Fix BatchNorm buffer aggregation in FedAvg - #269
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FedAvg currently aggregates only
model.parameters(). BatchNorm runningstatistics are registered buffers, so the global model retains the buffers of
the ”first uploaded client“ after aggregation.
This PR:
running_meanandrunning_var;num_batches_trackedas the largest observed integer counter;