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Osmotic Learning: A Self-Supervised Paradigm for Decentralized Contextual Data Representation

Published: December 28, 2025 | arXiv ID: 2512.23096v1

By: Mario Colosi , Reza Farahani , Maria Fazio and more

Potential Business Impact:

Finds hidden patterns in shared computer information.

Business Areas:
Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence, Data and Analytics, Software

Data within a specific context gains deeper significance beyond its isolated interpretation. In distributed systems, interdependent data sources reveal hidden relationships and latent structures, representing valuable information for many applications. This paper introduces Osmotic Learning (OSM-L), a self-supervised distributed learning paradigm designed to uncover higher-level latent knowledge from distributed data. The core of OSM-L is osmosis, a process that synthesizes dense and compact representation by extracting contextual information, eliminating the need for raw data exchange between distributed entities. OSM-L iteratively aligns local data representations, enabling information diffusion and convergence into a dynamic equilibrium that captures contextual patterns. During training, it also identifies correlated data groups, functioning as a decentralized clustering mechanism. Experimental results confirm OSM-L's convergence and representation capabilities on structured datasets, achieving over 0.99 accuracy in local information alignment while preserving contextual integrity.

Page Count
10 pages

Category
Computer Science:
Machine Learning (CS)