outperforms conventional schemes by achieving a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${20} \%$ </tex-math></inline-formula> gain in classification accuracy using fewer data points yet less training energy consumption.
ISSN:2831-316X