Build a Real-Time Cascade Detection Pipeline for a Trading Platform
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Build a real-time cascade detection pipeline on trade data and follower graphs, then back-test precision and recall for a verifiable certificate.
The scenario
The platform (regulated by MAS — Monetary Authority of Singapore, retail-only, mostly small/mid-cap volume) cannot afford a regulatory finding that it ignored detectable coordination.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Build a real-time network-based cascade detection pipeline and back-test it against 12 known events with publishable precision/recall.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Build a streaming pipeline that joins event data with a static graph
- Combine order-flow and network features into a single cascade score
- Back-test detection on a small labeled-event sample honestly
- Translate a detection score into operational risk-desk action
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Network Science and Computational Social Science
Master · General Studies
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Network Science and Computational Social Science at the Master level. It sharpens the same practical skills your coursework expects — but in a real industry context with actual constraints and deliverables.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Streaming
Apply streaming to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Network Science
Apply network science to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Graph Analysis
Apply graph analysis to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Cascade Detection
Apply cascade detection to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Data Pipelines
Apply data pipelines to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Back Testing
Apply back testing to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: