GSoC Project: Defining a OM/ML Message Type within Hyperledger Aries

[wip-abramson]

Hyperledger Aries is an open-source reference architecture for developing self-sovereign identity agents of which there are many implementations under development, although the python one is probably the most relevant. Aries agents send asynchronous messages using a protocol called DIDComm, these messages have a type which defines the structure of the message. Each message type has it’s own handler for implementing agent specific responses to these messages. Currently the message type Basic Message, is implemented in most agent implementations. We developed a PoC which hijacked this basic messaging feature to send ML messages in a federated learning example. A better implementation of this would be to define a specific message type for distributed learning communication - some exploration would be needed to understand the exact requirements of this message type. For example should there be one message type for each distributed learning implementation, or should type be in the data structure of the message?

Required Skills:

• Willing to explore a complex code base
• Familiarity (or willingness to become familiar) with Hyperledger Aries
• Familiarity (or willingness to become familiar) with PySyft
• Familiarity (or willingness to become familiar) with PyGrid

Difficulty: Medium

This project should be fairly straightforward, although an initial learning curve to get to grips with the aries architecture will be required. A best case scenario would be a ML Message Type ratified by the Hyperledger Aries community and included as an RFC similar to the Basic Message and implemented as a reference in one of the aries implementations - or a fork of one of these projects.

[vineeth14]

Hi, Will, @wip-abramson

I'm Vineeth, currently an undergraduate student at National Institute of Technology Karnataka. I'd like to be considered for this project in GSoC. I'm experienced with DL and Pytorch, and have experience working with PySyft. I have gone through some of the concepts regarding Hyperledger Aries. I'd like to begin working on the project and collaborate with you. Any suggestions for how to get started ? I hope to contribute and get selected in the project. Thanks.

[duynht]

Hi Will @wip-abramson, I'm Duy, an undergraduate at the University of Science, Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City. I would love to start working on this.

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