Instruction: Explain the effects of asynchronous updates on Federated Learning systems and how to manage these effects.
Context: This question probes the candidate's knowledge of asynchronous communication in Federated Learning, including its advantages, disadvantages, and management strategies.
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The way I'd explain it in an interview is this: Asynchronous updates can improve system throughput because the server does not need to wait for a synchronized round to complete. That helps when clients have very uneven availability...