Social Sciences Challenges
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- ResearchSeniorNew
Audit a Custom Cryptographic Protocol
Read the 22-page protocol spec, the Go reference implementation (around 4,000 lines), and the test vectors. Run a structured review covering: primitive choices (which cipher, MA…
- Applied Cryptography
- Cryptographic Audit
- Protocol Analysis
Applied Cryptography - CodeSeniorNew
Heterogeneous Scheduling Policy for a Big.LITTLE Mobile SoC
Read the existing scheduler's energy model (provided). Design an improved policy using one or more of: per-task IPC-aware placement, exponential moving average load smoothing to…
- Multicore Architecture
- Scheduling
- Energy Modeling
Advanced Computer Architecture - CodeSeniorNew
Cache-Optimize a Graph-Analytics Kernel for a Social Platform
Receive the existing kernel (C++ + OpenMP, around 1,200 lines), the 1.8B-edge graph (CSR format, around 14GB), and target hardware (dual-socket AMD EPYC 9354, 384GB DDR5, 256MB …
- Cache Optimization
- Graph Algorithms
- Memory Hierarchy
Performance Engineering of Software Systems - CodeSeniorNew
Scale an HPC MPI Workload Across a Multi-Node Cluster
Receive the MPI weather model (Fortran 2018 + C, ~22,000 lines), 4 weeks of strong-scaling logs (1 to 256 ranks), and access to AWS ParallelCluster with EFA-enabled c7gn instanc…
- Hpc Programming
- Mpi
- Parallel Performance
Advanced Concurrency and Parallel Computing Practice your coursework on real scenarios.
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Why Ewance
- DesignSeniorNew
Design a Strong-Consistency Distributed Counter Service
Design the service end-to-end: storage (Spanner / CockroachDB / FoundationDB — you choose), counter scheme (sharded counters with periodic reconciliation vs strongly-consistent …
- Distributed Databases
- Consensus
- Strong Consistency
Advanced Database Systems - CodeSeniorNew
Harden a Container Supply Chain to SLSA Level 3
Audit the current build and deploy pipeline against the SLSA 1.0 specification. Identify SLSA-3 gaps (typically: provenance generation, hermetic builds, two-person review, signe…
- Supply Chain Security
- Slsa
- Sigstore
DevOps and Secure Deployment - ResearchSeniorNew
Behavior-Change Design for a Smoking-Cessation Companion App
Audit the current daily loop and map every screen to BCTs from Michie's v1 taxonomy (93 techniques). Identify gaps (likely: weak self-monitoring, missing implementation intentio…
- Behavior Change Design
- Hci Research Methods
- Interaction Design
Advanced Human-Computer Interaction - CodeSeniorNew
Linkerd to Istio Migration for a Multi-Cluster Platform
Phase 1: install Istio alongside Linkerd in PERMISSIVE mode (Istio sidecars injected, Linkerd proxies remain). Phase 2: migrate non-critical namespaces first (4 namespaces) by r…
- Istio
- Linkerd
- Service Mesh
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- ResearchSeniorNew
Investigate Why Our Generative Model Memorizes Training Data
Pick a small open-source diffusion model (e.g., a Stable-Diffusion-class community model trained on LAION-subset). Reproduce a published membership-inference + extraction probe …
- Generative Models
- Memorization Analysis
- Differential Privacy
Advanced Deep Learning - CodeSeniorNew
Train a Manipulation Policy for Bin Picking with Imitation Learning
You receive a dataset of 500 teleop trajectories on the in-distribution part plus a held-out simulation environment with a never-seen part. Train an imitation-learning policy (D…
- Imitation Learning
- Manipulation
- Diffusion Policy
Advanced Robotics - CodeSeniorNew
Train a Reinforcement-Learning Policy for Drone Obstacle Avoidance
You receive a custom Gymnasium drone-flight environment (provided), a baseline hand-engineered controller, and a target evaluation suite covering 4 obstacle densities. Train a P…
- Reinforcement Learning
- Ppo
- Robotics Simulation
Advanced Robotics - AnalysisSeniorNew
Write a Copyright Risk Memo for a Foundation-Model Lab's Training Set
Cover (1) US fair-use exposure for training on web-scraped text and code, including the current state of pending major lawsuits at the time of writing; (2) the EU TDM exceptions…
- Copyright Law
- Regulatory Analysis
- Risk Mapping
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- StrategySeniorNew
Run a Mock Algorithmic-Discrimination Investigation for a Hiring-Tech Vendor
As a 3-person team, design and execute a 3-week mock inquiry. Produce: (1) the demand letter you imagine the regulator sending (scope, legal basis, data requested); (2) the vend…
- Regulatory Analysis
- Algorithmic Fairness
- Ai Governance Frameworks
AI Law, Policy, and Regulation - ResearchSeniorNew
Model-Based RL for a Robotic Arm Pick-Place Task
You receive a PyBullet pick-and-place environment (Franka Panda arm, 12 object types, randomized starting poses) and a SAC baseline that hits 85% success after about 1.5 million…
- Model Based Rl
- World Models
- Reinforcement Learning
Deep Reinforcement Learning - ResearchSeniorNew
Inductive Logic Programming for a Fraud-Rule Discovery Pilot
You receive a labeled fraud dataset (around 25,000 transactions, around 4% positive class), a feature schema (28 features including device, geo, behavioral history), and a basel…
- Inductive Logic Programming
- Symbolic Ai
- Rule Learning
Fuzzy Logic, Knowledge Representation, and Symbolic Reasoning - ResearchSeniorNew
Benchmark Reward-from-Feedback Methods on a Tabletop Pick-Place
You will use a Franka Panda arm in PyBullet on a 4-object pick-and-place task. For each of the three feedback methods, train a reward model and a downstream policy until converg…
- Reinforcement Learning
- Reward Learning
- Preference Comparison
Human-Robot Interaction - ResearchSeniorNew
Structure Learning for a Causal Network in Fintech Risk
You receive the 60-signal dataset and a short interview summary of risk analysts' beliefs about which signals influence which. Use a hill-climbing structure-learning algorithm w…
- Structure Learning
- Bayesian Networks
- Causal Modeling
Probabilistic Graphical Models - ResearchSeniorNew
Curriculum RL for a Simulated Drone Inspection Task
You receive a PyBullet-based wind-turbine inspection simulator with parameterizable wind, blade orientation, and sensor noise. Design a 3-stage curriculum: (1) hover near a stat…
- Ppo
- Curriculum Learning
- Deep Rl
Reinforcement Learning - ResearchSeniorNew
Diffusion-Policy Imitation for Bimanual Cooking Tasks
You receive 300 teleoperated demonstrations of a bimanual pour-and-stir task in a Robomimic-style simulator, deliberately including 2 valid solution modes per task (left-pour-ri…
- Diffusion Policies
- Imitation Learning
- Multimodal Action Distributions
Robot Learning - CodeSeniorNew
Offline RL for Robot-Arm Skill Reuse
You receive 5,000 logged trajectories (state, action, reward, next-state) across 12 tasks, with 9 tasks for training and 3 held out. Train an offline RL algorithm (CQL or IQL re…
- Offline Rl
- Conservative Q Learning
- Skill Reuse
Robot Learning - ResearchSeniorNew
Quantify Sim-to-Real Gap for a Warehouse Manipulation Policy
You receive a trained pick-and-place policy (PyTorch), the simulation env (Isaac Lab), and access to a real-arm rig (or recorded teleop episodes if hardware is unavailable). Def…
- Sim To Real
- Manipulation
- Experimental Design
Robot Perception and Autonomy - AnalysisSeniorNew
Founder Behavior Diagnostic for a Burnt-Out SaaS CEO
Conduct a structured diagnostic of the founder's behavioral patterns, decision-making, and team dynamics, then produce a 90-day intervention plan. You must ground your analysis …
- Founder Psychology
- Behavioral Diagnostics
- Executive Coaching
Advanced Entrepreneurship and Founders' Skills - StrategySeniorNew
Ethical Marketing Strategy for a Fast Fashion Retailer's Sustainability Line
Your task is to create a marketing campaign for EcoThreads that is transparent, culturally sensitive, and legally compliant. You must develop a communication strategy that highl…
- Ethical Marketing
- Sustainability Communication
- Cross Cultural Marketing
International Marketing - ResearchSeniorNew
Buying Behavior Analysis for a Dutch Sustainable Packaging Startup
Your task is to investigate the B2B buying process for sustainable packaging. You will design a semi-structured interview guide based on the buying center framework. Recruit and…
- B2B Marketing
- Buying Behavior
- Qualitative Research
Business-to-Business Marketing
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