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- CodeSeniorNew
Build an MLOps Platform Slice for a Fintech Risk Team
Across a 5-person team, ship (1) experiment tracking integrated into a sample model training job; (2) a model registry that promotes-by-tag; (3) a training pipeline orchestrated…
- Mlops Design
- Experiment Tracking
- Model Registry
AI Software Engineering Group Project - CodeIntermediateNew
Build a Metered-Billing System for a Usage-Based SaaS
Build an event-ingest API (Express + Redis Streams) that receives usage events with idempotency keys. Aggregate hourly into Postgres rollups using a windowed worker that survive…
- Metered Billing
- Idempotency
- Event Aggregation
Engineering Software as a Service - StrategyIntermediateNew
Digital Product Strategy for a SaaS Scale-up
You are a product manager at TaskFlow. Your task is to create a product strategy for the next 12 months. Analyze the current product, identify gaps for enterprise needs, and pro…
- Product Strategy
- Roadmapping
- User Research
Smart Services and Digital Products - CodeIntermediateNew
Segment Cells from Microscopy Images for a Pharma-AI Discovery Lab
You receive 3,500 microscopy images with pixel-level cell masks plus a 200-image hold-out set re-annotated by two biologists for inter-annotator agreement. Train a U-Net or SegF…
- Semantic Segmentation
- U Net
- Pytorch Or Tensorflow
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- CodeBeginnerNew
Build a Secure-Coding Linter Ruleset for a Backend Team
Receive the last 12 security-review findings, 3 representative repos (Node.js + TypeScript), and access to a CI pipeline (GitHub Actions). Build a custom Semgrep ruleset (or ESL…
- Secure Coding
- Static Analysis
- Semgrep
Introduction to Computer Security - ResearchFoundationalNew
Business Cycle Positioning for a Renewable Energy Firm
Your task is to analyze current business cycle indicators for Italy (GDP growth, unemployment, consumer confidence, interest rates) and the specific impact on residential solar …
- Business Cycle Analysis
- Leading Indicators
- Demand Forecasting
Macroeconomics - CodeIntermediateNew
Domain-Adapt an NLP Pipeline from News to Customer-Support Tickets
You receive 30,000 anonymized customer-support tickets (PT-BR + ES) plus the news-trained NER and intent models. Apply continued pretraining of a multilingual encoder (e.g., XLM…
- Transfer Learning
- Domain Adaptation
- Continued Pretraining
Meta-Learning, Transfer Learning, and Multi-Task Learning - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Threat Model a Water-Utility SCADA Network Before a Migration
Review provided network diagrams (current and proposed), the asset inventory (around 180 PLCs (programmable logic controllers), 22 engineering workstations, 6 historian servers)…
- Threat Modeling
- Ics Security
- Scada
Cyber-Physical and Cybercrime Topics - Browse challenges
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- StrategySeniorNew
Hostile Takeover Defense for a Mid-Cap Pharma Firm
As a special M&A advisor to MediCore's board, you must analyze the bid, assess the company's intrinsic value, and recommend a defense strategy. Options include a poison pill, wh…
- Takeover Defense
- Valuation
- Negotiation
Mergers and Acquisitions - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Predict Equipment Failure for a Wind-Farm Operator
You receive 18 months of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition — the standard turbine telemetry feed) data sampled every 10 minutes from all 240 turbines, with labeled…
- Classification
- Regularized Regression
- Gradient Boosting
Statistical Machine Learning - CodeSeniorNew
Build an Intrusion-Detection Rule Pack for a Manufacturing PLC Fleet
Analyze provided PCAP (packet capture) files from 3 anonymized customer sites covering normal operating windows and 2 red-team simulation windows. Implement Suricata rules for 8…
- Intrusion Detection
- Ics Security
- Suricata
Cyber-Physical and Cybercrime Topics - AnalysisBeginnerNew
COBIT Alignment for a Singapore D2C Cosmetics Startup
You are a junior IT governance consultant hired by the startup. Conduct a gap analysis using COBIT 2019, identify 5 key governance processes to implement in the next 6 months, a…
- It Governance
- Cobit 2019
- Gap Analysis
IT Governance and Security Build a verifiable portfolio.
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Why Ewance
- AnalysisIntermediateNew
Evaluate an Agent Suite on the SWE-Bench-Style Coding Benchmark
You receive a sandboxed set of 50 small repo-modification tasks (test-passing as the success signal). Run 3 open-source agent frameworks (e.g., OpenHands, SWE-agent, and Aider) …
- Ai Agents
- Agent Evaluation
- Benchmarking
AI Agents and LLM-Based Agents - DesignIntermediateNew
Wireless Sensor-Network Design for a Vineyard Microclimate Study
Spec the network: 60 LoRaWAN sensor nodes + 2 gateways (TheThingsStack indoor + outdoor gateway choice), star topology with possible relays. Node hardware: ESP32 + LoRa + sensor…
- Sensor Networks
- Embedded Systems
- Lorawan
Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems - StrategyIntermediateNew
AI Strategy for 40-Person SaaS Moving to Enterprise
Analyze the provided dataset of 200 enterprise trials (features: number of users invited, integrations used, support tickets, time in trial, etc.) and build a lead scoring model…
- Lead Scoring
- Logistic Regression
- Ai Workforce Strategy
Machine Learning and AI for Business - CodeBeginnerNew
Implement a Constraint Solver for a Lisbon Tourism Scheduler
Model the next-week schedule as a CSP: variables are (guide, day, slot) assignments; domains are available routes; constraints encode language requirements, max consecutive tour…
- Constraint Satisfaction
- Backtracking Search
- Python Or Javascript
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - StrategySeniorNew
TLS and PKI Migration to Post-Quantum for a Cross-Border Bank
Receive an anonymized TLS inventory (endpoint, current cipher suite, TLS version, certificate issuer, last rotation, business criticality) and the bank's PKI hierarchy. Score en…
- Tls
- Pki
- Post Quantum Cryptography
Network Security - CodeBeginnerNew
Building a Customer Segmentation Tool for a SaaS Scale-up
You are provided with a JSON file containing user data: user_id, total_logins, days_since_last_login, features_used (count), subscription_tier (free/basic/premium). Your task is…
- Python Or Javascript
- Pandas
- Scikit Learn
Programming for Business Applications - DesignBeginnerNew
Detect Sensor Drift for a Field Inspection Robot Fleet
You receive 60 days of telemetry from 12 robots, including IMU readings, camera exposure stats, and the inspection-quality scores produced downstream. Define drift signals (roll…
- Anomaly Detection
- Change Point Detection
- Sensor Fusion
Robot Perception and Autonomy - CodeFoundationalNew
Rule-Based Intent Classifier for a Customer-Support Triage Bot
Build a rule-based classifier in Python that runs ordered rules (regex + keyword + simple heuristics) against ticket subject + body. Use a hierarchical rule structure (high-prec…
- Knowledge Representation
- Rule Based Systems
- Python Or Javascript
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (CS Elective) - CodeBeginnerNew
Optimizing Inventory for a Milan D2C Cosmetics Brand
You are provided with 12 months of daily sales data for 10 SKUs, including unit price, cost, lead time, and current inventory. Your task is to develop an Excel-based inventory o…
- Spreadsheet Modeling
- Vba Programming
- Demand Forecasting
Spreadsheet Modeling and VBA - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Cost-Model a Foundation-Model API Migration
You receive: 90 days of API logs (request volume, token distributions), the customer's golden eval set of 200 prompts, the incumbent and new pricing schedules, and quality ratin…
- Cost Modeling
- Ai Workforce Strategy
- Model Evaluation
AI for Business and AI Product Management - CodeIntermediateNew
Implement a Persistent Immutable List for a Collaborative-Editing Startup
Implement in Python (or TypeScript / Kotlin). Build a persistent immutable list with operations: get, set, append, pop, slice, concat. Use structural sharing (32-way vector trie…
- Data Abstraction
- Recursion
- Persistent Data Structures
Programming Abstractions - StrategyBeginnerNew
IP Strategy for a SaaS Scale-Up Moving Upmarket
You are an IP strategy associate at a boutique law firm. TaskFlow's CTO has asked for a strategic memo outlining how to protect their algorithm and brand. You must evaluate whet…
- Ip Law
- Patent Analysis
- Trademark Strategy
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